FunShine Letter of Month

So Today we did letter E  (EGG)

Children work on fine motor skills , cutting and  gluing 

So Each month you get  Daily Basic  

 children can practice sounds , new words ,upper and lower case letters . sign for each letter . You can display them all month .

 Weather been so great we been so busy outside

We also read a fun book  

Funshine Hickory Dickory Dock

this book came with October

 We also receive this  games  . I passed out the number clocks and I read the poem each time clock striking a different number

 a mouse shape craft

 punch out the Triangles

October Funshine

This is a prefect tie into the fire Dept. yesterday that came for a visit . They talked about Exit (look for X) sign

Funshine has a creative art section each day and on this day has a suggested art and it was Exit sign . have the children tear paper to make the word exit . working on fine motor , self care and emergent writing skills  

Here part of starter kit and each month you get new letters , number ,shape and color to add to poster .

 We a bit behind as I did not start until October .   

October

felt and magnet boards

  I Spy Books

 Stackable guy

Halloween pinball

 Dot to Dot

 color tray /fine motor

 lace pumpkins

 counting

Sensory Bin

Dramatic play area

Funshine Curriculum October 2015

I will be using  Funshine Fireflies
Oct 5th Letter D

Everything in a pack (I have 8 preschool all 8 in same package )

Has a  daily lesson format makes  easy to use and sequences learning so that new skills build on previous knowledge. Each day includes activities that integrate learning across different learning domains. Fits into Parent aware in Minnesota and other rated  state  

Lesson plan and Daily info all laid out to give you hint and idea .

It is also fire prevention week and gave you idea to set up Dramatic play

 Fire hats and vest out this month

Also book idea and even song to use

I am a little firefighter

Brave and strong

waiting in the station ,

all day long !

when the whistle blows ,

I race to my truck!

lets flash the lights ,

now wish me luck!

If like to check FunShine out here the link

 

http://www.funshineexpress.com/curriculum-kits/fireflies/kit-contents

Shapes

http://www.archjrc.com/childsplace/shapemonster.html

We do this song each morning when we are learning shapes but I love it also teachers colors .  

 I made a few sets of them and we copy the shapes each day at circle time
http://blog.theconnectionweshare.com/craft-activities-ideas-for-kids/color-pattern-matching-game-for-kids/

 I took my trace shapes from  http://123learncurriculum.com/ each one of her theme  has a shape with it .

 dot sticker connect dots and make shapes

 We also learn how one shape can become another

 We did a lot of practice cutting in this unit also

 and even made some painted circle for circle day  .

another fun game we play each afternoon after snack I spy a color and shape (like I spy a blue square ) the ABC Rug or a brown rectangle (door )