Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Horses and Farm Animals

Daily Question:  Hh  Have you ridden a horse before?


This morning we went back to signing in our names.  See how far we have come?
 
Toys:  Buckin Broncos, (new) Farm Floor Puzzle, felt Barn Activity book, Play House, (new) large ABC puzzle mats. 
 Giant Puzzlers!
Guess what letter Seth found?
 

 It's a good morning in our Play House.

 We all cleaned up together.

Snacks: Pretzels and Animal Cookies

Letter H Show N' Teach:

 Eleanor: Horse Peaches and a "Magic Pretty Pony".
Ethan and Kayson: Fire Helicopter and a Police Helicopter

Seth: Green Goblin, William: Hans Solo and Jabba the Hut toy
Brody: Hero toys and Eva: favorite Horse stuffed animal.

I Spy "H" Game:
hog, hero, horse, hospital, hornet, huffs, hay.

Letter H Activity:
We learned that H the horse is stung by a hornet and has to hurry to the hospital. "H h h" in the sound his hooves make (children move arms up and down with hands curved like horses hooves while making the Ha ha ha sound).
 

Children help H the Horse make it through a maze to get to the hospital.








Songs: 
It's Autumntime!
Old Macdonald Had a Farm.
 

Books:
Two Cool Cows by Toby Speed (audio book/Play on Mother Goose Rhymes)
Old McDonald Had a Farm Ill. by Pam Adams (Child's Play-Jumbo Book).
Number Farm (Jumbo Book) by Stephen Holmes
What's Happening on the Farm? by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
Once Upon a Farm by Marie Bradby, Ill. by Ted Rand
Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle
No Milk! Jennifer A. Ericsson, Ill. by Ora Eitan
The Smallest Cow in the World (I Can Read, Lvl. 3)by Katherine Paterson & Jane Clark Brown
Animal Sounds (A Sturdy Golden Book), Ill. by Aurelius Battaglia
Robert The Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner and P.D. Eastman
The Three Pigs by David Weisner
Pigs in the House by Steven Kroll, Illl. by Tim Kirk
Emmett's Pig (An I Can Read Book) by Mary Stolz, Ill. by Garth Williams
A Huge Hog is a Big Pig; A Rhyming Word Game by Francis McCall & Patricia Keeler
My Goose Betsy by Trudi Braun, Ill. by John Bendall-Brunello
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
Down by The Pond by Margrit Cruickshank, Ill. by Dave Saunders
"Not Now!" Said the Cow by Joanne Oppenheim, Ill. by Chric Demares
Inside a Barn in the Country: A Rebus Read-Along Story by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Ted Arnold
Spot's Noisy Walk by Eric Hill (Play-a-Sound)