Letter Bb -art

I'm Bubble wrap art- I love bubble wrap it makes for a great texture and you can usually get a lot for a small amount. I got a huge roll for 5 dollars at hobby lobby.

For our project we painted the bubble wrap brown then pressed the shape of a beehive to it giving our bee hive texture.

Bb is for Butterfly

To make these butterflies I creased a piece of paper then let the bumbles spoon blobs of paint on half the paper. We then squished the paper together pressing down on the paper. WOW! They loved opening their paper and seeing the beautiful pattern the paint made.

When they dried I cut them into a butterfly pattern.

Bb  is for bird

To make these birds I used a lunch sack and let the bumbles paint both sides of the bag. When they were done I cut them into a bird and helped the bumbles stuff them with tissue. 

Letter Bb

With the patterns I got from ABCTwiggles we made these butterflies

I gave each child a large B and let them color ( trace) with crayon when they were done the stuck on Bumblebee stickers.

I gave each child a large B and let them color ( trace) with a crayon. When they were done we stamped them with balloons and paint.

Bible Adam and Eve

So in my Two's class we go over The Bible same story daily for 1 week. We pick one special day to do the art and any special activities that can go with the stories. These are my Chapel Days. Scruffy comes visits our class and shares the story that is on his heart. Today scruffy had an apple in his heart. We took turns guessing why he would have Apple in his heat. We then talked about the fruit Eve ate. Though we don't know what kind of fruit it was we do know that she disobey God.

Sneaky Serpent – sung to the tune of Skip to My Lou

https://www.themeasuredmom.com/original-sunday-school-songs/

First was Adam, then came Eve,

First was Adam, then came Eve,
First was Adam, then came Eve,
They both lived in Eden.

Eat the fruit from any tree,
Eat the fruit from any tree,
Eat the fruit from any tree,
Except of good and evil!

The crafty serpent told a lie,
The crafty serpent told a lie,
The crafty serpent told a lie,
“Don’t listen to God!”

“Take this fruit, I’ll take one, too,
“Take this fruit, I’ll take one, too,
“Take this fruit, I’ll take one, too,
We’ll know good and evil!”

Adam and Eve have to go,
They both ate and now they know,
Life will now be filled with woe,
But God will send a Savior! 

Art 

To make this art I traced and cut out there arms/hands ahead of time and glued them to the construction paper. ( older pre-k or kinderm can probable do this on their own)

Each child sponge painted the top of their tree then added an apple sticker and a pipe cleaner for a sneaky snake.

Letter Bb- Stories, songs, Fingerplays, music and Movmemt

Bb is for Butterfly

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

There is also an awesome app if you use a tablet or iPad in your class called My Caterpillar

Fly Fly Butterfly

(to the tune of "Skip To My Lou")

Fly fly butterfly,
Fly fly butterfly,
Fly fly butterfly,
Fly up in the sky so high

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems26.html

Music and Movement

For preschool age Geof Johnson has a lot of great music his Yes! CD has a lot of songs you can use throughout the alphabet. I enjoy playing his Butterfly, Balloon and Belly Button song all on the same CD

Bumblebee 

Hickity Tickety Bumble bee can you say your name with me ____________, _________.

As we say this rhyme I pass out these amazing bumble bee gloves I picked up the dollar store years ago.

Bird

I found these birds 70% off. Yep! You heard right isn't that amazing 😉

Each bird chirps the number of times that's on their body. Isn't that great!

I used the to sing this song.

