May 9, 2013

Early Childhood Theme Printables F-J

Theme Printables F through J

Other Posts in this Series…

Theme Printables A-E

Theme Printables K-O

Theme Printables P-T {coming soon}

Theme Printables U-Z {coming soon}

I wrote about my views on using themes with young kids, and there are certainly a LOT of early childhood themes to choose from! When you begin planning, Pinterest and Google can be a bit overwhelming!  I am creating this series to help you with your planning.  I have gathered all FREE theme based printable packs {mainly early childhood focused, tots-1st grade} that I am aware of and sorted them by letter so you can browse through and get ideas all in one place! I did NOT include holiday based packs, simply because there are so many and they are pretty easy to find when holidays roll around.

I have included free printable theme packs from bloggers around the web including; Homeschool Creations, 2 Teaching Mommies, Spell Outloud, 3 Dinosaurs, Confessions of a Homeschooler, Me & Marie Learning, Ooopsey Daisy, All Our Days, Creative Learning Fun, Royal Baloo, 123 Homeschool 4 Me, Lawteedah, Our Little Monkeys, Creative Preschool Resources, Our Country Road, Homeschool Share, Gift of Curiosity, This Reading Mama, and Over the Big Moon. {if any of you ladies notice an error please let me know!}

If the pack was created by another blogger, I listed their {blog name} in the brackets.  If there aren’t any brackets, I made it!

Letter FTheme Printables F

Letter GTheme Printables F through J

Letter HTheme Printables F through J

 

Letter ITheme Printables F through J

Letter JTheme Printables F through J

    Looking for more printables?

    Theme Printables A through E Alll Printables A to Z 300 Printables Packs from 1plus1plus1equals1

     

    Other posts about using THEMES with young kiddos…

    Planning for a Theme Why Themes How to Plan Using Themes

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April 22, 2012

Tot School ~ Letter Ii

~Ladybug is currently 36 months old~

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Here is her desk set up for letter I…IMG_5683

The items in the pocket chart are all available here on the Animal ABCs webpage.  I added iguanas on her desk, and her Iguana on Ice book, which she loved! {files are released for free when they are posted on the Totally Tots blog for the ABC feature, letter I is not free yet, but it will be once it is posted on Totally Tots!}.

Here are some Letter I and Iguana ideas for you…

 

She hasn’t been into her dry erase notebook set-up lately so I switched things up and let her work on the pages this week.  She enjoyed the change! 

She traced her shapes with markers and wanted to color them all in too.  Afterwards, it made a perfect “looking scope".”

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On another day she asked if we could glitter her shapes, so we did!IMG_5656

We used dot stickers with the number sheet to work on counting 1-20 with 1:1 correspondence.IMG_5651

The coloring is always a favorite of hers!IMG_5462

 

Here she is working on Letter I Dot Fun, we used dot stickers this time!  This set is included in the Animal ABC Bundle, or you can purchase the set as a stand alone set for $1.25 on Teacher’s Notebook.IMG_5438

 

She worked with me to make the letter craft, which is basically an open ended project that you can do whatever you want with!  She painted her letter with “snow paint.”   IMG_5503

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The iguana heard that the elephant had a trip to the spa, so he wanted a turn too.IMG_5510

We also added in some finger paint to play with mixing colors!IMG_5535

Special Note: Please read my post about Following the Child’s Lead if you have a tot and need info about this.  All tots are different and what Ladybug is doing may not be appropriate for your child, even if s/he is the same age!

We are taking our All About Reading Pre Level 1 lessons slowly.  I am not expecting mastery from Ladybug, just using this program as a way to expose her to the Big Five Skills.

