ABC Adventures – Letter D Part 1

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Last week, Connor was sick for several days. This week, Sarah has started teething with two tiny teeth breaking through on the bottom gum at the same time. Hence, again our week has not gone according to plan. Nevertheless, we got a lot done and had lots of fun doing the activities.

Most of the activities that we did this week focused on dinosaurs. To introduce the letter d to Connor, we stomped dinosaur footprints on to the letter d using paint and toy dinosaurs.

As soon as Connor realized that dinosaurs was going to be the theme for this week, he integrated them into all his free play. Dinosaurs could be found going down the slide with him, having some afternoon tea with him, and even have a bath with him.

One of Connor’s favourite activities was to create a dinosaur from different shapes. I got this simple idea from No Time for Flashcards. Connor was quick to point out that the dinosaur we created resembled a Stegosaurus.

On another day, we created a dinosaur puppet using a paper plate. I cut up a picture of a long-necked dinosaur into four parts which included the neck and head, the front part of the body, the back part of the body, and the tail. Then, I stapled the parts on to a folded paper plate. Connor decorated the dinosaur using left over bits from our Monster collage materials. Following this, I simple attached some string by tying some knots around the holes and a popsicle stick.

Other dinosaur related activities included making dinosaurs from play dough using dinosaur cookie cutters, completing a dinosaur puzzle, and creating a scene with dinosaur stickers.

In addition to integrating the dinosaurs in his play this week, Connor has been pretending to be a doctor. He systematically uses each of the tools in his doctor’s kit to check his teddies and dolls and ends each check-up with a shot.

Next week, we are going to continue with letter d activities. We still have some dinosaur related activities, as well as some duck crafts, baking, and various learning centers (if I have enough time to laminate the materials) to get through. In the meantime, please link up and share your ABC Adventures!

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