'V' Lesson

Flash cards
Visit
Villain
Vase
Vine
Vegetables 
Volcano 
Vulture


Coloring pages and crafts
V coloring page
Vegetable coloring page
Volcano coloring page
Vulture coloring page


Food
Vegetable 

Vegetables
Lesson- Why do we eat vegetable? Go threw the colors of different 
vegetables. 
Games- Veggie match. Get some carrots, broccoli, zucchini, bell pepper
etc. Put everything in a bowl and match them up together. 
Craft- Vegetable puppet.
Activity- Vegetable bingo. Go to a farmers market 
Books- Vegetables, What's in my Garden. 


Volcano 
Lesson- What does a volcano do. Is it hot or cold? What does it look like?
What happens when a volcano explodes.
Craft- Make a volcano.
Activity- Explosion time. Make your volcano erupt. This is so fun you can
do it for hours.

Books- The Best Book of Volcanoes, Volcanoes.

'U' Lesson

Flash cards
University
Umbrella
Universe
Under


Coloring pages and crafts
Umbrella coloring page
Universe coloring page
Umbrella crafts


University 
Lesson- A University is a collage. Hey it's not to early to talk about collage.
When I did this with my son we went to USC to visit his uncle and grandma. 
We ran on the track. We also just walk around. 
Game- Pencil count. Get some pencils and use them to count. 
Craft- Pencil stamps. Use the erasers to dip in ink or pant to make a stamp 
art piece. 
Activity- Visit a University. 




Umbrella 
Lesson- What does an umbrella do? Do you use an umbrella in the sunshine 
or do you use it in the rain? 
Game- Umbrella  fun. Put bathing suits on and grab your umbrella. Use the 
hose as rain and let your child play with the umbrella. What happens when 
you put the umbrella over your head? 
Craft- Umbrella. 
Books- The Red Umbrella.


Other Ideas 
Under and over lesson. Ex use a cup. The can is under the cup, now it is 
over the cup. 

'T' Lesson

Flash cards
Truck
Tiger
Tigger
Turtle
Tent
Tomato
Train


Coloring page and crafts
Turtle coloring page
Tiger coloring page
Train coloring page
Thomas the train coloring page
Tree coloring page
Turtle craft 


Tiger
Lesson- Where do tigers live? What color is a tiger? Do tigers
have strips or spots? What do tigers say?
Game- Strips vs spots. Look at all the animal books you have and find
the animals who have strips and fin the ones who have spots. 
Craft- Tiger magnet 
Books- Tiger on a Tree, Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger?, Tiger-Tiger
is it True?.


Train
Lesson- What does a choo choo train say? What is the train riding on?
What is on the front, middle, and back of the train? 
Game- Choo choo express. Be a choo choo train. You can even make a
train with boxes. 
Craft- Train craft.
Activity- Irvine park train, La habra children's museum.  
 Books- My Big Train Book, The Best book of Trains, The Good Night 
Train. Big Book of Trains. 


Other ideas
Set up a tent to play in and to have story time. 

'S' Lesson

Flash cards
Snake
Shake
S'more
Sandwich
Sailboat
Sun
Summer
Salamander
Snail


Food 
Sandwich
S'more
Shake


Coloring pages and crafts
Snake coloring page
Sun coloring page
Salamander coloring page
S'more coloring page
Sandwich coloring page
Sailboat coloring page
Snail coloring page


Sun
Lesson- What is the sun? What color is it? When does the sun come out?
What happens when the sun goes down?
Game- Rising sun. Pretend like you are a sun. Get down close to the flour
and then rise up slowly with your arms over your head like a circle. Go to 
your tip toes and then set.
Craft- Sun Craft
Activity- Go out side and enjoy a sunny day!
Books- Hello Sun, Sleepy Sun, Fun in the Sun. 


Snake 
Lesson- What is a snake? Where do snakes live? How to they move? What
does a snake say? Use fake snakes to count and do math. 
Game-  Slithering snake finding the alphabet. First put letters
up in different places around the house. Then slithering around like a snake
to find them. 
Craft- Snake craft
Activity- Go to a reptile store.
Books- Snake, The Best Book of Snakes, Amazing Snakes.


Summer
Lesson- What do you do during summer? Is it hot or cold? Does it rain a 
lot? Talk about all the fun summer things you do. 
Game- Find the sun. Make a sun and then play hide n seek with it. If you 
want to make it more difficult make multiple  suns. Also hide rain clouds 
and snowflakes. Collect the suns! 
Craft- Porthole craft. Make a summer themed one. 
Activity- Enjoy a summer activity. Even if it is winter. Go to the beach
with warm cloths and build sand castles. Have a picnic inside on a 
rainy day. 
Books- How I Spent My Summer Vacation. 

