W is for Watermelon

We did the craft a while ago and I'm just now getting a chance to post it. Start by cutting out a green W and a pink W slightly smaller. Use a hole punch to punch some seeds. This was Cole's favorite part. Glue everything together to create a W watermelon.

Letter of the Week - O

For the letter O we made an octopus. It was easy and one of Cole's favorites. Of course that might have to do with the fact that the letter O is one of his favorite letters!

Letter of the Week - R

For the letter R we made an R rainbow. I started by drawing an R on a sheet of paper and making colored lines across it. Next, Cole decided that he was going to sort all the Fruit Loops by color before gluing them down on the paper. He actually had a good time tackling that big bowl. Finally, glue all your Fruit Loops to your R and allow to dry.

Letter of the Week - L

We started this craft by going on a leaf hunt in the backyard. We looked for 10 leaves and counted them all out. Cole really liked the leaf hunt. He wanted to find 10 different leaves, from 10 different plants.

Letter of the Week - U

Last week we made a U Umbrella for our letter of the week. We glued a U down and an umbrella that I had cut out. Then we folded a toilet paper roll to look like a drop of water and Cole stamped water drops all over the picture.

Letter of the Week - D

Our second activity for D week was to make a duck.  We started by painting our D with yellow paint.

Add feathers to the back of the D.

Cut a small beak out of orange paper (I let him do this himself).  And add a google eye.  This was the first craft we've really done with feathers and it was a fun one.

Letter of the Week - D

Our letter of the week was D this week.  We made a D Dinosaur!  I drew some triangles on scraps of green paper and let Cole stamp Ds on them with green ink.  

 Then he cut out the triangles.  I try to let him cut on his own as often as possible.  He actually did really well following the lines on this activity.

He glued his pieces on the back of the dinosaur and then glued on a mouth and eyes.  This was a really fun letter of the week that Cole really enjoyed.

Letter of the Week - S

Here are a few book selections to go with letter S. Verdi is one that we actually had and it has been a favorite of ours for a while. Cole is very into non-fiction right now so the Snakes book was also an instant favorite.

Letter of the Week - S

Our last S activity was to make snowflakes. Since it's been cold here the past few weeks this was a huge hit. We started with a plain piece of white paper. Cole and I folded it several times and then I let him cut out some chunks of the paper. He was so excited to open it up and see what pattern he had made.

Letter of the Week - S

This is one of my favorite crafts that we've done. To go with our letter S week we made a snake our of a paper towel roll. I let Cole paint the snake and once it was dry we he cut it into 7 pieces. Some of the cuts were difficult for Cole so I did them. We punched holes in each side of the paper towel pieces. I used a price tag gun that I had to connect the pieces of tubing. You could easily use pipe cleaners, string or paper clips. Add some eyes and a tounge and your snake is ready to go.

Letter of the Week - S

S is for Snake. I drew a big letter S on a sheet of paper and let Cole decorate it. He choose to use the dauber paints. We added eyes and a pipe cleaner tongue. The snake eyes are crooked because I let him put them on all by himself. I really try to allow him to be independent whenever possible while we're doing our craft projects. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Letter of the Week - I

A couple of good I books. Curious George is a favorite around here so I always try to find one of those to incorporate into our weekly theme.

Letter of the Week - I

Our other I activity we did was to make an igloo. I cut a toilet paper roll and glued it a sheet of paper. Cole spread glue on the roll and then covered it with ice (small white paper squares). Allow it plenty of time to dry and you'll have you're igloo. After the igloo was complete Cole used it as a home for some of his little dinosaurs.

Letter of the Week - I

We're back!!! Our letter this week is I. We made an I - Ice Cream Cone. After coloring in the cone part in brown I drew the ice cream scoop on some sparkle paper. I let Cole cut the scoop part out himself. Then he glued some foam squares, or sprinkles, onto the ice cream.

Letter of the Week - Z

Here are a few favorite book selections to go along with our Z letter of the week. Enjoy!

Letter of the Week - Z

I've been trying to incorporate a snack into our Letter of the Week activities. This week we made Zebra Striped Brownie Bites. Cole and I baked brownie bites and then used white frosting in a ziplock bag with the end snipped off to create our zebra stripes.

Letter of the Week - Z

For our Z letter of the week we did some tracing again and made a Z zebra. The zebra activity came from one of my favorite site - No Time for Flashcards.