Teaching can be easy and fun

Why shouldn't you have fun while you teach your kids the abcs, how to count or what animal says moo. I think that kids learn best when they are having fun. I am setting out to teach my one and a half year old. I want to teach him how to be a good friend, how to show love, all the animals that live on a farm and so much more. I am writing this blog not even knowing if anyone will read it but hoping someone will find inspiration to have fun while teaching their toddler.

Friday, September 3, 2010

'C' Lessons

Flash cards for the day
Cat
Crayon
Car
Can
Cup
Counting
Ceiling
Cheese
Carpet
Cereal
Cold
Chili
Carrot
Cracker
Computer
Coloring

I make a few extra blank ones just in case I forgot something. When I am
done with them I put them in separate bags labeled. (food, animals,
outdoors, colors, feelings,toys) I also tape them to their item (Bed flash
card to the bed, bath on the bathtub etc.) That way they can be seen or
used everyday. I use the flash cards for meals, activities and lessons.

Food
Cereal
Carrots
Crackers
Chili

Counting day
Lesson- Use the 'counting' flash card to show the spelling.
Go on a walk and count windows on houses or on cars. Count
cars (use car flash car while talking about it). You can even
count wheels and talk about colors. If you go to the park count
swings and kids. You can count at home, favorite toys, food etc.
You can use number flash cards to show numbers. Use any kind
of counting books to read for story time.
Craft- Number stickers younger kids will need more help,
Use mailing labels to write numbers and decorate them. You can
use these to mark things around the house. Put '2' on the couch if
you have two couches. Put '6' on a chair if you have 6 dinning room
chairs, etc.
Games- Cup games, (use cup flash card) put water in a few cups
and leave a few empty. Then let the kids pour the water in each cup.
Use a small cup and a large cup and count how many small cups
you need to fill the large cup. Play with ABC stacker cups. Look
for this craft under ABC crafts.
Books- Counting Kisses, One Big Building, How Many Snails,
Counting Crocodiles, Crayon Counting Book, My little Counting
Book, Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever.

Cooking Day
Lesson- Hot and cold. When you take food out of the refrigerator
it is cold and when you cook it, it gets hot. Measuring, how do you
measure? Colors, talk about all the different colors of the food.
Craft- Food painting. Cucumber, carrots and celery for paint
brushes. It will make great patterns. Home made paint recipe
to cook up.
Game- Cooking match up, grab all you doubled up cooking tools.
Ex spatulas, measuring cups, baking sheet etc. Scatter them out on
the floor or table and match them up together.
Books- Cooking Rocks (Rachel Ray), The Best Mouse Cookie, The
Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake, Cooking in a Can.

Color day
Lesson- Color recognition, texture (crayons are smooth, paint is wet
chalk is chalky) for older kids who already know colors you can do
more complex colors ( maroon, turquoise, gray, etc). Also you can
teach them how to make colors out of red, yellow and blue. Older kids
can use crayons to do math (If you have 4 crayons and you put 2 more
down how many to you have?). Younger kids can use them to count.
Craft- Crayon coloring page, water colors, shape art (cut shapes out
of different colored paper and let them go glue crazy).
Games- Cut squares out of different colored paper and glue them in
a bingo format. Take a walk around the house, neighborhood or
grocery store and play color bingo. Use stickers to mark the spot.
Books- The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow, Spot looks at colors,
Ice Cream Colors, Kids Teaching Kids colors.

Camping day
Lesson- What are all the things you need to camp. Tent, wood, food
etc. You can get camp fire wood and use it to count. Use marsh
mellows to count or do math.
Activities- Pitch a tent in your back yard and have story time. Take
naps on sleeping bags Have smores for snacks.
Games- Imagine game.... Tell your child to imagine they are camping,
What do you see? If they are too young then tell them what it would be
like to camp.
Books- A camping spree with Mr Magee, Fred and Ted go Camping,
Just me and my dad (little critters), The Berenstain Bears Go to Camp,
Maisy goes camping, Doras Camping trip, Currious George goes Camping,
Turtle and Snake Go Camping.

Other ideas
Use toy cars to count or do math.
Go to a local car show and have fun talking about the different cars.
Car books- Disney's Cars: Race to the Finish, Little red car gets in trouble



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