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Turkeys

11/20/2015

Here are some great turkey books for both 3 and 4 year olds.

This activity goes along with the book
10 Fat Turkeys.

Turkey Match

Patterns (3 year olds) Numbers (4 year olds)

Shape Turkeys

Save a turkey, eat some _______.

Run, Turkey, Run!

The students had to put their names in order.
Such a fun activity!

I loved having the preschoolers share. We have a lot to be thankful for.

Our edible turkeys

Leaves

11/17/2015

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A few books about leaves. Fall Leaves Fall and Leaves are two that I read with my 3 year old class. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf and Leaf Man are two that I read with my 4 year old class.

Leaves YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Ow-WJH9QE

The 3 year olds matched color to color.

The 4 year olds matched number to number.

Leaf Rubbing (great for fine motor)

Sorting Leaves by color

Fingerpaint Leaves

Counting Leaves
Each child counted as many leaves as they could.
They got to glue the number of leaves they counted.

Following Directions with Positional Words (on, beside, under)

Graphing Leaves

Making our own "leaf men"

This was my favorite story and activity. Leaf Man is such a fun book that the kids loved. We made our own leaf men creations.
We discussed body parts, colors, and bigger and smaller leaves.

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A book that I LOVE for my 3 year olds, Sam the Scarecrow. We talked about a scarecrows job, what crows are, and being scary. We even practiced making scary faces. Very simple book. Highly recommend.

These 3 books are some I used with my 4 year olds. Jeb Scarecrow's Pumpkin Patch is a bit long, but still good. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves is great for sequencing. The Little Scarecrow Boy is just a cute story.

3 Year Olds

I found this simple poem for my 3 year olds. I read it, they repeated it, then they matched the article of clothing with the color on the poem. Then we made our own scarecrow puppets. After assembling them we pointed to the clothing items on our own puppets.