Math and Sight Word Construction Theme

Hi guys! For day 3 of our construction themed activities, we practiced some sight words and worked on find the missing number. All printables can be found at the bottom of this post.

Math:

We counted together and when we got to the missing number I would ask him "what comes next?" 

I set up numbers 1-20 for him, but he was only interested in completing 1-10.

Sight Words:

We've been practicing sight words using our preschool prep DVDS so I pulled five words that I wanted to focus on with him for this theme (of, all, he, with, my).

I put some black kinetic sand in our salt tray along with the sigh word cards and magnetic letters.I would ask him what the word was and he would spell it out with some help using the magnetic tiles.

Once he was done spelling out the sight words, he wanted to play with the letters and the sand. 

we added a construction vehicle and it turned into a letter rescuing mission. 

Here's a short video of him playing with the kinetic sand and magnetic letters.

All printables used come from the preschool construction pack that can be found here. Make sure to check out all the fun we had for days 1 and 2 here  here and here  of our construction theme.

Muddy Sensory Play

Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you a fun messy sensory play that goes along with our construction theme.Go here for a fun bulldozer craft and go here for beginning sound activity.

To make the muddy sensory play all you need is cornstarch, water, food coloring, and a container to play in. I mixed 3 cups of corn starch with 2 cups of water. I added the brown food coloring into each cup of water mix together and throw in some construction toys/rocks. That's it!

I added some rocks for him to move around using his construction vehicles. 

It was getting really messy inside so we took the container outside and his big brothers joined in on the play.

This was a messy activity but he really enjoyed playing with it! :)

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Bulldozer Craft

Hi guys! Today we worked on a craft for our preschool construction theme. You can go here to see what we worked on for day 1.

Material:

1. Bulldozer template 
2. Paint
3. Glue
4. Brown Construction paper
5. oatmeal (to use as the pebbles)

He painted the bulldozer yellow. If your child is up for it you can make the wheels black. 

After the paint dried I cut apart the template and we assembled it onto a brown construction paper. We added glue at the bottom and I let him sprinkle on the pebbles (oatmeal).

Once everything dries shake off the access and your craft is all finished.

I included a short video of our craft in action. I hope your little one enjoys this fun low prep activity.

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Preschool Construction Theme

Hi guys! This week we are working on a construction theme for preschool. We will focus on alphabet matching, beginning sounds, sight words, vocabulary, and number recognition.

Our first activity was a match the beginning sound using a free printable that can be found at the end of this post and rocks with the alphabet written on it. We've done a lot of practice with beginning sounds so he knew what to do. There is a video at the end of this post so you can see this activity in action.

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I Spy...Beginning Sound Practice

Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you a fun beginning sound activity that my son loves doing. He has been really into puzzles lately and one of his favorite puzzles is this alphabet puzzle that has pictures for each letter. I purchased this along time ago, when my middle son was 3 and he is now turning 6 so I don't have a link to share with you.

After putting the puzzle together I set out letters and a magnifying glass to play I Spy with him. I would say "I spy with my little eye something beginning with z" he would search for the object on the puzzle and place the corresponding letter to cover it up. We played this game so many times and he still loves it.

Here he is searching using the magnifying glass.

We had a blast playing I spy and it has become one of his favorite games to play.


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Homeschool Weekly Wrap Up

Hi guys! I hope you had a good week, here's what we've been up to.

Science:
This week for science we covered the digestive system. We learned all about what happens to our food and did some fun hands on experiments.

Simulating what happens to your food once it's in the stomach. 

Language Arts:

Both boys are still reading Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. We did some narration and vocabulary activities. 

Grammar:
This week my 3rd grader covered capitalization rules and my 1st grader worked on proper nouns. We read Saturdays and Teacakes and Memories of a Goldfish as our mentor text.

Math:
For our geometry unit study we are working on 3d shapes. We also worked with money and learned about making change.

The boys have been playing Sum Swamp. When I purchased this game I thought it would be a little more challenging but it's fairly easy. Never the less the boys have played several times and I can save it for the younger ones. 

Preschool:

My little guy hasn't really been into our letter of the week activities lately, that's why I haven't been posting them. We read a lot, worked on A LOT of puzzles, and did some sensory activities. 

He loves adding figurines and practicing beginning sounds using some of our large floor puzzles.

That's it for our week! I hope you have a relaxing weekend. :)


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