Apple theme

Apple Week!

 

 

This week's theme was APPLES and the letter A! So I put together a few

activities. First was our sensory bin. I filled it with split dry peas, then added in a few fake apples,

letter A magnets and blocks, and some red gems. She had fun scooping with measuring spoons,

and of course ended up getting her little princess dolls involved.

 

 

 

K is too young to know how to bob for apples, so I thought up

a different way for her to do it. I filled a tub

with water, threw in 2 different sizes of fake apples,

then also added in 2 real apples. Then I gave her tongs and let her go to it!

 

She really enjoyed this activity, throwing them back in and bobbing for them again

and again.

 

 

 

 

Next we made applesauce play dough. There wasn't really a recipe for this one.

We took about 2 TBS of applesauce, a LOT of cinnamon and added about 2 cups of flour and food color. Then when we took our walk, we gathered sticks and leaves to use for stems.

 

 The last activity I drew a tree with circles and had her put stones on the circles to make an apple tree.

 

Name recognition activities

We have done a few different name recognition activities.

 

 

First, I put wrote her name on a sheet of printer paper and

slipped it into a page protector. Then we made play dough "snakes"

to spell out her name.

 

 

 

Next I gave her cookie cutters that spelled out her name.

She had fun cutting out the letters and putting them in the correct order

to make her name.

 

We love Target's dollar zone. They have foam cut outs for every holiday.

I usually pick them up to use for different activities, such as math or

matching. In this photo, I wrote her name on the bunnies and mixed them up.

Then she put them in the correct order to spell out her name.

 

 

She really loves her letter magnets.
For this activity, I just wrote her name on a sheet of paper and

put it on the refrigerator with her magnets below it.

She spelled out her name, then asked me how to spell other words as well.

 

For the next activity, I wrote her name on a 3x5 index card, then the letters of her name on

clothes pins. This is not only good for name recognition, but for fine motor skills as well.

 

The last activity was simply writing her name on a sheet of paper,

and having her glue fruit loops on the outline.  (While eating a few, of course!)

 

As you can see, these activities are very simple, yet will help your child recognize their name!

Please share a link if you have done any name recognition activities!