This week we worked on rhyming in a very fun way, with a mystery bag!  Krash joined us too, so it was tons of giggles!  I found several objects and put them in a bag.  She reached in and grabbed something out and we made up a rhyming word to match {she pulled out a spoon, we said moon}.  At the end we matched up some of the items that rhymed {block/rock}

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She loved the letter page this week!  She dot painted the I green first {her choice}, the she colored the inch worms and we added their scarves.  I brought out some silver glitter to make the snow sparkle too!IMG_5642

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Not much toy play this week, not really sure why.  Here she built a spinny sun with our Magneatos…IMG_5555

We played Hullaballoo together, she LOVED it!!!IMG_5735

She got this Princess “computer” for her birthday and she LOVES it.  She sits beside me and “works” on her computer!IMG_5713

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The girl loves the iPad!  Here she was playing Teach Me Toddler…IMG_5627

Playing Junior BINGO…IMG_5737

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See all of our iPad app recommendations and other iPad info here!

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On the left she is telling me “no picture Mommy, don’t take a picture of me.”

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Digging for inchworms!IMG_5729 

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April 15, 2012

Tot School ~ Happy 3rd Birthday!

~Ladybug is currently 36 months old~

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We had Letter I for iguana out and she did a little bit of it, BUT with the very off week we had, she didn’t get to do much, so we will do I again next week.  One thing she loved was cutting up play doh food,IMG_4916

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Ladybug turned three this week, which is part of the reason we had an off week.  Both sets of grandparents drove up for her birthday and we also got our new kitten the day before her birthday!  Quite a fun few days for all of us!

She chose a Captain Barnacles cake {she loves Octonauts}, the grandmas made it together for her!  She was VERY impressed!!!

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She was blessed with many gifts she loves, including some My Little Pony things, a purple ladybug Pillow Pet, and more.  Her favorite seems to be her new Princess light up Scooter!IMG_5362

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She loves Mr Crunch.  I love that it works her little fine motor muscles so well!IMG_4963

She made a vacuum cleaner out of Magneatos, I sure wish it actually worked!IMG_4948

We added some cut up straws to our play doh play, she loved this!IMG_4946

I showed her how you could squeeze the dough out of the straw, more good small muscle work!IMG_4928

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She is in LOVE with the new Easy Readers for our iPad, here she was reading Octonauts to Daddy.

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See all of our iPad app recommendations and other iPad info here!

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Please put your tot’s age (in months) after it, like this: 1+1+1=1 (41 mos)

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January 4, 2012

Kindergarten with Krash ~ RRSK/Ii, YCR/unit 15, Christmas

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You Can Read: Unit 15 {yes, that, he, get}

RRSK: Letter Ii

Theme of the Week: Christmas

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You can download all of the printables for this unit FREE here on the main RRSK page, just scroll down until you see them!  We have backed off from doing all 10 of the provided activities in the RRSK units.  As he progresses, some items aren’t necessary anymore and either we skip them or go through them quickly.  My main goal in using the RRSK lessons is the Bible work and simple review of other K skills.

He gets really into learning the verses now, we always do the cut-glue page on the second day and really work on the memorization during this time together. 

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Working on the addition worksheet in this unit, he LOVES addition!IMG_8198

 

I don’t have a video of him singing this verse, I need to get one and I will add it back here later!  We sang it to the tune Happy Birthday!

RRSK Letter Ii Printables Here!

If you want early access to printables beyond what I have blogged about, you can see info about purchasing here!  Currently I have units Aa-Nn available in the early access section.

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We used unit 15 from You Can Read.  Here’s a glimpse into some of the You Can Read work he did.  I don’t have many photos because he is doing a lot of the work independently now while I am working with PacMan. 

Building his words, his least favorite activity!IMG_8084

Connecting words to make shapes…IMG_8163

Dot painting words…IMG_8199

 

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Check out Word Play ideas here, and add yours!

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We enjoyed lots of Christmas themed work during December, here’s a small peak at some of K’s work.

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Color by Number from Heidisongs Resource…IMG_8282

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He was a shepherd for our church Nativity play!  A very cute and crazy shepherd!IMG_8341

We began reviewing All About Reading Level 1 awhile ago, and Krash continues to make consistent progress.  You can read more about why we are choosing to review this homeschool reading program here in our “Current Curriculum” post {see FAQ}.

I wrote a lot about our initial thoughts and experiences with AAR in his last Kindergarten with Krash post.