One little bird was sitting a tree he needs a friend to sing with he, so a mother bird ca,e and started to sing now two little birds were singing in a tree

1, 2

Two little birds were sitting in a tree. They need a friend to sing with thee

So another bird came and started to sing 

Now three little birds were singing in a tree

1,2,3

Three little birds were sitting in a tree. They need a friend to sing with thee

So another bird came and started to sing 

Now four little birds were singing in a tree

1,2,3,4

Four little birds were sitting in a tree. They need a friend to sing with thee

So another bird came and started to sing 

Now five little birds were singing in a tree

1,2,3,4,5

Five little birds were sitting in a tree. All five birds they sang with gleee

Then the birds flew away cause their song was done

Now we are left were left with one

Bear

We're Going on a bear hunt by Greg and Steve

Story: Little Mouse, Red ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Letter Aa- Art

A if for alligator

I got this  craft off the abctwiggles website. To make it appropriate for 2's I have a pre cut A  I encourage the bumbles to trace it with a crayon. I give them water color paint brushes to put glue on their paper  for the eyes and teeth.

A is for apple tree

I gave each child a white piece of paper with a brown tree trunk. To keep the green at the top of the paper I covered the bottom with a scratch piece of paper.

We then squished up prices of red tissue paper and stuck it on the wet paint. ( no need for glue)

A is for Apple 

I gave each bumble a cut of letter A and encouraged them to trace it when they were done I gave them Apple stickers to put on their A. Stickers are a great resource for littles to strengthen their fine motor skills

When they were all done we glued it to a yellow piece of paper.

We also stamped with apples

Ants on the grass

After crawling like ants around the room we colored with green crayon , painted with green paint and added green strips of paper to make grass. Once it dries we with add black and red ants in the grass.

Letter Aa- Song and finger-plays

Aa is for alligator

A few years ago I found this alligator bath sponge on clearance at target. What a FIND. I use it with my Five little monkeys mitt story.

Five little monkeys  
(5 fingers held over other arm (4 for next verse, etc))
Sitting in a tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator,  
(teasing faces, hands up to face like moose antlers or one hand in front of nose)
"You can't catch me."

Along came Mr. Alligator ,
(finger up to mouth like SHHHH)
Quiet as can be
SNAP
(Both hands clap together like a alligator  mouth)

Four little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator,
"You can't catch me."
Along came Mr. Alligator ,
Quiet as can be
SNAP

Three little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator ,
"You can't catch me."
Along came Mr. Alligator ,
Quiet as can be
SNAP

Two little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator ,
"You can't catch me."
Along came Mr. Alligator ,
Quiet as can be
SNAP

One little monkey
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator ,
"You can't catch me."
Along came Mr. Alligator ,
Quiet as can be
SNAP

No more little monkeys
Sitting in a tree

Aa is for Apple

5 juicy apples hanging on a tree

5 juicy  apples they look so good to me so I shake that tree and one falls down to the ground now there's 4 large apples juicy and round 1,2,3,4

4 juicy apples hanging on a tree

4 juicy apples they look so good to me so I shake that tree and one falls down to the ground now there's 3 large apples juicy and round 1,2,3

continue till there are no more apple

(in a sad voice)

no more apples hanging on the tree

to morw apples I shook them all you see 

(in a happy voice)

now I'll take those apples,  turn them into a pie

now I'll share with my friends

all 1,2,3,4,5

yum yum yum yum yum 

Sony by Tammy Ziegler

Place a felt tree and five felt apples on the felt board. Tell the story and pretend to shake the tree and choose one child to pick an apple off the tree. 

( for the Bumbles this early in the ear I pull the apple off myself. We are still working on taking turns so I focus on it in other areas before I do it at circle time.

Ants: So for our Ant theme we I laminated ant antennas for my bumble to wear as they marched around the class and through the "grass"

Dinosaur Centers

 Centers can be started even if you have the two's. I prefer centers it keeps the littles engaged with out having a free for all. ( we do not what the caterpillar room scene in Toy Story.)

Math Center: 

To make this center I cut up small different pieces of construction paper and gave the Bumbles colorful dinosaurs to stick on the squares

After a while the construction paper kept falling off the table so I used contact paper to stick them there. Perfect! 

Sensory center 

I pat this table I gave the bumbles large dinosaurs, shaving cream and paint brushes. They enjoyed painting the dinosaurs..

