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I have changed stay at home toddler to a different site. 
STAY AT HOME TODDLER
There is now a complete years worth of lesson. Easy to navigate threw and more complete. 
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Colors

Flash cards
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
Purple
Black
Brown
Pink
Maroon
Teal
Turquoise 
Gray


Food
Red- apple, red bell pepper, crasins
Orange- oranges, peaches, dried mango
Yellow- banana, squash, yellow tomato.
Green- zucchini, green beans, broccoli, apple.
Blue- Blue berries.
Purple- Grapes
Pink- Pink pancakes, add raspberry puree to pancake mix.
Brown- Chicken
Black- olives, blackberries.

Coloring pages and crafts
Color wheel coloring page
Rainbow coloring page
Flower with Large peddle
Balloon coloring page 
Robin coloring page
Turkey coloring page
Duck coloring page
Cat coloring page
Blue bird coloring page
Peacock coloring page
Bear coloring page
Spider coloring page
Chick coloring page
Snake coloring page
Frog coloring page
Lizard coloring page
Alligator coloring page
Hand print rainbow


Activities 
Find colors on your walk- talk about the colors of the cars and flowers ect.
Color bingo- Make a bingo flash card on white card stock by cutting squares
out of colored paper. Use stickers to mark the colors. You can play this at the
grocery store, in your house ect.
Color collection- Have a few bags to represent different colors. Go around
the house and collect the different colors and put them in their bags. You can
do one at a time or all at the same time.
Color art- Make different color art pieces. Use paint, markers and crayons to
mark specific color art work.


Blue
Swimming- swim in a blue pool. 
Sky watching- go outside and look at the sky. What do you find in the blue sky?


Green
Green adventure- Make a little map to display where you are going. Ex of
and adventure (march on the green grass, under the green tree, eat the green
jelly bean, to the green fort/tent) You can make the ten with a green blanket, 
sheet or towel. 
Picnic- Have a picnic on the green grass.


Yellow
Yellow flower search- This can be done on a walk around the neighborhood
or in a nursery. If you feel like doing more then searching you can plant one. 


Orange
Make home made orange juice
Orange fish where are you? - go to a pet store and look at the fish. Try to 
find all the orange ones. 


Red
Red car look out- This works well on a semi busy street. Side on the grass 
or side walk and look for the red cars, vans and trucks. Say all the colors that
go by but when you see a red one to a special red car dance. YES you will 
feel like a dork but it is very fun.


Games
Color Jump- Tape or place different color construction paper on the floor.
Then jump around and shout out the colors that you jump onto. You can
mix it up by telling your child what to jump on next.
Color Match- Use the color flash cards and things from around the house.
Ex show the red flash card and then have your child find something red
around the house. Let them do all the looking. Let them choose what they
want to match up. Bring everything together and talk about all the items they
found.
Find that color-  Take turns shouting out a color. Everyone has to go and 
find something that is the color that was shouted. Bring them all together 
and and place them in different color piles. Use fruit, cloths, toys, books etc. 


Animals 
Red- robin, turkey
Orange- duck, cat
Yellow- chick, snake
Green- frog, lizard, alligator 
Blue- bird, peacock
Brown- bear
Black- spider




I would do the color lessons for a week or two. 

'Z' Lesson

Flash cards
Zoo
Zipper
Zoo
Zucchini


Food
Zucchini


Coloring pages and crafts
Zipper coloring page
Zebra 
Zoo coloring page

Zoo

Lesson- What kinds of animals are at the zoo? As you show them and talk

about them make all their noises. Talk about which ones are really tall and which

are really big. Talk about the colors. Point out all their body parts too. 

Game- Feed the animals. Use stuffed animals, animal figures or puppet crafts. 

Hold the animals and make their noise. Ex broooo brooo I am and elephant do 

you have any peanuts to feed me. You can either make pretend food on paper

or just pretend you have food. Have your kids feed the animals and then put them

to bed. (My 1 1/2  year old loved this game he thought it was funny.)

