This was our third letter-of-the-week unit, and we had a lot of fun! Check out the links below to revisit similar themes, or keep scrolling to see what we did this week:
Books
We borrowed two books from the library this week, combined with two from our own collection. The favorites were of course the mouse books (notice we don't even have a cover for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" because it is so well-loved). I was surprised at how many times we read "Mr. Cookie Baker" too though. It is a perfect length for the attention span of a 2.5 year old. Simple, relatable text.
Letter C - Fine Motor
For our letter recognition activity this week, we placed miniature cookies (the cereal) onto our dot marker sheet. This she followed through until the end. And afterward, she enjoyed her new snack!
Cookie Craft
I had intended to paint for this week's craft, but realized I didn't have any brown! My paint stash from Honey Pot and Little M&M's younger days is running low so it's time to replenish. In the meantime, I cut up little strips of brown paper, and supplied Sweet E with some glue and a foam brush.
We painted the plate with glue, then stuck on some brown pieces of paper.
She had to climb onto the couch, and reach over the arm of it to complete it, of course! Almost finished!
Next we glued on some black circles to represent chocolate chips.
She pretended to eat it, and thought it was very silly!
Here is the finished product!
Playdough - Big vs. Small + Counting + Pretend Play
We pretended to make cookies with our playdough today! First we rolled it out.
Then we cut out shapes, both big and small circles, which sparked a dialogue about recognizing sizes. Which cookie cutter is the biggest? Which cookies are small? Etc. I gave her the smallest tray I could find in my kitchen, for her to place her cookies onto.
Then she added chocolate chips (beads).
We took the time to count how many were on each cookie. This was great math practice!
We pretended to put the tray in the oven, and once it was all done baking we removed each with a little turner from her play kitchen.
After putting it all away, she wanted to play again! So we made another tray of cookies!
It was a fun activity, with so much learning throughout.
Feeding Cookie Monster - Shapes
I printed out a cookie monster face, colored it (Sweet E helped, if you can see some purple there), cut it out and taped it to a small sand pail. I also found a basic shapes worksheet online, added some chocolate chip clipart to it, colored each one light brown, and cut them out. While I did all this, Sweet E practiced her scissor skills on my scraps. Now we were ready to play!
Here he is from the side:
Using my best cookie monster voice, I said things like, "Me love cookies! Can you find a heart cookie?" She would find the right shape, and put it right into his mouth!
She LOVED this game!
We honestly went through the entire batch of shape cookies three times in a row!
"Num num num!"
I kept this out for the rest of the week, and we played it often! Little M&M and Honey Pot even enjoyed playing it with her too!
Baking Cookies - Kitchen Science
We had to end our week by actually making cookies! We made the dough early in the morning, then rolled it out, just as we did with playdough.
Then we chilled it in the refrigerator for a bit. She loves to have a taste of the dough when we're done!
Later, we cut out shapes from the rolled dough. We chose the Mickey Mouse cutters, because they are big and easy to hold! And cute too!
Before baking, we scattered some sprinkles onto them, and pressed on some mini M&Ms!
Here they are! YUM!
Sweet E was so happy to taste her cookies. She had helped from start to finish! And although these were big cookies, she had the whole piece!
Next week we move onto the letter D! See you then!
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