In one bin I had sand and dinosaur skeletons. The Bumbles got to use a paintbrush to wipe the sad of the dinosaurs just like a real   

Writing Center

I feel that the littles are a bit young to write their names but that does not mean they can't learn how to properly use a marker

Each week I will rotate what picture goes in the dry erase folders mostly the littles just scribble the picture but it strengthens their fine motor and teaches the basics in writing fundamental. Plus it's fun and they feel like the big kids.

Remember they are two let them scribble :)

Dinosaur Week-Art

Theses are the activities I've done this week. These activities were done with 2year olds that are potty training. They seem little but can do so much!

Dinosaur mask

These masks were pre ready and all the bumbles had to do was paint. I did encourage them to put the nose and horns on but painting was enough and they were ready for the next activities.

Baby Dinosaur 

I got this Pattern from the kidssoup website. We did it in 2 parts first we colored the dinosaur egg and later during the day we painted the dinosaur.

When they were all dry I cut them out and stuck them to our Dino-mite listener board

Dino Prints years ago I was blessed with these dinosaurs from one of my parents that was getting rid of old toys

Volcano Scene

I let the bumbles paint with glue then stick trees around their volcano. They then used red paint to make lava and dinosaur stickers.

Dinosaur theme- Songs and Fingerplays

I love music in the classroom, I think it's the best way for any little to learn. Here is a collection of songs I have sung in the classroom the the Kids love from 2's to Pre-k the kids love it. 

Baby Dinosaur.

I cannot find this anywhere and not sure where it came from but when I get a moments I will record it so you will get the tune. Here are the lyrics

Here comes baby dinosaur.     (pat knees)

Earth shakes, earth shake.       (Shake hands)

Listen to the sound he makes.  ( pat knees)

Roar.                                         (Put your hands up like claws and roar in a tiny baby voice)

Here comes Mommy dinosaur.     (pat knees)

Earth shakes, earth shake.       (Shake hands)

Listen to the sound She makes.  ( pat knees)

Roar.                                         (Put your hands up like claws and roar in a pretty Mommy voice)

Here comes Daddy dinosaur.     (pat knees)

Earth shakes, earth shake.       (Shake hands)

Listen to the sound he makes.  ( pat knees)

Roar.                                         (Put your hands up like claws and roar in a Loud Daddy voice)

5 Dinosaurs

This one I got from  kidssoup.com

- Sung to five little ducks one little Dino went out to play out in a muddy swamp one day he had such enormous fun he called for another dinosaur to come to little dinos…Three little dinos… For a little dinos… Five little dinos went out to play out on the muddy swamp one day there mama called calm down that path it's time for you to take a bubble bath 

These are getting a bit worn but I made them a few years ago and I sing to the tune of brown bear brown bear by Raffi

Red Dino red Dino what do you see

I see a yellow Dino looking at me

Yellow Dino yellow  Dino what do you see

I see a orange Dino looking at me

Orange Dino orange Dino what do you see

I see a green Dino looking at me

Green  Dino green Dino what do you see

I see a blue Dino looking at me

Blue Dino blue Dino what do you see

I see a purple Dino looking at me

Purple  Dino purple  Dino what do you see

I see a black  Dino looking at me

Black Dino black  Dino what do you see

I see a brown Dino looking at me

Brown Dino brown Dino what do you see

I see a white Dino looking at me

White Dino white Dino what do you see

I see all the Bumblebees that's what I see

( my class name is the Bumblebees)

Monkey Mitts are a great investment if you have littles. You can by pre-made stories or make your own. You can also add to the stories you buy.

After we sing the rhyme that came with the dinosaur mitt I sing this song

Sung to 10 little Indians 

Zero little one little two little dinosaurs three little four little five little dinosaurs five little dinosaurs count them with me 1,2,3,4,5

Five little four little three little dinosaurs two little one little zero little dinosaurs oh no all my dinosaurs am missing call them to come back to me 

Come back little dinosaurs.

