Honey Pot is 3 years and 4 months old
Little M&M is 17 months old
Books
I chose a bunch of robot themed books to jump-start our unit this week! Little M&M was keen on See Pip Point, perhaps because he loves balloons so much. Honey Pot's favorite, as well as mine, was Boy + Bot. This is the type of book I would add to my collection at home in a heartbeat. Such a sweet story-line.
Robot Worksheets
I sat the kids down to each work on some robot worksheets. These came from a preschool pack by Homeschool Creations. I gave Honey Pot the prewriting practice pages while Little M&M played with the magnetic pom poms.
Then I gave Honey Pot another worksheet which comes from Ben's Coloring Pages. It is a robot made entirely of shapes. I had her identify each shape, then count up how many of each there were. Then I wrote the number in the space at the bottom. Originally I was going to have her color in the shapes, a different color for each type, but she didn't want to.
So I handed it over to Little M&M to color!
And then Honey Pot had her turn with the magnetic pom poms.
Build-A-Robot
This idea originates from No Time for Flashcards. I cut the pieces out of foam, and glued on a few details. Then I placed magnetic tape on the back of each piece. Here is what each of the two robots were intended to look like.
Then I placed all of the pieces on the dishwasher, and let Honey Pot create her own robots.
Here is her final result. She named them Nell and Belle. I explained to her that robots are machines, like computers. And we talked a little bit about them, and what her robots could do. From our conversation, I gather that her robots do tricks and get rich, LOL.
And then Little M&M had a turn to play. He mainly just wanted to "beep" and "boop" all the robot's buttons!
Build-A-Robot, revisited
We also built a robot on a larger scale. I provided the kids with aluminum foil, markers, toilet paper rolls and an empty shoe box.
First they used their markers on the aluminum foil, which was a fun new way to color.
Little M&M even donned his robot shirt for the occasion.
Then Honey Pot started to roll up our robot pieces in foil.
And I asked her to draw a face on the robot.
Here it is! I asked her if she wanted to give the robot a name. She called it "Mary." And, revisiting our idea that robots have a function, I asked her what Mary can do. She plays!
Alphabet Robot
I drew up a robot and placed it on the dishwasher to complete our unit with some alphabet practice. Honey Pot had to name each letter, find the matching fridge magnet and then push the buttons!
"Beeep. Booop!"
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