'R' Lesson

Flash Cards

Raisin

Rainbow

Reindeer

Rabbit

Rose

Rat

Railroad

Rhino

Robot

Rocket

Ring

Red

Coloring pages and Crafts

Rainbow coloring page

Reindeer coloring page

Rabbit coloring page

Robot coloring page

Rainbow crayon craft

Rocket craft

Rabbit ears hat

Rhino coloring page

Robot craft

Food

Raisins

Rainbow fishes

Radish

Red bell pepper

Rainbow pudding(make pudding and separate it into a few bowls. Use

food coloring to make rainbow colors and then add all the pudding

together to make it look like a rainbow.)

Red

Lesson- Colors focusing on red. Wear red, eat red food. Everything red.

Take a walk and look for red flowers and red cars.

Game- Go around the house and look for red stuff. Collect the red stuff

in a basket or a bag. Ex red shirts, bowls, toys etc.

Craft- Red art. Use marker, crayon and paint to make a red art piece.

Book- The Red Book, The Little Red Caboose, Fox in Socks.

Rainbow

Lesson- Colors. Find objects around the house so that you have all the

colors of a rainbow. Ex Red legos, orange oranges, yellow paper, green

cloths, blue bowl, purple shirts. Ask or tell your child what color they

are.

Game- Find that color. Say a color out loud and them run to each room

and find stuff that is that color. Do it over and over with the different

colors.

Craft- Rainbow hand print craft.

Book- The rainbow fish, All the colors or the rainbow.

Rabbit

Lesson- What is a Rabbit. What does it look like? What do bunnies

like to eat? How to they move? Talk about how they feel when you

touch them.

Game- Hop hop hop! Use carrot cut outs. Place them i a path

and hop to each one. You can even count along the way.

Activity- Go to a pet store to visit the rabbits.

Craft- Rabbit Ears

Book- The tale of Peter Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, mrs rabbit

and mrs elephant.

Rocket

Lesson- What is a rocket? Where does it go? Who flies in them?

Game- Count down! Count down from 10 to lift off. You can lift

off yourself and jump into the air off the couch or you can use

your craft.

Activity- Boysen Park has a cool rocket play area.

Craft- Rocket craft

Books- Roaring Rockets, Popular Mechanics for Kids - Radical

Rockets and Other Cool Cruising Machines

'Q' Lesson

Flash cards

Question

Quit

Quilt

Quack

Coloring pages and crafts

Quilt coloring page

Queen coloring page

Quake Duck coloring page

Quilt craft
Tracer page

Question Day

Lesson- Asking questions helps us learn new things. Make sure

you tell them how much you love them asking you questions. Ask

them if they have any of their own questions to ask you.

Game- Question game. Have a list of questions. Ex. what is your

favorite color? What is your favorite thing to eat? Etc. If you have

a younger child then give them a choice. Have something blue and

something red. Say what is your favorite color blue or red. Have

five or more questions.

Find the question mark game. Hide paper question marks around

the house and find them with your child.

Craft- Question mark art. Cut a question mark out of construction

paper. Use glitter, paint, stickers and markers to decorate it. Do as

many as they want to do. You can use them for a game.

Activity- Spend sometime with a friend or family member and ask

them questions. If you have an older child let them ask their own

questions.

Books- Jo's Big Question, Questions for Kids.

Quack quack quack

Lesson- Animal noises, focusing on ducks.

Game- Quack around in the duck pond. Make a duck pond with a

sheet or blanket and pretend you are a duck. Quack around. Do a

duck jump (jump into the pond).

Craft- Paper plate duck craft.

Activity- Go to a duck park.

Books- What's up Duck?, Five Little Ducks, 10 Little Ducks, Duck and

Goose.

'P' Lesson

Flash cards

Penguin

Ping Pong

Pineapple

Pee pee

Poo poo

Paint

Porcupine

Pig

Parrot

Pencil

Park

Picnic

Pickle

Pop tart

Pancake

Coloring pages and crafts

Paint coloring page

Porcupine

Pig coloring page

Pencil coloring page

Pineapple coloring page

Pencil buddies craft

Penguin craft

Food

Pineapple

Pot pie

Pickles

Pop tart

Pancake

Pig

Lesson- What is a pig? What does it eat? What color are pigs?

Where do pigs live? What else lives on the farm. Pig tracer page/

coloring sheet.

Game- Eat like a pig. Have your kids eat there lunch like a piggy.

Explain that it is just for the day because it is pig day. Laugh have

fun and don't be afraid to get messy. They will think it is funny if

you eat like one too. (When I say eat like a pig I mean 'snouts in the

troth' style not eat everything in sight)

Craft- Chose from these Pig Crafts.

Activity- Centennial Farm has pigs and it is free.

