Week 1:Cows

   X loves cows. Ever since we moved into this house in February he has loved passing by the dairies on the way home. "Hi cows!" "Bye cows!" Everyday.

   Guess what his answer was when I asked what he wanted to learn about his first week of preschool?

   Yup. Cows.

   We're doing a different theme for our lessons each week.

   So what all did we do this week?

Week 1: Cows, Squares, #1, Letter A

 

Crafts:

3D cow cards
Hanging cows
Square mosaics

 

Snacks:
Purple Cow Floats (Ice cream, Sierra Mist, and Blackberry flavored syrup)
Cheese and apple squares
A platter of 1's (1 strawberry, 1 slice of cheese, 1 mini sandwich, 1 cookie)

Activities:
123 puzzle
ABC puzzle
Farm animal puzzle
Animal flashcards

Shape flashcards

Movies:
Barnyard
Charlotte's Web
Signing Time: Leah's Farm

Songs:
Old MacDonald

Poems:
Hey Diddle Diddle

 

Books:
The Cow Who Clucked
Little Rabbit's First Farm Book
Faraway Farm
Hey Diddle Diddle
Penguins 123

Outtings:
Evergreen State Fair (the week before we started we went to the fair and talked about the cows)
Dairy farm (we stopped at the dairy farm down the road to look at the cows)

 It was a fun week!

Next week?

PIRATES! Arrrrr!