B is for Balloon
This week we had bbbunches of fun exploring the letter Bb! Here is what we did:
ABC Book:
Memory Verse:
From Sing the Word From A-Z:
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
You and your household. You and your household.
Believe in the Lord Jesus, Acts sixteen thirty one.
Story Time:
The Beginner’s Bible
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
The Biggest Bear by Lynn Ward
Bedtime for Frances by Russel Hoban
A Boy, A Dog and a Frog by Mercer Mayer (I love wordless books!)
(I had Malachi point to words that begin with the letter b in the story!)
Poems:
From A Child’s Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Bed in Summer
My Bed is a Boat
Fun Songs:
Bubbles(Sung to: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Bubbles floating all around (pretend to catch bubbles)
Bubbles fat and bubbles round (make a circle with arms)
Bubbles on my toes and nose (point to toes and then to nose)
Blow a bubble, up it goes! (pretend to blow bubble and point up)
Bubbles floating all around. (pretend to catch bubbles)
B..u..b. .b..l..e..s f..a..l..l. .i..n..g to…the…ground. (sing slowly while sinking to ground)
From: Everything Preschool – Letter B
Art:
Ball Prints
Malachi rolled a small ball in paint and then rolled it around on a piece of paper!
Bubble Prints
We made “Bubble Paint” by mixing 2 tsp. clear liquid dish detergent, 3 Tbs. water and 1/4 cup powdered tempera paint (food coloring works too!). We used a straw to gently blow into the paint mixture until a bubble dome forms and then captured bubble prints by placing a piece of paper on top of the bubble dome. You can use different colors for a “marble-like” effect and use prints to create custom stationary, envelopes, cards, gift wrap, etc.
From The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions.
Activities:
Balance Beam
Balloon Buffoonery:
We introduced the letter b and /b/ sound with a pack of blue balloons to get him excited about the letter b! Here are a couple games we played:
Balloon Soccer
Indoor Volley-Balloon Challenge
Games from: Country Friend’s Kid Stuff
Bubbles
Bubble Recipe (from The Unbelievable Bubble Book):
1 clean pail
1 cup Joy or Dawn
3-4 Tbs. glycerin
10 cups clean, cold water. (More if low humidity).
Gently Stir.
We made unusual and unique bubble blowers with straws, string and wire loops. You can also use strawberry baskets, or anything with holes! Or you can take some wire and wrap it around cookie cutters to make fun shaped bubble wands.
Bowling
This was Malachi’s 1st time bowling! It was fun to watch him wait for the ball to hit the pins and then see his excitement as the pins fell down!
Bead Stringing
Get Ready for the Code Activities:
Quick review of the letter f.
Me: (holding up the letter f ) “What letter is this?”
Malachi: f!
Me: “What sound does f make?”
Malachi: /fff/
Me: Can you think of a word that begins with that sound?
Malachi: Fish!
Moving on to the letter b:
Me: (holding up a ball) What is this?
Malachi: A ball!
Me: What sound do you hear at the beginning of ball?
Malachi: /b/!
Me: What letter makes that sound?
Malachi: b!
Vocabulary introduced in this lesson include bus, belt, bike, boots, bird, balloon, basket and box. I love it that they stayed away from digraph blends, such as /br/ and /bl/ – I think those would confuse him at this point!
Science Time:
Bubble Reactions
Bubble Freeze
Source: Everything Preschool – Letter B
Math Time:
Bead Sort(Skill: Classifying) I asked Malachi to help me sort a big pile of beads. We sorted beads by color and then by size.
Beans, Buttons, Pennies (Skill: Sequencing and Prediction) Repeat a pattern of objects two and a half times. Then let your child predict which object comes next. Have them complete and repeat the pattern. We played a variation of this game using various sizes and colors of beads. Malachi was able to complete the pattern, but he was not able to repeat it the first time we played this game.
From: Growing Up Reading: Learning to Read Through Creative Play.
Some of the books we used this week:
2 Comments
Will you be my teacher? :-) This blog is enough to make public school students cry their eyes out.
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I keep forgetting that we have the Singing the Word from A-Z (until I visit your site….). I need to pull that out and use it too. Our girls still sing those songs from a few years ago! :)
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