Skeleton Sort

When I ran across multi-colored skeletons at Michaels, it was a no-brainer what I would do with them - sorting!  This was the Wee One's first experience with sorting more than 2 things, so I put a skeleton in each tray section to get her started.

After she sorted, she stretched

and lined them up to count.

We're Up to Four

Colored popsicle sticks and my childhood cups make an easy color matching activity.

Sticker, Sticker, Sticker

The stickers have made another appearance and this time the Wee One did the stickering since she loves stickers.

Pom-Pom Color Match

I bought a pack of rainbow circle stickers for this month and they have proved to be very versatile.  I have used them in for the Wee One and Mister and Ladybug. 

First the Wee One helped me put on the stickers (she had insisted on putting the same color of stickers over the stickers I already put on) and then she matched the pom-poms to the color.

This activity reinforces one-to-on correspondence.

What's The Weather?

Here are the first set of activities on our shelves.

Math

Beginning subtraction - When I presented the activity I did a think aloud and said, "There were ____ dots.  One dot was crossed out and now there are ____ dots."

Literacy




Roll a word - I think I should have put green as first so it was go and stop. 

 

Words that rhyme puzzles

Sight word sentences.  When I presented this I made them aware of the capital letter at the beginning as a clue for the first word and the period at the end to send the sentence.

Nonfiction reading - I separated the books into fiction (in the book sling) and nonfiction on the shelves.

Sensory

We are starting to discuss money this month and I put a coin sort out. 

Practical Life

Dressing for the weather.

Raindrops

Art

When the circle dried I put them on the tray to add rays.

Sorting M Pasta

On Thursdays G and H go to a preschool class, my mom stays with the baby, and I get some free time.  It usually involves grocery shopping, going to the library, and running other errands.  Sometimes I make it over to Goodwill and that is where I saw this plate.  H loves the color purple and I love sorting activities, so I had to spend the $.99 on it.  It was as if the stars were aligned just for me because there was also a sale on pasta. 

I placed a lot of pasta on the tray because the dog kept eating it and sometimes they can sit and sort for a long time.  On the tray are mostacholi, mafalda, medium shells (a bit of a stretch), and macaroni.

J is for Jellybeans

G and H sorted jellybeans into ones with dots and ones without dots.  Before they sorted I grabbed 2 jellybeans and asked them if they were the same or different.  I guided them to tell me they were different because one had dots (their word) and one didn't.  I then grabbed two same colored jellybeans, but one with dots and one without dots and asked if they were the same or different.  After they sorted they tasted a few.

Sorting Hearts

We do a lot of sorting in this house, me included.  I like to think I am getting them ready to take over sorting the laundry. 

Sorting hearts for our letter of the week.