1,2,3,4,5

By: Tammy Ziegler.

At the end of each circle time before going to the next area we play We are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner and stomp around the carpet.

Dinosaur Week-Books

Every year the first two weeks of school we start with Dinosaurs. This is great when the kids a learning how to be Dino-mite Listeners. This year I'm going to give you my whole week of kid approve activities I did with my Two year old class.

This year My ratio is 1:8 but for the most part I range 5 kids

Books

Dino-mite Books

Remember books should be age appropriate chance are a year old won't sit for a long story. It is important to be interactive and engaging when you read

Peek-Boo Dinosaur I got last year through the FunShine Express Curriculm if you've never heard of them check out the website it's where I've gotten allot of my ideas for the classroom.

I got this from Thriftbooka.com but I've seen it everywhere

Kidssoup.com has many resources, it is a yearly subscription but worth it to me art ideas felt story ( they do not give me anything I am endorsing because it's a great website. 

This was donated by a parent love it super easy kids love say WOW PLAYGROUND, WOW ART, WOW...

This one came through scholastic on of thoes 99 cent gems but I've read it on the first day of school every year.

Bible always begins in the beginning this is a great was to teach the littles of creation.

Most I've ever spent on a book but love it sung to the tune of ain't Ganga rain no more. 

Ocean month

This month is all about ocean so of course we need playdoh. This morning I used two different recipes. This one I got from my FunShine Express curriculum the recipe turned out awesome first time around.

The second I got from Pinterest and it was a Sandough recipe now this came out more sticky than I desire but I think that was my fault it didn't look like there was enough water so I added more and I should have just followed it completely. I have spent the last 30 minutes letting it air-dry a bit trying to get some of the moisture out and it seems to be working.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

So a few days a go I showed a post of the class cutting leaves. Here is the end result. We used them for our monthly bulletin board.

We hung the seven on the tree. Rolled cotton balls into cocoons. Made caterpillars our of circles and blob painted butterflies.

The Bumbles just love the story the Very Hungry Caterpillar not only did we read the story but they all took turns growing their own caterpillar in this fantastic app.

My caterpillar

Humpty Dumpty

I think Nursery Rhymes are so important to introduce to children at this age it is great for language development. The FunShine Express not only emphasizes on a new nursery rhyme but gives you art and different activities to reenforce it in the class.

This is the art project we got for Humpty Dumpty in the curriculm each child got their own pattern and after we painted them they glued on his arms and legs.

Take what you can get

Ok teacher this post is to remind you to be open to handy-downs second hand toys craft supply felt whatever people are willing to give you. These cars were donated by one of or Bumble families after his birthday party. Now they're did not last very long (a week) but we had them for a week and the Bumbles loved them.

Panda Blocks

I bought these last year for my 4's they were a bit pricy but are a class set super durable  and even my 2's love them.

Worms

I love this art that was added into the FunShine Express they gave me everything I needed to do this craft. Punch out words construction paper and grass(festoons)

Look at the placement on the sticker eyes that was all the littles we just suggested where it should go.

Dry erase Markers

Ok now before you "flip your chickens" that I let Littles draw on the table look at that circle. WOW what amazing fine motors :) the first step to writing is drawling shapes and what a great way to make it fun. Dry erase makers come off the tables and we talk about them being special markers we us at school.

April

Can you believe it there is only 2 months left I can't believe how much the bumbles have grown. I ammit that in the beginning the were days my team teacher in I all we could do was laugh cause we felt like all we did was wipe tears and bottoms. But slowing and surely their attention span stretched and their comfort set it so there were no need for tears. They slowly one at a time were potty trained and I am very impressed with there development his year. Way to go bumble. We will be spending the next 2 months getting ready for the 3 year old class.

Vocabulary cards- laughter

I love love love the vocabulary cards that come with the FunShine curriculum. There ideas has really expanded my knowledge for circle time with the littles.