Here’s a couple of pics PacMan took one day while Krash was reading to me.  The book comes with the AAR program and contains all of the short books within it.  IMG_8204

He really enjoys these stories, they are cute!IMG_8212

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We had fun working on our See the Light art lesson.  I bought the boys both the Christmas {The Gift of Love} and Easter {The Cross Maker} DVDs and we did one of the lessons on the Christmas DVD back in December.  IMG_8069

Pac enjoyed it much more than Krash, but K completed his and enjoyed using the blacklight at the end!…IMG_8079

Foam blocks…IMG_8095Zoobs…

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iPad learning fun.  So glad Pac is now able to pick up my camera and snap pics now.  He gets some good natural moments with me actually in them!IMG_8059

I get asked a lot about our new case-it’s the Trident Kraken II and yes we love it!IMG_8178

Educational iPad Apps here!

A few items we used…

Visit Preschool Corner {& 5K too} for more fun learning ideas!

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May 29, 2011

Tot School ~ Letter Ii

~Ladybug is currently 25 months old~

 

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Letter: Ii

Object: Igloo

Vocabulary Development Theme: Cold Weather

You can find the printables for this unit here on the Tot School Printables webpage.

 

I didn’t go all out with the theme this week, mostly because I am in wind-down mode with the boys and not feeling very motivate to plan school stuff.  I did have all of her printables prepared though and she was very happy about that!IMG_5408

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Dot painting the shapes, you can download letter Ii here {past letters are in past blog posts}IMG_5299Gluing shapes…IMG_5304

She enjoyed putting her vocabulary cards and her color cards into the slot I cut out on top of the can…

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Letter Ii printables here!

Fun Books & Toys for this unit here!

 

 

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I am enjoying setting up her Tot Trays, I look forward to the fall when I am back in school-mode in my brain!  She is SO into things and I am winding down for a break, but am excited for fall when we do more and more!

I set up an empty container {it is from the Happy Baby frozen cube food} and some beads to sort from our pop bead set.IMG_5245

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Finally got the tweezers out for her {this particular pair came from a science kit we have, but similar tweezers are here} and it was perfect timing, she LOVED it!!!!IMG_5256

 

I gave her 5 stacking cups and 5 matching pom poms to tweeze into the same colored cup.  I can’t even count how many times she did this throughout the week.  BIG HIT!IMG_5264

 

We got a new Guidecraft toy to review…IMG_5697

I love her face in this one as she was showing me her completed work!IMG_5704

FYI-Oriental Trading has the trays in stock and STILL at a good price {$8 for 6 trays}. Here’s a screen shot…image

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This cookie game was a BIG HIT all week, we played it again and again!IMG_5275

 

Another popular toy-this # puzzle, which was a hand me down-no clue where it is from!IMG_5248IMG_5279

 

Stamping her name…

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Cutting!  Oh does she like cutting!  Krash loved it too, Pac hated it.  I really think these scissors are the BEST for young tots!  Krash used these too, Pac did not.IMG_5314

 

We enjoyed some block play with our rainbow blocks…

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and our colored bead blocks…IMG_5386

 

Finally I remembered to let her play with our Automoblox.  They had gotten stored away and forgotten.  All 3 kids loved having them back out again!IMG_5710

 

 

Techy TotWe finally got our new iPad 2 after being on a 5 week waiting list.  I had several gift cards so had to wait to get it from BB.  Finally we got it and to say she likes it is a total understatement!  I got it mostly for school use, and already it has gotten a workout!  I have a whole post about our new favorite apps coming soon!!

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We had a hot week and enjoyed our water table a lot!

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I also set up our old baby bath tub as another water play area…

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One day, she decided to get right in, tennis shoes and all.IMG_5625

 

 

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Love her sense of fashion.IMG_5475Sweet cheeks.IMG_5637

Miss sweet cheeks has also decided to potty train herself this past week and is now in panties all day long.  Just a tad bit different than my experience with the boys!  I am SO thankful!!!

 

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