Week 19 - Overlap Week of December & January
Items Needed:
Sandpaper Numbers: 0-8
Sandpaper Letters: Aa-Mm
Colors: Black, white, blue, brown, green, yellow, orange, red, purple
Worksheets: Drawing Lines Review Worksheet, Curricular Lines Worksheet
Books: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, The Cow Who Clucked
Games: Colorama
Activities: Play Dough, Finger Jello, or cookie dough, A-B-C and 1-2-3 Cutter Set
• Cut up Christmas cards to make puzzles. To make it more difficult, mix more than one card puzzle together.
• Using play dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, make letter or number cut outs with ABC/123 cookie cutters.
• Review colors learned: play Colorama
• Be a Wise Man
Without the child watching, hide several stars around the room. Tell the child that he/she is to be like the Wise Men and find the star that led them to Baby Jesus.
• Continue to practice drawing straight, horizontal, diagonal, and circular lines. Try taking away the yellow guide lines and use only the green and red dots.
• Fine Motor Skill:
Spray Bottle - Fill a small spray bottle with water. Spray water on shaving cream in the shower. If snow is available, add a little food coloring to the water and spray the snow.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Balloon Fun - keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist", bounce and catch the balloon - always use both hands together
