Preschool Month 2: Letters E-I



Here we are again. Month #2: Letters "E" through "I"

E is for Egg. We talked about which animals can lay eggs. We had spoon and egg races around the house. We traced the letter "E" over and over again. We matched the number of dots to the correct number on plastic eggs and then we made this little cracked egg with a bird inside.

(haha, don't mind my naked boy. We are still potty training)

 "E" is for Elephant. We traced the letter "E". We colored a ton of elephants. We talked about the different parts of an elephant. We counted elephants and put them in order according to size. Then we made these elephant can to hold all his markers.

E is for Elmo. We colored pictures of Elmo. Traced the letter E about 10 times. (He's awesome at tracing "E"s.) Then we did a letter "E" hunt and made this Elmo mask. Oh and at the end we watched "Elmo potty time- just killin' two birds with one stone. (potty training is going great)

E is for Eye. We traced a bunch more letter "E"s. Talked about our eyes and what we use them for. We learned about the different parts of our eyes. Then we sang some songs and made these eyeball cookies.

New week- a new letter. F is for Fall. We talked about what happens during the fall season. We learned about how leaves change colors and then fall of the trees (which broke Tanner's heart) and then I explained how the tree grows new leaves in the spring (which made Tanner feel slightly better). Then we counted pumpkins, colored a fall worksheet and traced the letter "F". Then we learned about scarecrows and made this Popsicle stick scarecrow.

F is for Fish. We talked about what sound the letter "F" makes. We traced the letter "F". We learned about fish and how they breathe under water. We did some counting games using goldfish snacks. Then we made these clay fish. Tanner loves all his little "fishes"

F is for Frog. We traced the letter "F" some more. We colored some frog pictures. We talked about the life cycle of a frog. We learned about what frogs eat and about their long tongues. (Tanner thinks he wants to eat bugs now.) We read a book about frogs and then we made this frog with an extra long tongue.

Week "G" : G is for Giraffe. We learned about the letter "G". We talked about what sounds it makes. We traced the letter "G". We learned about giraffes and how they have VERY long necks. Tanner told me they have long necks so they can eat leaves. We did an "ABC" dot to dot that turned out to be a giraffe and then did some coloring pages. At the end we did this paper towel roll/thumb print giraffe.

G is for Gumball. We talked about the letter "G" and the sounds it makes. We traced the letter "G" and we did a gumball coloring page. Then we did a gumball color matching worksheet and practiced cutting. At the ended by baking cupcakes and made them into gumball machines.

G is for Ghost. Since it's getting closer to Halloween, I thought we'd do something festive. We started out with a discussion about Ghosts. After making sure he wasn't scared, we went on with our lesson. We traced the letter "G", we colored some pictures. We flew around with blankets pretending to be ghosts. (Tanner liked that) and then we made these ghost cookies.

Week H : H is for Halloween. Tanner loved his preschool lesson today. We talked about Halloween. He pretty much mastered the "Trick or Treat, smell my feet" song- awesome. He traced the letter "H". Did some water coloring painting pictures and colored some Halloween pages. Then we did the "5 little pumpkins" poem and he rolled pumpkins across the floor to me. Then we carved this pumpkin. Tanner used the carving tool with my help. He's so proud of his pumpkin. We went into the bathroom where it was dark and put a candle inside of it. His face was priceless. Love this little boy!

H is for Hippo. Tanner was super excited about his hippo lesson for some reason. He loved learning about hippos. Then we traced the letter "H" over and over again. (He's pretty much a pro at the letter "H" now). Then we did some water coloring painting and a hippo puzzle. Then we made this hippo puppet.

H is for Horse. We talked about the letter H. Traced the letter "H". Then we learned about horses. we did a couple of horse worksheets and a letter "H" hunt. Then we learned that people ride horses and horses are very smart. We talked about cowboys and how they ride horses all the time. Then we dressed Tanner up as a cowboy and he rode his stick horse all around the house, lassoing pillows and having so much fun!

 Week "I" : I is for Ice Cream. We started out by doing a coloring page. We talked about the different kinds of Ice cream and how they all taste different. We traced the letter "I" a ton of times. (He's getting really good at free-handing the letter "I") then we did some pre-writing worksheets. After that we played an ice cream cone sizing game. He put the ice cream cones in order by size. Then we used felt ice cream scoops and a cone and followed patterned cards to copy the ice cream cone patterns. Then we made a ice cream cone coloring book. We did an ice cream play dough parlor-(HUGE hit with Tanner, he made me some delicious look ice cream cones) and then to top it off, we made home made ice cream in a bag. YUM!

I is for Igloo. We talked about the letter "I". We traced the letter "I". Then we did a letter "I" hunt. We learned about Igloos and how they are made. We talked about Eskimos. Tanner learned how to give "Eskimo kisses" and we did an igloo worksheet. Then we made a marsh mellow igloo. Tanner placed the marsh mellows wherever I put the glue. Well he placed all the ones he didn't shove into his mouth. (Awesome marsh mellow breakfast...)

I is for Insect. Even though we already did a "bug" unit, I couldn't help myself. Tanner LOVES bugs so this was perfect. We learned about the letter "I". We traced the letter "I" and then talked about different insects. We played a matching... game with lady bug spots and then we acted like different insects ( jump like a grasshopper or wiggle like a worm). Then we sang "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Bringin Home a baby Bumblebee" and at the end we made these awesome "Ding Dong Spiders". Tanner got to eat his and then I made about a dozen more for our church Halloween party tomorrow. Tanner loves his spider!

Halloween is tomorrow and we are so excited.

After that we start a new month and a new week of Preschool. I think preschool is going great. Tanner seems to be loving it and can sing his ABC song almost by himself. LOVE seeing the progress he's making!