Luv Bug is 35 months old
This was our 6th and final week of winter related themes and we have yet to see snow.
We had a fun week learning about penguins.
Luv Bug had 6 trays:
I found this penguin letter assessment page at Making Learning Fun. I set out some alphabet stickers for Luv Bug to match.
She only got this far, then lost interest.
Luv Bug loved this tray. I bought the foam block and pegs separately, but they are part of this set from Discount School Supply.
After awhile, she added her Littlest Pet Shop animals. (They were playing Ring Around The Rosey)
Her Button Art set.
It took her awhile, I was amazed at her concentration and determination.
Sesame Street outline matching. I made this a few months ago. I printed and laminated several characters and traced their outlines on paper. She loves the characters and after completing the tray, she wanted to play with them. I love when she has them talk to one another. Here is an example of her dialogue: " Big Bird, where are you?, said Cookie Monster. Here I am, said Big Bird...." It's so cute!
I found this Penguin game online. It's meant to be an addition game, but I just added Luv Bug's whale erasers. (After I posted the pictures I went back to put in the text and I couldn't find the links to 3 of the printables. This is one of them. If it's yours or you know where it or the others can be found, please leave the link in the messages. I'd hate for someone to go to all that work and not get the credit they deserve.)
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This mini book was part of a unit I purchased at Teachers Pay Teachers.
This adorable mini book was free at TPT.
We read a few other mini books this week too, but I forgot to take pictures of them. I'll include the links here: another TPT freebie, Four Little Penguins from carlscorner (you'll need to scroll down to find it.
This was another printable that I can't find the link to. I'm still looking. It was so cute and we had a fun time playing it.
This puzzle was part of an awesome set I bought for Luv Bug. I posted about the set here.
The puzzle is double sided, the back shows a map of where each penguin is from.
Cloud dough with arctic animals. We used an empty dole fruit cup to make an igloo.
These you can find here at LAWTEEDAH
I saw these and thought they were adorable, so I made Luv Bug a set. I made 3 since there are 3 in our family. Luv Bug named them after the penguins in Mr. Popper's Penguins. The mama one was Stinky:)
These penguin cards were copied a few years ago out of a Mailbox magazine. We used them to measure different things.
This is the 3rd printable whose link I can no longer find. I KNOW that it was a freebie at TPT, but I couldn't find it this time. It's supposed to be a roll the dice game but I cut out the strips and drew a line between each penguin for cutting practice.
We did a penguin family craft and watched Mr. Popper's Penguins one evening. Luv Bug's is on the left. She gave them all names. The mama was named Bossy. Starting to get a complex here.
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Random Fun
Window crayons.
We had a tea party with my old tea set.
Feeding her piggy.
She put all the tea set pieces in with her pattern blocks and said that was her sink to wash the dishes in.
One day, Luv Bug was not in the mood for anything tot-school related. ( I rarely ask her to do any tray or activity. I just set a few out each day. She usually loves them and as soon as she wakes up, asks what I set out for her. ) She was just bouncing from one thing to another. She sat to play with her babies and it reminded me of this post from Teach Preschool. I set out some bath items for her to give her baby a bath. Luv Bug had so much fun with this and played happily for a long time.
"Mama, I need to squirt soap in my baby's eyes". ????
I LOVE this pic
Wedgits are a big hit around here (we all love them)
We had So much fun these past 6 weeks working on winter related things, but we're ready for something new. Looking forward to our M is for Music week next.
