Bye Bye

This blog is going away on Oct. 15.  I have moved all of the preschool stuff to Preschool is Cool.  Visit us there!

The Preschool stuff has moved!

Hey guys!  I have moved the preschool to it's own site.  It was getting confusing having so much going on in this one place.

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Starting over

I am going to start over on the whole preschool thing.  I loved doing the detailed lesson plans, but honestly it was a lot for me to keep up with while I was trying to keep up with my kids too.  If you really want me to do more detailed lesson plans please leave me a comment and let me know.  I can and will go back to the other lesson plans if you guys like that better.  Just let me know!

With that said, I will start posting what we do during the week.  I will have pictures and links to the pages and if you want you can do them too.

I'm back!

Looks like I need to fix some of these links. I will get on that this week and see if I can get a few more posts added for some new letters. We have started preschool back up with our 3 year old and our new s 1/2 year old. Having two at home is a little harder, especially when one is further along than the other. I will try to incorporate some new ideas for that situation. This week we started with the letter A. We made a couple of new crafts I will add to the "A" section.

If you have any craft ideas please pass them on! I'm finding that being a mama to 3 leaves me with a little less time to search for or come up with craft plans. Imagine that. :)

I may also be changing the look of things.  Let me see how much time I actually have to get this stuff done.  Any suggestions would be great!

The Letter I

Day 1

Goals: Learn the letter I. Be able to recognize it on the paper. Be able to say at least one thing that starts with the letter I.

Color sheets: Capital Letter "I", Lowercase "i", Ii is for Ice, Ii is for Iguana, Insects (just pick which one you like)

Craft: Igloo
Directions: Ideally you would use sugar cubes, but our store did not have them so we used large marshmallows, some white and some shaped like hearts.  After we had finished ours I found the link I attached to this project.  Arrange them on a plate and them glue them together  Talk about the letter I, what an igloo is and who lives in them:

Song: I says "i" (same tune.  See this post and watch video for melody.)

Shapes:  Ovals (goes with making an igloo.  Talk about how the shape of the igloo is an oval)

Day 2

Goals: Recall the sound "I" makes. Find "I" on papers.

Color Sheets: Sesame Street "I", Ii is for ice cream, Ii is for igloo

Tracing Skills Sheet: Diagonal Lines
These will be repeats for a little bit.  Kids need to do the same movemement over and over again to build the skills needed to write.

Computer Skills: Starfall "I", Bembo's Zoo (choose the letter I)

Snack/Lunch: Ice cream in a bag!
Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup milk or half & half
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 tablespoons rock salt
• 1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc) 
• 1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
• Ice cubes

Directions:

1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
3. Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
4. Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
5. Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy! 

Tips:  A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But don't increase the proportions more that that -- a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.

Color Green Sheet  - Look for the iguana and write the letter I next to it.

Advanced
Ii advanced

Extras
Hidden "I" color page
Hidden "i" color page

I am still alive!

I know it has been a while since I posted. I am so sorry! Between work and family and the holidays I was swamped! But I am alive and I am back. I should get the letter I up today!



Okay, so the letter I did not get up today. Sorry about that. We have had some family things going on and I got distracted. Iw ill do my best to get it up in the next day or two. I really do apologize!

A Little Break

Work is crazy right now. I know that sounds lame in print, but really it is.  I need to finish a store order and the personal orders I have before I can start posting preschool lessons again.  My time needs to be on this for a while!  I promise we will pick up with the Letter I as soon as I get caught up. 

In the mean time, check out my work site.  Maybe you will find something you like!