Little Learners at Home- September

WEEK THREE: Zoo\ “A”\ 1-20

This month we learned about calendar changeover and starting a new month!

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Learning through Hands-On Activities:

• Wash the Zoo animals

• Find the hiding alphabet letters

• Straw maze activity

Extracurricular Ideas:

• Take a trip to the Zoo

• Use your math skills to create a well thought out trail mix

• Make a fun Monkey snack (Rice cake, PB, blueberries, and Banana)

Supplies you will need are:

Link to staple supplies.

• Alphabet puzzle, rice, container or any bowl around the house, sensory tongs

• Zoo animals, container or any bowl around the house, dish soap, sponge

• Painters tape, straw, ping-pong ball, or craft puffballs work too

• Google eyes for “A” is for Alligator project

Trail Mix Ingredients (Find measurements in the template link):

• Pretzels

• M&M"‘s

• Dried Cranberries

• Cashews

• Almonds

• Animal crackers optional

This is a list of books for this weeks theme:

• Poo in the Zoo

• If I Ran the Zoo

• The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo

• Alphabet Ice Cream

• There’s an Alligator Under My Bed

WEEK FOUR: Johnny Appleseed\ “C”\ 1-14

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Learning through Hands-On Activities:

• Apple tasting

• Observing Apples

• Apple picking sensory bin

• Volcano

Extracurricular Ideas:

• Baking an Apple Pie

• Painting with Apples

• Painting your own pot and planting your own seeds

Supplies you will need are:

Link to the staple supplies.

• Variety of apples

• Pie making ingredients (optional)

• Toilet paper roll, velcro dots, pom pom balls, kid tongs\tweezers

• Vinegar, baking soda, food coloring (optional)

• Terracotta pot, Acrylic paint, flower seeds

This is a list of books for this weeks theme:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Seed by Seed

• Johnny Appleseed

• From Seed to Plant

• Plants

• I am the Letter C

WEEK FIVE: Leaves\ the Fall Season\ “L”\ 20-30

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Learning through Hands-On Activities:

• Sweeping Leaves

• Fall Sensory Bin

• Roll Dice and Stack Leaves

Extracurricular Activities:

• Paint the different seasons

• Paint a Fall Keepsake (Poem Template)

• Nature Walk (Bingo card in Activity Template Link)

Supplies you will need are:

Link to the staple supplies.

• Painters tape, fake leaves, Cleaning set

• Bin, Sensory tools, Fall filler, rice, funnel, toilet paper\paper towel roll

• Fall Sensory Bin Kit

• Canvas, acrylic paint

This is a list of books for this weeks theme:

• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves

• The Leaf Thief

• Mouse Seasons

• Leaves

• Berenstain Bears: Harvest Festival

WEEK SIX: Circus\ “E”\ 20-40

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Learning through Hands-On Activities:

• Mix glue and shaving cream to create a puff-paint to look like cotton-candy

• Practice your math skills by making a snack to take to the Circus (Ingredients and worksheet)

• Make a popcorn bucket craft (practice cutting lines and assembling their name)

Extracurricular Activities:

• Library

• Children’s Museum

• Local Firestation

• Aquarium

Supplies you will need are:

Link to the staple supplies.

• Shaving Cream

• Food Coloring

Circus Mix:

• Animal Cookies

• Fruity Cheerios

• Mini Marshmellows

• Pretzels

This is a list of books for this weeks theme:

• If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t!

• The Circus Ship

• Elephants

• Strictly No Elephants

• If I ran the Circus

WEEK SEVEN: Emotions & Five Senses\" “I”\ 20-30

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Learning through Hands-On Activities: (Five Senses Activities-Templates found in link above)

• Sort colors in Emoji-faces cups

• Taste test

• Find the smell

• Touching textures

• Sound test

Extracurricular Activities:

• Use senses at the Playground: sights, sounds, textures, smells

• Pumpkin Patch

• Farm

Supplies you will need are:

Staple Supplies Link

• Paper clips

• Rice

• Beans

• Feathers

• Puff-balls

• Play-doh

• Popcorn

• Cookies

This is a list of books for this weeks theme:

• The Magic School Bus: Explore the Senses

• My Five Senses

• The Boy with Big Feelings

• The Way I Feel

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