N is for . . .

. . .  nose! Can you name that smell with your eyes closed?

. . . number book! Check back later for a post on how to make these awesome, foldable books. No tape, glue, or staples!

. . . noodles!

N is for Noodle Necklace

 

Noodle necklace - fun for all ages! Take some noodles, dye them fun colors and make a necklace!

Here's the Recipe we used to dye our noodles:

What You Need:

• rubbing alcohol
• noodles
• ziplock bags (cheap bags will leak, I speak from experience)
• food coloring

What You Do:

1. Add noodles to bag.
2. Add 1/8 c alcohol for every 1/2 c noodles.
3. Add food coloring until you get the desired color.
4. Shake bags a bunch.
5. If needed, add more food coloring.
6. Dry overnight, spread out on a paper towel

Napping House Free Printable

 A while ago we did a fun activity with the book, The Napping House. This is seriously one of my favorite books of all time. It has a great rhythm, beautiful pictures, and it's fun! If you want a reminder of what we did, check out the old post here. 

Someone emailed me and asked for a copy of the activity we did and I am happy to put it out there. If you use it and share it, please give us credit. Click here to get the free printable. Enjoy!

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N is for . . .

. . . Noodles!

We covered letter N's with different kinds of noodles. We used some of the noodles we dyed for our noodle rainbow we made here.

. . . Nose!

We practiced using our sense of smell by closing our eyes and guessing what we were smelling with our super sniffer nose glasses. 

. . . Numbers!

The kids did matching number cards. They had to match the written word, the number, and the correct amount of dots. This time I did each number in a different color. When we are ready to take it up a notch, I'm going to do them all in black.

. . . Nine!

We are making a number book with the numbers 1 - 10. I decided to start with number nine because it was letter n week. Each page in our book will follow the same basic outline: trace the word and number on the bottom. Color and cut out the number. Glue on the right amount of whatever onto the number. For 1 we'll do a mouth, 2 - eyes, 3 - tricycle, etc.

The Napping House

We read the Napping House this week for letter N. I think that it is one of my new favorite books. The story is fun and has a nice rhythm. Plus, the artwork is beautiful.

After we read the story, we did some Napping House math. We recalled who was napping in the house. (We didn't count the flea because it wasn't asleep.) For each thing that was sleeping, we glued the appropriate amount of feet in our house for that thing. i.e. two feet for the Granny, but 4 feet for the dog. After we remembered everyone in the story, we counted how many feet there were, how many paws there were, and how many there were all together.

Then each child got their own house to color and they glued on the appropriate feet and paws for all the people that sleep in their house. After they glued them all on, we counted how many feet and paws sleep at their house.

For a link to a free printable, check out our most recent post here. 

N is for . . .

. . .Nose!

We explored our sense of scent today. We smelled different foods: chocolate, bananas, lemons, cinnamon, and cheese (I used feta since it is so aromatic). Then each child took turns wearing the super sniffer noses to see if they could figure out what they were smelling without looking at it.

. . . Noodles!

When I taught 3rd grade, we made skeletons using different types of noodles. So between that project and this project that we did in September, I had lots of noodles in lots of shapes and lots of sizes and lots of colors for the kids to explore. They made noodle art work with them.