'R' is for Rabbit

Oh me, Oh my...
Do you want to know how to tell when you are extremely sleep deprived and a little run down after the holidays and Jay's birthday!? 
When you post a lesson plan...and leave off an entire day.  Oops!  I promise I have not gone crazy, and I apologize for the omission!  I left Friday off of my lesson plan last week, and we were supposed to cover circles. 
I have gone back and added Friday to the lesson plan for last week.  So if you are running a few weeks behind on the lesson plans, like we are, it will be no biggie, but if you are up to date on them, I would combine last Friday's Circles lesson with this Friday's Silver lesson.  I would just do a few activities from each week's lesson, and your kiddo should be all caught up.  :0)             

This week we will cover:
The letter 'R'
'R' is for Rabbit
The number 18
Circles
The color Silver
Empty and Full

Monday: The Letter 'R'
-color a Letter 'R' coloring page
-while you are coloring, watch this, this, this, and this
-have your kiddo trace the Letter 'R' on their coloring page with their finger
-glue your coloring page to a piece of Silver construction paper and hang it on the wall (if you do not have a piece of silver paper, use paint or a silver crayon to color the edges of a white piece of construction paper silver)
-make a set of Letter 'R' memory cards (one with a Letter 'R' on it, and the other with a picture of a Rabbit on it)
-go through the Letter 'R' section of Starfall
-make a rainbow 'R' (print and cut out a large letter 'R.'  Cut small squares out of construction or tissue paper in all the colors of the rainbow.  I usually do about 1 inch squares, but they do not have to be perfect.  Have your kiddo glue the squares all over their letter 'R' to make a rainbow letter 'R.'  To make using the glue easier, pour some white school glue into a small jar, like a baby food jar, and have your kiddo dip cotton swabs into the glue and then wipe the glue onto their colored paper pieces.  They do this at our church, and it makes dealing with glue much less of a mess!)
-play letter 'R' charades  (write some words that begin with letter 'R' onto some index cards.  Make sure that they are action words like Row, Run, Roll, Rake, Rope, Rock, Ride, etc.  Draw the cards one at a time with your kiddo.  Show them the word and practice reading it with them.  Then act out the word.)
-sing Row Row Row Your Boat

Tuesday:  'R' is For Rabbit
-color a Rabbit coloring page
-while you are coloring, watch this, this, and this
-glue your Rabbit coloring page to a piece of silver construction paper and hang it on the wall.  (if you do not have a piece of silver paper, use paint or a silver crayon to color the edges of a white piece of construction paper silver)

-sing Little Bunny Foo Foo
-work this fun online Rabbit puzzle
-Read this online version of Peter Rabbit
-print and make a Rabbit out of hearts, print Page 1, and Page 2
-make a cute Rabbit mask
-take a moment to review Empty and Full today.  Use an example of something you use everyday like a glass, your plate, a bowl, your pets bowl, etc. 

Wednesday:  Fun Day!  
-today Jay and I are going to head over to the zoo to check out the animals.  (The petting zoo there has a very nice rabbit in it!)
-we will also spend some extra time loving on miss Fancy bunny.  I even have a new toy for Jay to give her! 
-If the weather in your area is not nice, you can always head to your local library and flip through some books about Rabbits.  Or you can rent and watch a movie with rabbits in it--Winnie the Pooh would be fun!  But whatever you do, make today a fun day and just enjoy spending time with your kiddo! 
-Empty and Full snack time (during snack time today, play a game with your kiddo.  Put their snack into several bowls.  Count the full bowls, and as you much on your snack, talk about the empty bowls too.)

Thursday: The Number 18
-color a Number 18 coloring page
-while you are coloring, watch this, this, and this
-have your kiddo trace the Number 18 on their coloring page with their finger
-glue your coloring page to a piece of Silver construction paper and hang it on the wall  (if you do not have a piece of silver paper, use paint or a silver crayon to color the edges of a white piece of construction paper silver)
-do this cute Number 18 worksheet
-search your house to see if you can find and count 18 silver things
-play with your silverware, count out 18 spoons--or spoons and forks if you don't have 18 spoons.

Friday:  The Color Silver
-go on a Silver scavenger hunt (search your home for things that are silver like coins, picture frames, buttons, door hardware, light fixtures, spoons, belt buckles, jewelry, etc)
-use some washable silver paint to paint a silver picture
-make a Silver pasta necklace (spray paint different shapes of pasta Silver and let your kiddo string them onto a piece of ribbon or yarn to make a necklace)
-create a Silver sculpture (use aluminium foil to make a sculpture of a monster, a person, a ball, or whatever your kiddo can dream up!  You can wad up the foil, roll it up, scrunch it up etc.)

I hope you had fun learning the letter 'R' with us this week!!  If you have missed a previous week, you can find it here, or under the ABC Lessons tab at the top of the blog.  And be sure to check back next week for 'S' is for Star!