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.
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts

Thursday, September 16, 2010

'P' Lesson

Flash cards
Penguin
Ping Pong
Pineapple
Pee pee
Poo poo
Paint
Porcupine
Pig
Parrot
Pencil
Park
Picnic
Pickle
Pop tart
Pancake

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.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

'O' Lesson

Flash Cards
Oval
Octopus
Orange
Owl
Oven
Ostrich
Ox
Onion

Coloring pages and Crafts

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.
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.

Monday, September 13, 2010

'N' Lesson

Flash Cards
Nickel
No
Necklace
Nest
Neck
Nurse
Nuts
Notes
Nine
Newspaper
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.
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.
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)

'M' Lesson

Flash Cards
Mommy
Maroon
Monkey
Move
Mouse
Milk
Mountain
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Movie
Music
Monster
Milk
Monkey Bread
Mud Pies

Mommy
Lesson- How did I become your mommy? I feel in love with
daddy and then we had you. Look at pictures of mommy pregnant.
Tell them that mommy was small like they are. Show them baby
pictures of you and then pictures of you growing up.
Game- Any game as long as it is played with mommy.
Craft- Growing up mommy. Copy pictures of you as a baby-adult
and let them go crazy with glue. Talk about the pictures as they
glue them down.
Activity- Mommy and me date. (Movie)
Books- Just Me and My Mom, Mommy Hugs.

Monkey
Lesson- Counting down from 5 or 10. Use monkey craft write
1-5/10 on them. Sing 5/10 little monkeys. Also take time just
to count down without the song.
Game- Monkey time. Put some music on and dance like a monkey
Activity- Zoo
Book- That's not my monkey, Busy Monkeys, Five Little Monkeys
Jumping on the Bed, Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.

Other ideas
Mickey Mouse Club House (TV)
Have a music party (Dance around the house to different music)
Monster Pretend!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

'K' lesson

Flash Cards
Kitty
Kite
Kangaroo
Key

Coloring Pages

Key day
Lesson- What does a key do? Count your keys.
Game- Un lock the lock. Let your kids unlock locks.
It would be fun to put a label on each key.
Craft- Painted keys (you can find old ones or let them
paint your keys. Put painters tape on the bottom of
the key so you can still use it. Let them paint the top.
Activity- Get a key copied. Go get a key copied and see
how keys are made.
Books- Joey Pigza swallowed a key.

Kangaroo day
Lesson- What is a Kangaroo? Where does a Kangaroo live?
Kangaroos have big feet and a big tale so they can jump really
far. They have a Kangaroo pouch to hold their babies.
Game- Jump like a kangaroo. After making the craft (or not)
go out side and jump like a kangaroo. Count your jumps.
Craft- Be a kangaroo. With paper or material cut out a kangaroo
tale and safety pin it to your child's pants. Then take card board
or card stock and make them big feet. Just tape them on the
bottom of their shoe.
Activity- Zoo
Books- What Do you Do With A Kangaroo? (Scholastic Bookshelf)
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? Little Kangaroo, I love you,
Counting Kangaroos, Welcome to the world of Kangaroos, I
Wonder why Kangaroos have pouches.

Kite
Lesson- What is a kite? What else flies?
Game- Kite hide n seek. Take turns hiding and finding the kite.
Activity- Lets go fly a kite.
Books- Kite flying, Bear and Kite, Curious George and the Kite.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

'J' Lesson

Flash cards
Jello
Jar
Jam
Jelly
Jackolantern
Jelly beans
Juggle
Jet
Jack Rabbit
Jelly fish
Jacks

Food
Jelly
Jelly Beans
Jello (There is a jello craft if you don't want to eat, Our
family has heard how jello is made so we no longer eat it.)

Coloring Page

Jelly Bean
Lesson- Colors, I would do four to five colors for younger kids.
For older kids I would do as many as possible (different shades
too). Put all your jelly beans in a bowl and start sorting. Use
smaller bowl or ice cub tray. When you are done with the colors
you can do counting and patterns.
Game- Jelly bean toss. Grab your jelly beans and try to
toss them into a jar. Shot the color you are throwing. Don't
forget to eat a few as you play.
Activity- Go to a candy store
Books- Numbers (jelly belly), Shapes (jelly belly)

Jet
Lesson- What is a jet? Is it more like an airplane or a
helicopter? Why?
Craft- Jet craft.
Game- Go out side and pretend like you are jets flying.
Go really fast for a jet. Then be planes and go slower. Also
try being helicopter.
Books- Jay jay the jet plane.

Other ideas
Make a Jackolantern


Friday, September 10, 2010

'I' Lesson

Flash cards
I love you
Igloo
Ice cream
Ice
Ibex Goat
Insects

Food
Ice pops
Ice cream

Coloring pages and Crafts

Insect
Lesson- What is an insect? Count the insects. Get a bag
of insects and count all of them. If you have an older child
you can use them to do math. You can also talk about
the different bugs. How many legs do they have? What
color are they? Which ones look alike?
Game- Clean mud, make this mud with your kids and
let them put their insects in it.
Book- The insect book, The Best Book of Bugs, Insect soup,

Ice
Lesson- Ice is cold! How does it feel when you touch the ice?
Have something Warm (warm wash cloth), and something room
temp (a banana), and the ice.
Game- 'Move those cubes'.... Grab two buckets, put ice cubes in
one bucket and then move them while counting to another. You
can ever put them back in the ice cube tray.
Craft- Ice drawing, Grab some ice cubes and go outside. Make
drawings with the ice on the concrete.
Activity- Ice Floats. Get a cup of water and see what floats and
what sinks. Get coins and leaves etc.

Other ideas