Our kindergarten curriculum is SO much fun! I am having a blast learning with the kids and seeing how much we can do with out "schooling!" One of the biggest challenges is keeping Josiah engaged and excited. So, the month of July was our normal kindergarten stuff, littered with colors and shapes, and pre-school concepts. Charity really enjoyed it (she LOVES learning) and Josiah was so excited to have special things to do as well. Here are some of the fun things that we did with colors and shapes during the month...
- Each day was a different color (first 2 weeks) or shape (second 2 weeks)
- Each day we tried to wear something that color or something with the shape on it.
- Everywhere we went, even in our house, we searched for things in the color or shape of the day.
- Sing songs about the colors
- Made a healthy food color rainbow with pictures from the weekly ads and magazines
- Colored whatever food was on our menu the color of the day (see picture- purple oatmeal for breakfast)
- Make Shape pancakes or cookies
- Make play-doh
- Color Snacks:
- Red: ladybugs on a leaf snack- strawberries fastened by toothpick to a honeydew or celery
- Orange: orange lollipops or fruit
- Yellow: make fresh squeezed lemonade
- Green: Green sugar cookies (we made leaves, our topic from that week)
- Blue: Stopped at Sonic and got Ocean Water
- Purple: Jello
- Black: Jelly Beans
- Pink: pink juice (fruit punch)
- Brown: chocolate pudding
- White: white chocolate
- Shape Snacks/Activities
- Circle: grapes
- Oval: hard boiled eggs
- Triangles: cut-up quesadilla
- Star: Campbell's Chicken and Stars soup
- Heart: Heart shaped rice krispy treats
- Square: Chex cereal
- Rectangle: toast with cinnamon and sugar cut in half to make rectangles
- Semi-circle: english muffin pizzas, cut in half
Continuing on into August I am continuing to keep Josiah engaged by modifying activities to his level, and letting him go off and play when he is done. He is surprising me all the time with the things that he is picking up on and listening to when I am not realizing it. Just today in the car he sang the "Month-erena" all by himself! Love it!
