H is for Hat

Happy hat day!

For hat day we read the book The Hat by Jan Brett In this book the hedgehog gets stuck wearing an unusual hat, a woolen stocking. He encounters many of the animals on the farm who ask him about his unique headwear.  After the story, the kids colored and cut out pictures of the animals and glued them in order of apperance in the book.

H is for Hide

Did you know that the letter H's favorite thing to do is to hide? We found some of those tricky hiding letter H's and sorted them.

Then in honor of their favorite activity, we played hide and seek for a few minutes. This is usually one of our favorite days. The kids have a blast and I love the excuse to make my kids clean their closets and under their beds.

Letter H Obstacle Course

During letter H week we had a blast doing a letter H themed obstacle course. They did a hopscotch, hulahoop, hopped across some bases, ran around the tree, and hit the ball.

. . . hopsotch

. . . hulahoop . . . hopping . . . hit

Hop on Pop Hopscotch

Happy Leap year day! 

Here's a great post to celebrate a special day that only happens once every 4 years. March 2nd is a pretty popular day over here at Chipman's Corner. Why? You might ask. March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday. So every year we have a special preschool day completely devoted to activities related to his books. 

Here's a great activity to go with Hop on Pop.

Hop on Pop hopscotch!!

I used butcher paper to draw a hopscotch with the hop on pop characters in the middle. 

Since it was made of paper, I used some cheap Ikea clear, plastic mats to keep the paper from getting ruined. We worked on number recognition as the kids threw the markers on the board. 

Have you ever wondered what the official rules for hopscotch are? Check out wiki how for complete instructions. http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Hopscotch

H is for . . .

. . . H's who love to hide.

I hid some capital and lower case letters around the room. The kids found them and sorted them between upper case and lower case. 

. . . hats

. . . hiding. We played hide and go seek together all over the house. It is always a favorite day of mine and the kids. Plus it's a great excuse to make sure my kids all clean out their closets. :)

. . . The Hat by Jan Bret

We did a sequencing activity after reading the book. We used a free printable found at Primary Press. 

L is for Listen

  

Here's a great kid favorite that is also a great learning tool to help explore the sense of hearing. 

Here's What You Do:

1. Choose 7-8 things that make noise. Some can be traditional noise makers like musical instruments, but also include some things that think outside the box. For example, a jar full of water or a stapler.  I have even saved a few baby toys to use for this center even though my babies aren't quite babies anymore. :( 

2. Take pictures of each thing individually. Print and cut out each picture. 

3. Put up a partition between two students. We like to use our "offices." They are two file folders taped together and stood up on end. 

4. Have one student make noise with one of the items and have the other student try to identify which picture is making the noise. Then have the kids trade places. 

It seems simple, but I have to say from experience that this is a favorite year after year.

H is for . . .

 . . . hats!

. . .  hexagons!

It is no secret how much I love pattern blocks. Seriously. Coolest. Blocks. Ever. (Awesome Christmas gift for those of you who are stumped.)

Anyway, I was super excited when I found out a couple of years ago that they sell pattern block stickers on Amazon.

We worked on making hexagon "cookies" with our pattern blocks and then converted the blocks to stickers so the kids could take their hexagons home. The kids used yellow hexagons, green triangles, blue diamonds, and red trapezoids in different combinations to make a hexagon.

  

Here's a free hexagon cookie pdf. Each hexagon matches the size of the yellow pattern block hexagons. 

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