Check out our indoor snowman!
This is a great language building activity for my tot. While he moves around all the pieces I say the names of the colors, shapes and/or body parts. He loves testing out this new vocabulary by repeating the words back to me.
To turn this fun felt board activity into a learning experience for my preschooler, I created an emergent reader. This is the first reader I made for her, so it was definitely a learning experience. Next time I think I'll scale back a little. I included sight words, color words, shapes, numbers and clipart to cut out and paste.
Once she got to work on the book, I knew it was a little too much for her to handle on her own. But as always, she amazes me! We worked together to assemble the book. Then I guided her the first time through reading the book. Now she proudly reads this book all by herself!
I LOVE it!! Its HUGE! I think I will be makingone this week as well! thanks for the idea!!!!
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DeleteGreat ideas! I love the "reader" idea! What all did you include in the book? My four year old may be ready for this too. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Trina! The reader I created was a little confusing for my preschooler to put together, so I decided not to share it here on my blog. I might try to revamp it if I have time and share it in a future post. Thanks for your interest!
DeleteLove your felt snowman and using it to teach body parts. I never thought of that. Also, congrats on your 2nd time being featured on my linky! Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday again!
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I didn't plan to teach my tot body parts, colors or shapes with this activity, but while my tot played with the felt pieces I just said these words and he repeated after me. I love teachable moments!
DeleteMatilda is too young for this at 9 months ;) But this is an awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! Your daughter will be a the perfect age for this activity next year!
DeleteThis is great! What a fun winter activity!
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DeleteFun!!! We did this too, only I didn't post it, lol. I put a BIG piece of felt on my son's wall in his room and just laid out all the pieces at night - in the morning he was having fun putting them up on the wall and came running downstairs to tell us (mom and dad) there was a snowman in his room! So cute!!! Stopping by from TGIF!
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What fun!!! We love snowmen. Visiting from TGIF. I'd love to invite you to link up with us for Fun Stuff Fridays. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-7.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! I linked up to Fun Stuff Friday!
DeleteDon't you LOVE felt?? I made the felt snowman last month (thanks for reminding me to get it back out!) but ours is smaller..I love your big one! A big one would be really great in a classroom. Thanks again for sharing at Thrifty Thursday!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute felt snowman - felt is so wonderfully versatile! Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a great week,
ReplyDeleteBeth =-)
I looove using felt for kid projects! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteLove it!! Yours looks much better than the one I did this week. Thank you for sharing it at Sharing Saturday!
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DeleteI love how big it is! I'm going to have to break out the felt and make one of these for our household, I think. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteStopping by (and now following!) from The Usual Mayhem, via Fun Stuff Friday.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope your kids enjoy this activity as much as my tot and preschooler did!
DeleteI love this idea... and I love felt :) Thanks so much for sharing this at Sharing Saturday.
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Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteSnowman and felt.... 2 of my favorites! We painted some snowmen today. I think we'll build some snowmen tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by! Painting snowmen sounds like fun too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic learning activity- it's on my to do list and pinned it ;-) Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and sharing this on Pinterest!
DeleteThis. Is. Awesome!!! I plan on doing it with my toddlers and preschoolers--I love activities that overlap the ages!! I'm so glad you shared it on Teach Me Tuesday!
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