Colors and Shapes

Since Hailey knows all of her colors we don’t really have a color we focus on for our activities.  But this week as she was coloring she noticed that when she colored with a yellow crayon on blue paper that it looked green.  She was pretty interested in the change that took place, so we decided to experiment using some paint to see what happened.

Mixing the yellow and blue together to see what happens.

Hailey also knows her shapes but I try to plan some activities to make sure she doesn’t forget what she has learned.  So, last week we did this circle activity:

We played a modified game of Twister.  I would spin the wheel and she would either put her feet or her hands on the correct colored circle.  Hailey loved it!

Then she decided that her stuffed animals and babies would like to play too.  She’d spin the wheel, get a color and then put each baby on the correct circle.

Letter of the Week- Letter V

We have not been around much lately as we are doing some work on our new house and preparing to move in.  We only had time to get one activity done this week.  Our letter this week was the letter V and we made a V is for Volcano craft.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, glue, scissors, marker

Make a large “V” and a whole bunch of little “V”s.

Glue the V onto the construction paper.

Add the little “V”s- and try to make them look like the lava coming out of the volcano.

The completed Volcano V.

Letter of the Week- Letter R

Our letter this week was the letter R.  I saw this cute idea over at No Time for Flash Cards and knew that Hailey would love it.  So we made a Rainbow R.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper in all of the colors of the rainbow, white paper, glue and another piece of construction paper.

Cut the pieces of construction paper into strips.

Draw the R on the white paper- make sure you can see the marker through the back of the paper.  Put glue all over the R.

Glue the strips of construction paper on.  I showed Hailey how to put the first one on and then I handed her each color after that so she could put them on herself and they would be in the right order.

Cover the whole paper with the rainbow pieces of construction paper.  The turn the paper over and cut out the R.

Glue the R onto another piece of construction paper.  We used blue so it would look like the sky.

Our finished Rainbow R.

Rainbow Fish

We made an easy rainbow fish that turned out really pretty.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper with a fish shape cut out of the middle of it, strips of tissue paper, glue and a wiggly eye.

Put glue all over the back of the construction paper.

Then add strips of tissue paper to cover the entire fish cut out.  I only had to show Hailey one time that the strips needed to be put on vertically and she did the rest.

Add a few pieces of tissue paper for a tail.

The finished rainbow fish.