ABC Jesus Loves Me

Colors, Shapes, Seasons, Senses, Basic Math & Personal Information Ideas

Calendar:
• Calendar Activity - On Starfall.com, this activity lets the child design a monthly calendar as well as explain what the day is.  Excellent!!!  A great start to a school day.

Shapes Ideas:
• Cut toast or pancake into various shapes.
• Use various crackers at snack time to review shapes
• Using Play Doh or cookie dough, cut various shapes using shape cookie cutters or a knife
• Find shapes in everyday objects.  Examples to include in your conversations - "Please open the rectangular door" or "What shape is this orange?"
• Draw ¾ of a shape and have the child finish the shape

Color Ideas:
• "Shine a flashlight on something ___" (choose color)
•  Fishing game with colored fish
•  Using UNO Cards - focus on the colors by playing various games

Spatial Placement:
• Place item in relationship to a hula-hoop. 
• Use toys or stuffed animals to place spatially with a chair or the child

Matching:
• Help with laundry and match socks
• Gather a bucket of shoes and match pairs
• Match various lids with pots, pans, and dishes

Sort:
• A muffin tin makes a fun place to sort small items during meal preparations
• Measuring cups in the bathtub are great fun and can be used to teach size
• Using a bag of various beans for soup, let the child sort them into a muffin tin
• Using train track pieces, sort the different shapes and lengths of pieces
• Sort play food into vegetables, fruits, milk/dairy, meat or pantry, refrigerator, freezer; if you don't have play food, you can also use pictures of food.
• Sort UNO Cards by colors or numbers

Pattern:
• Beading (Primary Lacing Beads)
• Create patterns using different colors and shapes for review
• Create patterns with snack food

Name, Address, & Phone Number:
• Using a magazine or newspaper, find and cut out the letters in the child's name and glue onto a sheet of paper.
• Aqua Doodle and Magna Doodle are great fun to practice writing
• Help the child look up their phone number and address in a phone book