Tot School–Letter I for Ice Cream

Tot School (23rd July – 31st July 2013) @ Debo 23 months
Alphabet:   I
Object:      Ice Cream
Theme:      Cold Weather
Colour:      White

 

Ice cream bin with colourful pom pom at the bottom

Letter Box for Letter  I

We done some flash cards of animals which live in cold weather.

Worksheets

Right Brain Exercise

Sequence cards for ice cream making

Crafts

Letter I for Iguana, small letter i for inchworm (Idea from http://totallytots.blogspot.com/)

File Folder Game

Ice cream colours matching game

   

Fine Motor

   

Scooping out colourful pom poms by using a small spoon. We play pretend play with the ice cream and pom poms where Debo pretending as an ice cream seller.

Debo playing with the alphabets cards which I made it for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” theme.

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Sensory Bin - Cold Weather (Letter I Week)

 

The first thing comes to my mind when talking about cold weather is “ICE”. Malaysia do not have winter, so definitely we won’t able to see snow in our own country. To let Debo feel the cold weather is to make her an “Ice World”. Alright, I only manage to make a SMALL ice world for her.

We do not have polar bear nor penguin, so I tried to put all the sea animals which lives in cold weather into the ice bin. I had make a lot of ices in different shapes and add in blue food colouring to make it look like sea.

Debo add in her whale and penguin bath toy into the bin.

Debo had lots of fun playing with the animals toys and we played until all the ices melted.

Treasure Basket - White Colour

Since we were having cold weather for our weekly theme, I had prepared a white colour treasure basket for Debo as white colour is the colour that we will normally link with “COLD”.

Items we had in the treasure basket :

- Styrofoam

- Cotton pad

- Spoon

- Sealing clip

- Instant noodles cup

DIY – Ice Cream Matching Colours

 

A simple and easy made game for kids, matching the ice cream felts with the colourful sticks.

What we need ?

A simple but fun for kids while learning colours.

Items needed:

1. Different colours of felts

2. Different colours of ice cream sticks or craft sticks (colours should be  able to match with the felts you have)

3. Needle and threads

How to make ?

Firstly, cut the felts into ice cream shape as above. Have two same colours of felts for one ice cream.

Sew the same colour felts together.

…. and now is all DONE !

And now is ready for play ..

Sensory Bin – Tools (Letter H Week)

 

This was our tools sensory bin, including Debo’s tools toys, some stationeries like scissor, double cellophane tape, white board eraser pipe cleaner and a cloth ruler. I also did some paper tools: a spanner and saw, printed out from internet.

Debo enjoying her tools sensory bin, taking out all the tools and knocking here and there acting like a craftsman.

We also played match the tools game. A fun and easy made game with little one. Just choose few of the tools, draw its outline on a piece of paper, and ask the kids to match the outline with the correct tools. Debo is good in matching shadow game, so this was easy for her too.

A simple sensory bin but gave lots of funs to Debo.

File Folder Game – Ice Cream Colour Matching (Letter I Week)

 

A lovely and fun playing file folder game where kids learn colours by matching the ice cream scoops and ice lollies with the correct cone or sticks, in terms of colours matching and words recognition. This lovely template was download from Mr Printable website.

The little pocket on the front cover can be used to store the scoops and lollies. 

 

To make it more solid and durable, I use foam paper as ice cream scoops and lollies instead from the printout. The colours look brighter with foam papers too.

I love this file folder game and so as Debo. It looks like an ice cream selling store, attractive and fun playing while kids can learn and keep them busy… at least for some moment.

Tot School – Letter H for Hammer

Tot School (10th July – 17th July 2013) @ Debo 23 months
Alphabet:   H
Object:      Hammer
Theme:      Tools
Colour:      Brown


Letter Box

 
Objects for the week: Hammer, Horse, Helicopter, Happy Face, Hippopotamus, Hyena, House, Heart, Honeydew, Hat

 Literacy

Flash cards of tools
 
Letter H word walls

We done some exercise after Debo studied the word walls. I called out the name and she draw on the pictures, with all correctly. 

Word puzzle, matching pictures with the words.
Worksheets
 
This was the she “write” her letter H ~
 


Pre writing practise

Pasting letter H Book

Pasting sticker for letter H for house.
READING

My hands book, showing what we can do with our little hands. 
 
Little Letter H Book, free printable from The Measured Mom website. A book that our little one can read and sing poems that start with letter H.
RIGHT BRAIN

Sorting hammer cards from small to large.
FINE MOTOR
 

Putting rings into rods.

Stacking blocks.


I found a hard and thick sponge from storeroom, very good as base for knocking. I bought those colourful golf tees from Parkson, love the tees as these are light and colourful, nice for Debo to learn sorting colours. After knocking the tees on the sponge, Debo need to put the pom poms on top of the tees. This is fun playing while can help practise the young one hand-eye co ordination too.

CHORES

Debo likes to play water and she always volunteer to help me to watering the plants.

 CRAFT

Capital H for House, small h for horse. Idea from TotallyTots.
DOUGH

Music
  
This week we had three bells together C, D, E, and play some music. I had to make sure Debo can handle it nicely, at least not knocking the bells before “release” all the bells for her to play. She play the bells nicely… is she start knowing to take care of her toys or because of her fiercely mum ??  ^_^
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