Monday, October 10, 2016

Preschool Weekly Activities - Letter B

Letter B
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Letter The A-Z Picture Book by Gyo Fugikawa - Read letter B pages

Poetry - Read Brooms in Rhyme Time by Tomie De Paola, or an A poem from Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Literature - Read a story from Tomie De Paola's Favorite Nursery Tales 

Bible Read about how Jesus calmed the storm in the boat in your favorite children's Bible or Bible Story Book of choice. I either use The Jesus Storybook Bible or The Look And See ESV Bible for children.

Scripture Memory - "Jesus said, 'I am the Bread of Life'" John 6:48 from Songs for Saplings.

Picture Books - Read books about Bears, Birds, Bugs, butterflies, boats, or beavers!
   We read these:
     * Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear by Nancy White Carlstrom (BFIAR)
     * Bee Dance by Rick Chrustowski (science)
     * The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco (FIAR 3)
     * Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
     * Blueberries For Sal bt Robert McCloskey (BFIAR)
    

Other picture book suggestions: 
     * Are you a Bee? by Judy Allen
     * Buster by Kevin Henkes
     * Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund
     * Babushka and the Three Kings by Patricia Polacco
     * Beach by Alisha Cooper
     * We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury
     * Babar and His Family by Laurent de Brushoff  
     * How to Hide a Butterfly by Ruth Heller (science)

Activities (we only did the ones in bold, though I had plans for more)

     * Eat Bananas and/or blueberries
     * Count Blueberries in cereal/oatmeal
     * Go on a bug hunt
     * Make banana bread or a banana smoothie
     * Count Letter B's on a page in a favorite book. 
     * Make Letter B crafts from here. Bees and butterflies
     * Make Letter B's out of Playdoh or any of these others ways from this list. 
     * Do other activities from this site or from Alphabet Art

Skills Do a few pages in Rod and Staff Preschool Books A, C, D, E, or F. and/or Wipe Clean: Early Learning Activity Book

Songs and Fingerplays
    BINGO

Science Activity 
 Choose an activity from Science Play

Let's Read and Find Out About Science Level 1
     * Bugs are Insects
     * From Caterpillar to Butterfly


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