by Mamie
9:50 Literacy Activity – Fix the X-box
10:05 Math – Give your children graph paper and have them make X's from one corner to the other and then repeat the procedure from another corner. This will make a large X out of X's
Flower Letter Match Up
Review Letters A - J
You will need 10 small sturdy plastic plant pots and label them A, B, C, D through the letter J. If you don’t have any plastic flower pots you can use then see if you can find some metal cans (no sharp edges) from canned spaghetti, canned veggies, peanuts or use you may be able to use sturdy plastic cups; such as yogurt cups, or the covers from liguid soap (washed out) or sturdy plastic drinking cups, etc.
Flower Directions: Print out the flower tops onto white cardstock paper and color each flower top with a marker, use one color, such as red, orange, purple, green, brown and blue, color the centers yellow as you will need to write the letters into the centers of the flowers, if the centers are a light color you can use a marker onto the flowers center otherwise you will need to use circle stickers to write the letters on.
After all the flower tops have been colored attach them to jumbo craft sticks.
Lay all the flowers face down onto the floor and have the children sit around the flowers. Line up all the plant pots A, B, C...J in order in a row.
Have the children take turns picking a flower from the floor and holding it up and showing you which letter is on the flower and then have them match it to the matching letter on the flower pot and place the flower inside the flower pot, repeat with each child.
After they are done with this activity, teacher can mix up the flower pots and see if the children can help you get them back into the correct alphabetical order.
Letter/Number: Pick The Sunflowers
You will need The sunflower print out, clear contact paper or clear packing tape, old fashioned clothespins (no springs), deck of cards, an egg carton and scissors.
The sunflowers will be used again at special activity time today.
Egg Carton Directions: Teacher will need to turn the egg carton upside down and make a hole in the center of each egg cup.
Flower Directions: Print out the sunflowers onto white cardstock paper, print out two to three flowers per child. Cover the flowers completely with clear contact paper or clear packing tape and then cut them out. You will need old fashioned clothespins, the ones that don’t have a spring in them, and in the opening of the clothespin place the stem of the flower and tape it in there so it won’t move, repeat with each of the flower print outs.
Cards: You will need a deck of playing cards and take out all the numbers 2 – 4 from the deck, you will be using only the playing cards with the numbers 2 - 4 on them, shuffle the cards and lay them face down onto the floor.
Activity: Have the children sit in a circle around the cards and take turns picking a card from the floor. Have them hold up the number they “picked” from the floor and tell you the number on the card and then have them pick that many sunflowers from the sunflower garden. After all the flowers have been “picked” from the sunflower garden, have the children plant the sunflowers, by putting them back, have them pick a card and put the sunflowers back or plant them, after all the sunflowers have been planted, then have them “pick the flowers again”. Repeat until everyone has had a turn. Help the children as needed.
10:20 Break/Snack – cheese and crackers, cheese can be in letter x shape
soft pretzels in shape of letter x
10:40 Science/Social Studies – Musical Water Glass Xylophones
11:05 Choosing Time
1.xylophone craft
2.xrays and bones
Paint dog bones white and let dry. Have the children glue the painted bones onto black paper to resemble an x-ray. White chalk on black paper
Ask the children what happens if you join all the sides of the letter X. You get a square or a rectangle.
xylophones
bleach on black paper
10:05 Math – Games for Letter Z : Counting Down to Zero
Zero, the number that stands for none or nothing, begins with Z. Crouch into balls, count down to zero, and blast off! Repeat until kids are bored with the activity. Try being rockets of different kinds every time the class reaches zero, like fast rockets, crazy rockets, spinning rockets, or bouncy rockets.
10:20 Break/Snack – zucchini bread
10:40 Science/Social Studies – Zoology is the science and study of animals.
Curious George at the zoo?
2. Zipper Letter Z Crafts Teaching the Letter Z
Making this craft is easy, but it does take some preparation time. For each child, obtain:
To make the craft in class, help each child to:
Close the zipper and center it on the cardboard.
Fold the fabric around the cardboard and glue or staple down the edges securely.
Open the zipper and use markers to write a big letter Z on the cardboard.
The finished product will be a real zipper that opens to reveal the letter Z. This craft gives kids handwriting practice and emphasizes letter sound awareness.
