Week 4- B & b

Monday: B and b

Song: The Alphabet Song

Book:

My "b" Book by Jane Belk Moncure

Activity: Color B and b

 Treat: Banana Cookies

Nathan usually has a hard time trying new foods, but today it was different.  Maybe it was because his treat was banana flavored cookies.  He just loves bananas.  I have decided that Nathan will have one treat for the whole week instead of three new treats each week.

Wednesday: Bears

Song:  Teddy Bear Song:

Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear, reach up high
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the sky
Teddy bear, teddy bear, bend down low
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your toes
Teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight"

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear 

Teddy Bear Picnic 

Book:

Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau

 Activity: Bear Hunt

(Start tapping legs one at a time with the children) Chant We're going on a bear hunt (children repeat) We're going to catch a big one (children repeat) I'm not scared (children repeat) Cause I've got my flashlight (pretend to hold up a flashlight into the air) (children repeat) Do you see what I see? (shade your eyes with your hand) (children repeat) It's a tall tall tree (children repeat) Can't go over it (children repeat) Can't go under it (children repeat) Can't go through it (children repeat) We'll have to climb up it (children repeat) (pretend to climb up a tree and come back down)

Start over again go through as many obstacles as you can. i.e. tall grass (rub hands together) river (pretend to put bathing suit on and swim) mud (walk slow) mountain You finally come to the cave. make it as scary as you like, whisper, walk slow, turn on your flashlight if your scared) Pretend to see the bear and scream (I brought my teddy bear and through it into the middle at this point, it was great for effect) and run (tap legs very quickly) backward through the mud river and tall grass back to your home where you can lock the door! My best advice is to really throw yourself into the fun and try to make it somewhat real.

Treat: Banana Cookies 

Friday: Birds

Song:

Birds in the Tree (Children's Song Book 241)

Book:

Mole and the Baby Bird by Marjorie Newman

Activity: Listen and look for birds outside

Treat: Banana Cookies

Nathan loves to go walking outside.  But he doesn't like us to hold his hand.  However, while he was walking on the grass at the park he wanted me to hold his hand.  Then as soon as we were off the grass he let go of my hand.  He started falling asleep eating his treat again.  Hopefully he will be able to get a 2 hour nap in today.  He didn't sleep well during the early hours of today.  He woke up 6 or 7 times between 2 am and 5 am.  So I didn't get good sleep either.

Week 3- A & a

Tuesday: A and a

Song: The Alphabet Song

Book:

My "a" Book by Jane Belk Moncure

Activity: Colored big A & small a

Treat: Applesauce when we went out to eat for dinner in Vegas.  I was going to do apple smiles, but plans changed since we were not in Saint George.

Kids Recipe Apple Smiles

Ingredients:

Peanut butter
1 Red medium apple; cored & sliced about 1/3" wide, not skinned!
Tiny marshmallows.

Directions:

1. Spread one side of each apple slice with peanut butter.

2. Place three or four tiny marshmallows on top of the peanut butter on one apple slice.

3. Top with another apple slice, peanut butter side down. Squeeze gently.

Nathan colored a lot more than he did last time.  However, I did hold his hand to help him trace the big A and little a.

Thursday: Alligator

Song: Mr. Alligator

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing Mr. Alligator, "Hey, you can't catch me."

But along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be

He snapped a monkey right out of that tree!

(Next verses: 4 little monkeys, 3 little......, 2, 1...)

The last verse for 0:

No little monkeys swinging in a tree

'Cause Mr. Alligator caught them all, you see.

All alone is Mr. Alligator, quiet as can be

(Blow like the wind)

Book:

Hooray For Amanda & Her Alligator! by Mo Willems

Activity: Color alligator

Treat: Alligator Applesauce

Items needed: sauce pan, 4 apples, cups or bowls, 1/2 cup granulated or brown sugar, apple peeler and potato masher, stove or cooking unit, 1/3 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, almond or vanilla extract 

Directions: peel apples, cut into fourths and cook in saucepan with 1 cup of water and cook until tender, this should takes about 3 minutes, mash with potato masher, stir in sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and almond/vanilla extract. Let cool It looks like alligator skin. Mmmm! Makes the house smell yummy, too

Friday: Ants

Song: The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one. . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching one by one. . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching one by one

The little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching

Down, to the ground

To get out of the rain

Boom, Boom, Boom

The ants go marching two by two . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching two by two . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching two by two                                        

The little one stops to tie his shoe

And they all go marching

Down, to the ground

To get out of the rain

Boom, Boom, Boom

The ants go marching three by three . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching three by three . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching three by three

The little one stops cause he skinned his knee

And they all go marching

Down, to the ground

To get out of the rain

Boom, Boom, Boom

The ants go marching four by four . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching four by four . . . Hoorah, hoorah

The ants go marching four by four

The little one stops to shut the door

And they all go marching

Down to the ground

To get out of the rain

Boom Boom Boom

Book:

The 512 Ants On Sullivan Street by Carol A. Losi

Activity: Pretending to be ants

Treat: Craisins

Week 2- All About Me

Monday: Walking

Song:

Pioneer Children Sang As They Walked (Children's Song Book 214)

Book:

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Activity: Went for a walk to deliver starters for Amish Friendship Bread.

Treat:Brownie

Nathan had a lot of fun today.  He especially enjoyed the walk outside.  He is getting so good at walking.

Wednesday: Review of the Eyes, Ears, Mouth, & Nose
Song:

Two Little Eyes (Children's Song Book 268)

Book:

The Eye by Dr. Seuss

Activity: Point to the eyes, ears, mouth, & nose on a paper plate face.

 Treat: Goldfish

Friday: Family
Songs:

Families Can Be Together Forever (Children's Song Book 188)

A Happy Family (Children's Song Book 198)

Book:

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

Activity:  Looked through Nathan's baby photo album.
Treat:  Brownie Bites

Week 1- All About Me

Monday: Mouth & Nose

Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees, And Toes

 Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

 Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

 Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose

 Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

 (Repeat, getting faster each time)

 

Book:

All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler

Nose to Toes by Marilyn Ballie

Activity: Where is puppy's _________?  Finding the puppy's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.  Focusing of course on the mouth and nose.  Then doing the same thing on me and him.

Treat: Goldfish Crackers

Nathan wasn't too interested in our Laugh, Learn, & Play Time today.  However, maybe my choice of location, his play room, wasn't the best learning environment.  He had too many toys that drew his attention away from me.  So maybe our front room will be a better location for Wednesday.  I was able to get him to point to the puppy's nose a couple of times.  I do know that this time that I spend with Nathan will be good for him.

Wednesday: Eyes & Ears
Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes
Book:

My Five Senses by Aliki Brandenberg

The Ear Book by Al Perkins

Activity: A coloring page of eyes and ears.

Treat: Cheerios & Craisins

So after day two I decided that one book is all that Nathan can handle at a time.  Lucky for Nathan we had gone out to eat Monday night for dinner at Village Inn and got four crayons.  So he was able to color his picture of the eyes and ears in red, green, blue, and yellow.  He kept on going for the yellow crayon even though it hardly shows up on his paper.  At least he had fun.  He had a lot of fun laughing at me while I sang Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.

Friday: Hands & Feet

Song:

I Wiggle (Children's Song Book 271)

Book:

Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Activity: Trace our hands and feet and then color them.

Treat: Vanilla Wafers

It worked a lot better today to just read one book.  It wasn't the easiest to trace Nathan's foot and hand.  I thought that it would be cool to trace Nathan's foot and hand inside of mine.  This was the first time Nathan had vanilla wafers & he loved them.  He loves to feed himself & to be able to crunch his food.