Home Preschool: Time for V!

We spent last week focusing on the letter V.

 

Day One:

 

We began with our typical handwriting practice.

 

We then decided to mix it up a bit and practice writing our V's in play-doh using a (dull) knife.

 

Next, we moved on to this fun little activity that I found through some googling. I used this "parking lot" below and asked each boy to pick out a toy car from our expansive collection. I then called out the name of a shape and asked the boys to park their cars accordingly. After we finished shapes, I had the boys park their cars by calling out colors.

 

 

We then moved on to creating our very own V vases for flowers. I had pre-cut the big purple V's but let the boys handle cutting most of the smaller pieces.

 

Sorry it's sideways, but there's the finished product. (Camden's is on the left; Will's on the right.) They were pretty pleased with their work.

 

 The reading for Day One. We discussed the word "vehicle" and named different kinds of vehicles. Since a train consists of a bunch of vehicles, this book was fitting (plus, I knew it would catch their attention because, you know, trains).

 

Day Two:

 

We had to break out the Do-A-Dot markers (seriously, those things have been such a huge hit!) for some fine motor work.

We continued to use the "vehicle"/parking lot theme on Day Two. This time, I switched things up a bit: instead of parking according to shapes, they parked according to numbers (and I switched the parking lot up too-- gotta keep it interesting!). I put various amounts of star stickers in the parking spots-- some held just one sticker, some six-- and asked the boys to park their cars according to a number I called out. On a couple of the spots, instead of using star stickers, I wrote some higher numbers, like 42 and 100.

 

For our craft, we made a pretty simple volcano. They cut out the basic volcano shape I had drawn for them, and then used red and yellow paint for their lava. It's funny- this was probably the most simple craft I've prepared so far, and they spent the most time on it. I'm sure that's because it was also the messiest craft I've prepared so far. Preschoolers love their painting!

 

Finished products: Camden's on top, Will's on the bottom. Will said that his lava "spilled everywhere!" 

 

 



We actually did read a book like usual, but apparently I slacked on taking a picture of it. I can tell you that it was a riveting book about a family getting stuck in a traffic jam on the way to Grandma's house.