J is a tough letter to come up with a theme that is broad enough to supply a week’s worth of opportunities for learning. With the popularity of the show Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, I finally settled on Jungle Animals because, well, tigers live in the jungle… You get the connection. When I started planning, I …
A while back, I found some super cute jungle animal erasers in the dollar section at Target. We’ve used them in several activities, but these jungle ones were Bear’s favorites. {I’m super late in posting these activities. They were done when Bear was 4 yrs old} To practice fine motor skills, I mixed the erasers …
The five little monkeys rhyme is one that I think just about every child knows. There are several books that chronicle their mischievous adventures. These books make for a great basic 5 little monkeys math activity. To prep for the activity, I pulled out some monkey head erasers that we used here. We also used …
We love the book Verdi by Janell Cannon. Verdi is a little yellow python who didn’t want to grow older and turn green like the other elder snakes. they turned green and lazy and Verdi does all he can to try and escape the inevitable. His daredevil antics end up getting him hurt. That’s when …
