Preschool Lesson: Learning Animal Names

This week we will continue learning to identify colors.We will also be learing to identify animal names and sounds that they make. Pooh Bear already can name several animals and identify the animal with the sounds they make. I will add a few animals that he has not already learned and hopefully find some fun games to make this lesson enjoyable.

1. Refrigerator animal magnets. We purchased animal magnets from Melissa Doug.  Each time we are making a meal we ask Pooh Bear to show me the (animal name). Pooh Bear moves the animals as he identifies  each animal. We also ask what sound does the (animal name) make? As we move along we will add more animals to the set. 

2. I am looking for some fun animal crafts to work on this week.

3. We will be reading our animal books and playing with some toy farm animal figures.

4.We will use coloring pages from: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_farm.htm

5. We have planed a fun surprise outing to a animal petting farm.

6. We are adding the colors: green, violet, and orange to or color games from last week.

Arts and Craft: Color Puzzle

To go with our theme of learning colors this week I decided to make a color puzzle. We had fun making our puzzle. Pooh Bear had a lot of fun painting the puzzle pieces.

First we needed some cardboard. This coke carton was just the right size.

Cut out a frame and keep the cut out circles for the puzzle pieces.

Then cut out matching white paper to glue to the front of the cardboard.

After gluing the paper to the frame and puzzle pieces,  paint the frame. I used brown paint.

For the backing cut the other side of the coke box to the same size and glue white paper to the front of the backing. 

Next  paint 3 circles( the size of the puzzle pieces) on the backing making sure to line up the circles with the frame before painting.

Next glue the frame over the backing.

Then this part mommy and daddy helped Pooh Bear paint the puzzle pieces.

We pointed out each color as Pooh Bear was painting.

The  next step was to paint several layers of Mod Podge over the frame, backing and puzzle pieces. 

Then we applied colorful duct tape around the boarder of the puzzle frame.

Now we are ready to play.

Next time we will try to make a shape puzzle!

I hope every one enjoys!

Preschool Lesson: Learning Color Names

Pooh Bear is going to be working on naming colors this week. Usually parents teach their child colors by pointing to an object and asking, What color is this? This is an easy way to teach colors and I am all for this method. It works well while out on a walk or when we are shopping. I have decided we need to add some fun to the mix and create some color games.  Here are a few of the games we will be playing.

1. Finger painting! This might be a little messy but, it is sure to be fun, fun, fun! While painting we will point out the colors and maybe even mix a few to see what happens. When starting out we plan to stick with three colors and then add new colors as the week progresses.

2. Color fishing game.  Cut out colored fish from construction paper and put a paper clip on the fish. Tie a string to a Popsicle stick or  a craft stick. Then tie or tape a magnet to the end of the string. Now you are ready to go fishing. I am going to ask the colors as Pooh Bear catches the fish and then have him sort them by color once he is done fishing.

3, Sorting colored blocks in to baskets.

4. Color matching game. Cut out two rectangles of each color from construction paper. Lay them out mixed well and ask the child to match the colors. Once Pooh Bear understands the concept I will add backing to the cards and flip them over color face down and he can learn the rules of  a regular matching card game.

We will be working on the primary colors red, yellow and blue this week. As we progress on we will add more colors into the mix. I hope to find a few more fun color activities along the way.  I also plan to use some coloring pages from First-School Preschool/Colors in Preschool.