Letter of the Week- Review A-D

Last week was a review week for us and we reviewed the letters A, B, C and D.

Each day we did one of these to review a letter.  I saved the letters from a project we did during the week when Hailey first learned the letter.  And I printed out pictures and words that started with that particular letter.

Hailey working on her letter A page.

The finished letter A page.

Hailey working on her letter B page.

Running out of glue working on the letter C page.

Hailey working on the letter D page.

My mom bought these fun letter shaped cookie cutters for Hailey.  So, we used them for several projects.  For this one- we used the letters, paint and paper.

Hailey dipped the letters into the paint and then stamped them onto the paper.  (And also ate some, as you can see from the green around her mouth.)

We used the cookie cutters to cut out playdough.

And then, of course, we made cookies.  Hailey is dumping the sugar into our bowl.

And sampling some of the cookie dough (I only let her do this BEFORE I added the eggs.  Do not let your child sample cookie dough with raw eggs in it.)

The finished A, B, C, D cookies.

Be sure to come back everyday when I will post our activities about our theme this month (fall), our color, shape and number (orange, triangles and 3) and our Bible theme (Noah).

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Circle Sponge Painting

I usually have a number, shape and color activity to share but I really slacked because these activities were from the week before Hailey’s birthday and we were getting ready to go out of town.  So, I only have one activity to share for a circle project we did.

Here’s what you’ll need: paint, paper, sponge cut like a circle and a paper plate.

Dip the circle sponge into the paint and stamp onto the paper.  I always spread the paint really thin on the paper plate as the prints work better this way.

Hailey has her eyes closed eating the paint because she thinks I can not see her when she closes her eyes.

Letter of the Week- Letter D

I’m a week behind in posting our activities.  These activities are actually from a couple of weeks ago.  But we were out of town last week when I would have normally posted these.  And since we weren’t home most of the week I didn’t do many activities with Hailey.  She has also been really busy enjoying her new presents from her 2nd birthday and hasn’t wanted to do many crafts.  We’re getting back into our regular routine this week though.  So, I’ll be back to my regular posting and we’ll be doing lots of stuff that I’ll be sharing next week.

On to our activities:

Hailey decorated the letter D using finger paint.  She does one of these each week for our letter of the week (using something different to decorate with each week)- then I cut it out and put it on construction paper and hang it on our refrigerator.

Then we made a D Dragon- an idea I found over at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: a large letter D on construction paper, 3 other pieces of construction paper in varying colors, crayons, scissors, wiggly eye and glue.

First I had Hailey color her letter D, but she wasn’t very interested in coloring it.  So, we moved on to the next step.  I cut up a bunch of triangles and had her glue them along the side of the D.

We added an eye and some fire coming out of his mouth.  Then I glued it onto the black construction paper.  This is our finished letter D dragon.

I decided to try something new with Hailey this week.  I bought these dobbers a while ago but we haven’t used them yet.  Since they make dots and dots start with D, I decided to use this activity for the letter D.

Here’s what you’ll need- dobbers and construction paper.

Hailey loved these dobbers.  I loved them to because it didn’t matter how hard she hit the paper- they did not splatter.  She dropped one and it hit the wall and the floor and wiped right off (I cleaned it immediately).

Hailey’s new thing to do is to turn away from me, close her eyes and eat whatever we are working with.  So, here she is- thinking I can’t see her- rubbing her finger on the dobber and then licking it off.

Fun With Numbers, Shapes and Colors

Last week I introduced the number 2 to Hailey.  She very easily picked up on the number 2 while, for some reason, she has a hard time with the number one (maybe because it looks like an i or l???).  Anyways, I had Hailey decorate a number 2 for our number wall.

Here’s what you’ll need: a large number 2 (I used red construction paper, because red is our color this month), another piece of construction paper in a different color, a paper plate, paint, and something fun to paint with.

Hailey used the scrub brush to paint the number two.

Once it was dry, I cut it out and glued it onto a different colored piece of construction paper, added the word “two” and put two stickers on.

Our shape for September was circles and our color was red, so we did this project to reinforce that information.

Here’s what you’ll need: bubble wrap (I have some with both large and small circles), a paper plate, red paint, a foam brush and paper.  I also had some bubble wrap set aside because I knew when we were done painting that Hailey was going to want to pop some.

Paint the bubble wrap using the foam brush.

And now the small bubble wrap.

Press a piece of paper onto the painted bubble wrap.

Our finished large red circle print.

Our finished small red circle print.