Crafty Mommy Monday #9

This week we have begun our 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed unit.  We haven't had as much time to work on it as I would have liked due to Campbell starting a summer session of preschool (9-12) and a baby who's been quite demanding...  But we have done some fun activities.

We have started letting Campbell use watercolor paints.  It's actually something she's kind of independent with now (with Robbie or I repeatedly saying "water, paint, picture" to help her remember the order).  She really likes it because it's "painting" and I really like it because it's minimally messy.   Of course this week she painted pictures of monkeys.

The next activity is a counting and number recognition activity.  Since Campbell has done so well learning the alphabet and can now count into the teens, I decided to start working on identifying numerals and even more importantly, matching those numerals to quantities of objects.  I found this serving tray at Dollar General and velcroed the numbers.  I used velcro so I can move the numbers around and change then numbers.  Campbell and I identified the numbers together and then I helped her count out the correct number of monkeys.

The next activity is another counting and number recognition activity.  I found monkey stickers at Target.  She and I identified the numbers together and then I helped her stick the correct number of stickers next to the number as we counted.

Even though our topic is Monkeys, we continue to work on general skills such as this name letter matching activity.

Check back next Monday for even more Monkey fun!  The week after we'll start an Ocean Animals unit in preparation for our Beach trip!