Blue and Letter Bb

Opening songs: "Here We are Together," "Days of the Week" (to the tune of "Clementine," not "Oh Susannah as I think I previously posted, sorry) Pledge of Allegiance

Blue show and tell-- We have been having a wonderful time with our color show and tells. The kids have a great time unzipping their backpacks to reveal their items, and it is fun to see what each child chooses each week. Last week one little boy brought a blue bear, so he had two b's. It was cute.

Review past colors and color of the day using blocks or a container of small toys of various colors. Say a color and have each child select something out of the container of that color.

Have each child find their blue crayon and pass out a coloring sheet. We did the cobbler bear coloring page at http://www.tlsbooks.com/preschoolcoloringpages.htm under the people and community section. I used the worksheet to help the children practice colors and following directions. First I asked the children to color the cobbler bear's pants blue. Then the children colored his shoes black and his fur brown. You could practice colors from the previous weeks. I just decided to have them follow instructions for all of the colors that started with "B." The children then colored the rest of the page however they wanted.

Letter of the day time! Sing the ABCs together while pointing to each letter as you sing its name. Review previous letters and letter sounds. Introduce capital B and small b and the "b" sound. Words that start with Bb: bubbles, ball, bear, baby, bounce, bellybutton. You can hold up and example of each. Practice writing Bb http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/trace.htm.

Stories of the day: "Let's Take the Bus" by Chris Economos and "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey. "Dr. Seuss's ABCs" is a fun book that covers every letter of the alphabet. The kids really enjoyed this book, and it was a good review and preview of all the letters.

Snack: Bread and butter, bananas, and for a fun treat--bubble gum!

Song: "The Bear Went Over the Mountain"

Activity: Draw a grid on a piece of card stock, breaking it up into 10 rectangles. Number each rectangle at the top 1-10. Draw the correct number of circles in each box, ie: 1 circle in the box with number one, 8 circles in the box with number 8, all the way to ten. Have the children glue beans in each circle. When the children are done gluing, they will have a visual representation of each number 1-10, and they can take the page home and practice counting.