Tuesday: A and a
Song: The Alphabet Song
Book:
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| 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.
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:
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| 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:
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| The 512 Ants On Sullivan Street by Carol A. Losi |
Activity: Pretending to be ants
Treat: Craisins