Book- Chester the Worldly Pig, Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig, If You

Give a Pig a Pancake, The Year of the pigs,

Park

Lesson- Colors and counting. Look at the green grass and the green

trees. if there are flowers what color are they. What color is the

slide and the swings. Then count everything. You can even bring a

paper with words or pictures of slides, trees etc. Then write how

many of each thing you find.

Game- Relay at the Park. Toddlers can defiantly do a relay. Make

sure you do this with them and have fun. Go threw the tunnel and

hurry to the swings and go under, then go up the stairs and down

the slide. Next climb and the bench and walk to the other side and

jump off. If your child likes this game chances are you will be tired

before they want to stop. This is a great work out too!

Craft- Painting in the park. This is easy and quick! You are

going to need a container with a lid. I used a big plastic pretzel jar,

and a big plastic pickle jar, and a plastic protein powder container.

You only need one. Grab some paint, a large plastic jar, paper,

wrapping paper ribbon, cloths pins, and a few random objects. Small

balls, legos, rocks etc. When you are at the park tie the wrapping

paper ribbon to two trees to create a cloths line. put your cloths

pins on before you do the art. Now it is time to paint. Put your

paper in and the random items of your choice. Put some paint in

(not too much). Close the lid and shake it, play soccer with it, roll it

down a hill, etc. When you are done pull it out and hang it on the

cloths line. To make different looking art put different items in and

shake the jar in a different way. The art looks so beautiful just

hanging in nature.

Activity- Have a picnic at the park.

Book- An A-Z Walk in The Park.

Paint

Lesson- What is painted? Talk about all the things that get painted.

Walls, cars, houses, art etc. How does paint feel to the touch? Use

paint brushes to count and do math.

Game- This one is Messy! Make flash cards that say right hand, left

hand, right foot, left foot, face, blue, red, yellow and green. Place the

body parts cards and the color cards in a different pile. Take turns

picking up one card from each pile. What ever the card says you do.

Ex left foot blue, this means that you paint your left foot blue.

Craft- Choose from these painting crafts.

Activity- Go to an art museum.

Books- Van Gogh and the Sunflowers, Painting on a Canvas:

Art Adventures for Kids.

'O' Lesson

Flash Cards

Oval

Octopus

Orange

Owl

Oven

Ostrich

Ox

Onion

Coloring pages and Crafts

Octopus coloring page

Orange coloring page

Owl coloring sheet

Octopus coloring page

Ox coloring page

Octopus

Lesson- Counting. Octopus's have eight legs. How many eyes etc.

Where does and octopus live? What else lives in the ocean.

Game- Dance like and octopus. Put some music on and dance

with your arms moving like and octopus.

Craft- Octopus craft (difficult). Octopus craft (easy)

Book- Tickly Octopus, Good Thing You're Not an Octopus!

Welcome to The World of Octopus.

Oval

Lesson- Shapes. Focus on ovals. Look for ovals around the house.

Game- Run around the oval. Make and oval shape inside or out side

with a jump rope or tape. Run around the rope together. Run back

wards, jump, run fast and slow.

Craft- Decorate an oval. Cut an oval out of construction paper and

get decorations to make it pretty.

Books- Shapes, Shapes, Shapes; The Farm Book.

'N' Lesson

Flash Cards

Nickel

No

Necklace

Nest

Neck

Nurse

Nuts

Notes

Nine

Newspaper

Nose

Coloring Pages and Crafts

Nurse coloring page

Necklace coloring page

Nest coloring page

N Work sheet

Notes coloring page

Food

Nuts

Newspaper

Lesson- What is in a newspaper? Look at all the pictures and

talk about them. Also funnies is a must.

Game- Lava jump. Spread the news paper out and pretend like

the floor is lava. Jump from newspaper to newspaper.

Craft- Newspaper clay

Activity- Go buy a newspaper. Let the kids put the money in.

Nurse

Lesson- What does a nurse do? Where do nurses work? What

kinds of things to nurses do?

Game- Play nurse, check for pulse, put band aids on boo-boos.

Use a tong depressor to look in mouth. etc.

Craft- Nurse Hat

Activity- If you have any nurse friends maybe you can

visit them at work. Or have a play date with them.

Books- Nurse Nancy, Nurse (little people shape book)

Helping you Heal.

Nose

Lesson- Find noses. Your nose, Mommy's nose, dogs nose

stuffed animal nose etc. What do you use your nose for.

Game- What's that smell? Grab coffee beans, lemons, soy

sauce, flowers, cinnamon, vanilla, perfume, clone. Anything

you have with a distinct smell. Let your child smell them one

at a time. Ask which one is there favorite and least favorite.

Craft- Animal nose

Books- Toes, Ears and Nose, A Noses for Adventure, If I only

had a green nose, Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face.

Other Ideas

Collect nickels.

Count everything in nines.(ex. nine crackers for snack)