Monday 29 August 2011

Letter P: p is for Pig: Roundup

We have spent today having fun with "p is for pig"

R made finger puppets out of felt and told B the three little pigs story ( he loved joining in with blowing the houses down and giggled himself silly at R's impression of the wolf with a burnt bottom after climbing down the chimney!)


We tried colouring and printing practise with this tracer page from Making Learning Fun but B wasn't really into this today...


We also found this counting game on the Making Learning Fun site- similar to the grid games on the Mama Jenn blog; roll the dice and cover the appropriate number of piggies, you could use counters, pennies or any other kind of manipulatives to cover the pigs, we thought "mud splats" would be kind of fun (although strictly speaking the images are of piggy banks) and it also gave R and A cutting practise! B was more interested in doing a one to one covering activity than playing a game and taking turns so this is back in the folder for another day.
 

I also created this puzzle. I have seen similar ones around and I don't know whether to call it a number sequencing puzzle or a strip puzzle but it is completed by arranging the strips in numerical order - in this case 1 to 10.  Download the pdf from here.

Muddy pig pictures using fingerpaint; something that B has only just really started doing these last few months (he is now three and a half!) but boy is he making up for it, we only just managed to stop him doing "mud" on the carpet, walls, his siblings...  Funny thing was though that he didn't want to use the finger paint on the actual pig where it was supposed to go, he used a cookie cutter as a stamp instead.  R did her typical neat job and A only just remembered that he wasn't supposed to cover the whole outline at the last minute...


Using a cartoon image from clipart for free we created a lacing page for those fine motor skills and used purple thread.  Not that B was interested in this either (sigh)

We also tried to get B interested in pig and pink see trace make pages

We had a more luck with the p is for pig magnet page  which we used with glass nuggets and pompoms.

So there you have it, lots of preparation, not a lot of interest in most of the activities.  Oh well, onwards and upwards anyway; maybe they can be used with more success by you guys.  Who wants a blog that is intimidating because it doesn't own up to those things that don't work with their individual child!
The Attached Mama's Alphabet Craft Collection

Tuesday 23 August 2011

Resources by Theme Master List: Farm Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of farms and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

Farm Tot Book from 1+1+1=1
Our own P is for Pig round-up
Tractor Size Sort
Sheep
Ducks
Pigs
Geese
Horse

Saturday 13 August 2011

Resources By Theme Master List: Cat Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of cat and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!


Resources By Theme Master List: Reptile Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of reptiles and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!


Dinosaur resources



Resources By Theme Master List: Dinosaur Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of dinosaurs and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!



our own d is for dinosaur magnet page


Resources By Theme Master List: Amphibians Theme


In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of amphibians and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

Resources By Theme Master List: Minibeast/Bugs Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of minibeasts or bugs and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

ladybird split pin character

Resources By Theme Master List: Ant Theme


In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of ants and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!




2 Teaching Mommies has an Ant unit- lesson plan and reading suggestions are included as well as printables.

Resources By Theme Master List: Spider Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of spiders and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

our own s is for spider See Trace Make
Our own s is for spider Magnet Page

Resources By Theme Master List: Pets Theme

In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of pets and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

Cats
Dogs
Rabbits

Friday 12 August 2011

Resources By Theme Master List: Mammals Theme


In an attempt to organise my own bookmarks and to pick and choose from all the great FREE resources available to download and print I have started listing them in these master lists by type of resource and also by theme.  You can access these master lists by using the tabs at the top of the page.
This post is on the theme of mammals and will be updated periodically as I add resources to this blog or discover new sources.  If you know of any that you think should be included feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

Cats
Dogs
Elephants
Panda
Pigs
Rabbits

Magnet Pages: Master list


With the labels tab getting VERY long I am trying to organise things better by having some posts containing master lists of the resources available/linked to on this blog.  These can be accessed from the tabs above.
This list is the magnet pages on the blog and will be updated periodically to include new additions.