Today we did a few "T is for Tea Party" activities as we finish up the end of our alphabet. Sweet E loves tea parties! She received a small Minnie Mouse set for her birthday, and ever since we've been having tons of tea parties. It's actually been a great way to have everyone drink plenty of water while we're outside on these hot summer days. Keep scrolling to see what Sweet E and I did today, or click on one of the links below to revisit similar themes from the past.
T is for Trains - 2015
Letter T - 2014
Books
There were more books at the library about tea parties than I expected! Sweet E and I chose these three to read. "Tea Party Rules" was our favorite. Such a cute story about a bear cub who wanders over to a little girl's tea party, where he is mistaken for a teddy bear.
Introducing the Letter T
I made our usual letter page for Sweet E.
She created the letter T in various ways: tracing, stamping, poking with a giant pushpin, building with tape...
and painting with a q-tip!
Teacups and Saucers - Larger Numbers
Sweet E seems confident with the numbers 1-10, in counting and recognizing them. And while she can count to 20, she forgets the number 15. So I created this activity to help her with some of these larger numbers.
First she counted up the dots on a teacup, and then she had to find the saucer with the number that matched.
This was great practice!
I'm a Little Teapot - Song and Craft
I found this tipping teapot idea at Danya Banya. First Sweet E colored in her teapot. Then while I cut it out, she fetched a paper plate.
She glued the teapot onto the folded plate.
And here is her completed teapot. But look...
It tips! Perfect little craft to go along with the song. So cute!
So next we pulled up this video from The Kiboomers on YouTube, and we sang the song several times. Sweet E loved doing this! Since she hasn't been to preschool, action songs are a pretty new concept to her. But we look forward to doing lots more of this when we homeschool preschool in a couple weeks!
Tea Party - Pretend Play
To finish our tea party day, we had to have one! Just like in the books we read, Sweet E put on some fancy jewelry, set the table with flowers, and invited some teddy bears to join us. (Honey Pot and Little M&M did too!)
We drank lots of "tea" (I kept a pitcher of water nearby to refill her teapot), ate some cookies, enjoyed some small talk (and some big laughs, thanks to the shenanigans of big brother and sister lol) and had a perfect tea party!
