Week 5

*note: I decided to change every Friday to Fun Day! There are a lot of fun games/ crafts/ cooking, etc. that I didn't have time to include into any other day and also I don't care much for nursery rhymes. So fun day it is at our house!

MONDAY- LIGHTHOUSES

- vocab word is beacon - a beacon is a signal, a light to guide and warn.
- Build a lighthouse with a tower of blocks, duplo, or other building toy.
- Read Pete's Dragon, point out and talk about lighthouse.
- color lighthouse


TUESDAY- OCTAGON

- octogon coloring page color red and write STOP.  Teach about what Stop signs are for. Play "red light, green light" and hold up stop sign instead of saying red light. Make sure to reinforce "octogon" shape while talking about Stop signs.
- use craft sticks or toothpicks to make octogon.

WEDNESDAY- LETTER E
- talk about what starts with E.
- cut out E's in magazines
- use a white crayon to write a few E's on a white paper. Let child paint over paper. When he paints over the crayon, it will reveal the letter.

THURSDAY- NUMBER 5
- make a '5' page. Write a big 5 on a paper and do 5 stamps (of each kind of stamp ofcourse. Kid loves stamps)
- CHEERIOS GAME
Each person starts with a plate of 15 or so cheerios (or other small snack). Take turns rolling a die. (numbers 1-5) On your turn, eat the correct amount of cheerios for the number that you rolled. Play continues until cheerios are gone.

-APPLE STARS
Take an apple and cut it in half horizontally.
Show your children the star in the middle.
Each point of the star, holds a seed pocket.
Have children count the five pockets.


FRIDAY- FUN DAY!
- simple GO FISH game
Sort a deck of cards using only numbers from 2 - 10. (or whatever numbers they know) Shuffle and deal out four cards each. Children lay down pairs of numbers (two 3's, two 4's, etc.). When they have no pairs to lay down, they can ask someone else for a specific number. If the person does not have the card, they say "Go Fish" and the child takes a card from the pile. The person with the most pairs wins.
 
-CAR TRACKS
Set out some small cars, some large black crayons and some tape.
Show your children how to tape a black crayon on the back of a car, with the point of the crayon touching the table.
Now, let your children push their car over a sheet of paper, making black crayon tracks as they go.