We are finishing up our alphabet this week, so we can start fresh themes for preschool. Keep scrolling to take a look what we did today for the letter V, or click on one of the links below to revisit similar themes from the past!
V is for Volcano - 2015
The Letter V - 2014
Book
Here is a cute book we found at the library for today's theme. One bird at the vet chomps down on something near his cage, and all the animals in the waiting room cause a rumpus around them, one by one!
Letter V Pages
I made this page for Sweet E to be introduced to the letter V. Though honestly, it's taking us so long to get through the alphabet, she already knows all of her uppercase letters lol.
We also did this fun and FREE printable that comes from Teachers Pay Teachers.
Feed the Puppy - Alphabet Review
To review all of the letters we've done so far, we did this simple activity. Sweet E had to pick up a letter, identify it, erase the matching one on the board, and then feed it to the puppy. Since recognizing the letter is no longer challenging, we identify the sound that the letter makes too!
She loves pretend play, so we made the puppy talk a lot. She gave him lots of hugs, and at the end of the game even asked to have her picture taken with him!
Kitten Resist Painting
I taped down a cutout of a kitten's face, and invited Sweet E to paint over it in two colors of her choosing.
She chose to trace the paper cutout actually, and then we just used her second color to go all around it. Then we lifted up the paper, drew on a face, and voila!
Measuring Pets
We used blocks to measure some stuffed animals and compare sizes. First we measured each one by lining up our blocks in front of each pet, then counting how many there were.
We compared some of their sizes. "Is the puppy bigger or smaller than the bird?"
I wrote right on the table in front of them how long they were. Then I asked her, "Which pet is the longest?" and "Which is the shortest?" etc.
Veterinarian Pretend Play
I had seen lots of vet checklists and forms on Pinterest, but none of them looked right for our purposes. So I made my own for Sweet E! I slipped it into a dry erase pocket, provided doctor tools and treatment options, and we started playing!
The stuffed animals were all lined up on the couch (waiting room) in front of us. We brought them over one at a time, did an exam, and treated them accordingly! The choices were medicine, a bandaid, a shot, tweezers to have something removed, or a cast for a broken bone. First we'd circle what kind of pet the patient is, then we'd mark how we treated it.
Sweet E wore one of her Daddy's work shirts as a doctor's coat. She loved this!
This bird had hurt her wing!
Kitty just needed her teeth cleaned.
This pup fell in a prickly bush, and Doctor E needed to remove all the thorns with tweezers!
We saw each of the five pets several times!
In addition to using tweezers, she also really loved pouring out medicine from the bottle.
Such a fun day!
