Weekly Workboxes - Week 25 (Birds)

Bird books

Are You My Mother?
Make Way for Ducklings
How Do Birds Find Their Way? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
In the Nest
Birds

Science Center - nests, feathers and a bird bone

Sensory bin - scoops, birdseed, magnetic marbles and wand, fake nest (from Oriental Trading, pack of 4)

do-a-dot page from DLTK-teach

Melissa and Doug Pattern Blocks

Bird Toob and fake nest - roll di put that many birds in nest

What is different from 3Dinosaurs.com

Place marbles on the duck suction cups

Nn tray

Transfer eggs from one nest to another

Melissa and Doug spelling boards - bird, duck & hen

Birdseed sweeping

Melissa and Doug Switch & Spin

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Weekly Workboxes - Reptiles for Preschool

Most of our activities this week are focused on turtles, but primarily we are learning about reptiles, hence the variety of books!

From Pre-Kinders with pattern blocks

Tt tray

From 2 Teaching Mommies with Magnetic Teaching Tiles - Uppercase

From Confessions of a Homeschooler with Snap Cubes (I got this idea from Train up a Child)

From Confessions of a Homeschooler

From Confessions of a Homeschooler, with buttons (I got this idea from Train up a Child)

Safari LTD Reptiles Toob - find the match (it comes with two of each kind of snake and lizard)

Counting clip cards from 2 Teaching Mommies

Counting turtle cards from Confessions of a Homeschooler with turtles from Safari LTD Frogs and Turtles Toob

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Weekly Workboxes - Week 23 - FROGS

Books we read
Growing Frogs: Read and Wonder
Jubal's Wish
In the Pond (Picture Books)
Song of La Selva: A Story of a Costa Rican Rain Forest (The Nature Conservancy)
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

Counting Frogs - I found these little plastic frogs in the party favors aisle at Wal-Mart.  I made the cards, and you can get the mat my Teachers Pay Teachers Store, there is also a math mat for older children available.

Ff Tray

5 magnet frogs - to sign 5 speckled frogs.  I cut these out on my cricut and laminated them with magnet with my xyron.

Frog Life Cycle Cards from Montessori Print Shop Toddler Bundle and Life Cycle figures from Oriental Trading.

I found this cute idea at Living Montessori Now, transferring frogs to logs with chopsticks, she got the idea from The Adventures of Bear .  Both blogs have lots more great Pond/Frog activities!

Sorting Frogs and Turtles using the Safari LTD Frogs and Turtles Toob

Frog size sequence - I cut these on my cricut

Melissa & Doug See & Spell

Frog Food File Folder

Insect Lore Frog Giant Life Cycle Puzzle

Sorting jumping frogs by color - try to hop the frog onto the right colored circle.  I got the frogs in the party favor aisle, you can get the color sorting pages HERE

Frogs
From Tadpole to Frog (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (A Pop-Up Book)
I Don't Want to Be a Frog
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog!
A Frog in the Bog
Frog, Where Are You? (A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog)
If You Hopped Like A Frog
Frog and Toad Storybook Treasury (I Can Read Book 2)
Too Many Frogs

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