Craft- animal puppet

Activity- Go to a zoo. 

Books- Zoo Do's and Don'ts, Curious George goes to the Zoo, Never Ever 

Shout in the Zoo, Dear Zoo/

'Y' Lesson

Flash cards
Yo yo
Yogurt
Yak
Yellow
Yawn 
Yard
Yummy
Yarn


Coloring pages and craft
Yo yo coloring page
Yarn coloring page
Y coloring page
Yak coloring page
Yo yo coloring page


Food
Yogurt
Yellow food such as, bananas, squash and kix. 


Yellow
Lesson- Colors focusing on yellow. Talk about the color of food you are
eating. Wear yellow. Go out side and name the coloring of the cars, flowers
etc. 
Game- Collecting yellow. Grab a bag or basket and go around the house to 
find all your yellow items. Find yellow in toys, books, cloths etc. 
Craft- Yellow yarn art. Grab some yellow yarn, scissors, construction paper
(Cardboard would work better) and glue. Cut the yarn into different size pieces 
and let your children glue them down how ever they want to . 
Activity- Plant some yellow flowers. Have them help with the whole process. 
You can even plant seeds. 
Books-  Use books you already have and find the yellow things in it. 


Other ideas
Play in the yard. 
Teach them about yaks.
Make their favorite yummy snack. 

'X' Lesson

Flash Cards
X-ray
Xylophone

Coloring pages and crafts
X-Ray coloring page
Xxylophone coloring page

Xylophone 
Lesson- Music. Talk about different musical instruments and say that the
xylophone is one of them. 
Game- Start a band for a hour. Make sure one of you is playing the 
xylophone. 

Craft- Xylophone craft.

Books- Elmo's Tappin' Tunes, Thomas Xylophone Book. 

X-ray
Lesson- Talk about what happens when you get an x-ray. It lets you see threw
your body. Talk about how you can see your bones. 
Game- Play with your craft.

Craft- X-ray craft. Grab some brown construction paper and trace  your child's arm. 
Then get black construction paper and draw a bone smaller then the arm. Put the
bone behind the arm. If you want to make it bigger then do their whole body.
Books- The X-ray picture book of Amazing Animals. 
  

'W' Lesson

Flash cards
Whale
Water
Watermelon
Winnie the pooh
Walrus
Why
Wash
Warm
Winter


Coloring page and crafts
Watermelon coloring page
Whale coloring page
Water buffalo coloring page
Walrus coloring page
Winnie the pooh coloring page
Whale coloring page
Whale crafts

Food 
Watermelon
Wheat thins

Water
Lesson- What does water feel like? Water can be warm and cold. (fill a 
bowl with warm water and cold water and let them feel the difference.)
Put water in an ice tray with them and then put it in the freezer to let them
see what happens. Talk about what you use water for.
Game- Ice cube slide. Play this game on concrete or water proof floors.
Grab some ice cubs and slide them on the flour. You can do it back and 
forth or set up a target for them to hit. 

Craft- Water painting. Put water in a bucket and use different sized 
paint brush and paint to side walk or a chalk board. 

Activity- Water play. Go outside and play with water guns or water balloon. 

Stay inside and play in the sink or bath tub. Or go to a splash pad or water 

park (if it's summer).

Books- Hands across the water, A Fish out of water, Would You Rather Be
a Pollywog, Super Blue to the Rescue (Paint with water). 


Whale
Lesson- All about whales. Where do they live? What do they eat? Are they
big or small? Whales live in the ocean. What else lives in the ocean?
Craft- Whale craft.
Activity- Go Whale watching, go to an aquarium, go to the beach and talk
about how whales live in the ocean. (The pier is great for this because they 
have a better view.)
Books- Humphrey the Lost Whale, The Wild Whale Watch, Face to Face with
Whales, The snail and the Whale.