Down On the Farm

      What a week we have had in our little home. We have had a sweet and playful visitor with us. A cute schnouzer dog named Roanie. She has definitly been a fun addition for us. Also without a fully fenced in back yard, having her here with us has made me be even more active to make sure she received the exercise and attention she needed.

     Wednesday happened to be my husband's and kid's daddy's birthday. Spending a much deserved week trying to focus on him too made another added layer to our week. He is a strong, loving, sweet, funny, dedicated, honest, loyal,  faithful, God-loving man and much more than these words describe. We love him so much!

     This week, with it being spring and just finished celebrating a beautiful Easter week-end (for those readers of mine who celebrate Easter I prayed you all had beautiful week-ends too), I thought, why not do a farm week? It is that time of year farm animals are having babies, and farmers are getting things prepped for planting. All sorts of new life can be witnessed on a farm. Also there are so many tactile activities to go along with this theme that make it so much fun for kids to learn with.
     Along with a farm themed week we are focusing on the lovely letter Cc and color grey.

Monday: Practice Uppercase C/Intro Different Kinds of Farms
Books: My C Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
A Visit to the Dairy Farm by Sandra Ziegler

Songs:
Cowlit Night by Raffi
We're On Our Way to Grandpa's Farm

Activities:
Intro Tracing Uppercase C/Review Cc vocab words

Play with chalk

Intro differnt types of farms
Play with dry oatmeal

Park day

Tuesday:Intro Color Grey/Farm Machinery
Books:Corduroy  by Don Freeman
Eeyore Be Happy by Don Ferguson
The Rusty Tractor by Joy Cowley

Songs:
Can You Count the Stars nursery rhyme
Old MacDonald

Activities:
Review Cc vocab words

Play with toy clock

Play with cars and car track

Intro farm machinery
Play with toy tractors

Intro Grey. Grey paint collage

Wednesday:Practice Lowercase c/Farm Crops
Books:Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Maisy's Morning On the Farm by Lucy Cousins

Songs:
Pat-A-Cake
The Farmer and the Dell

Activities:
Practice tracing lower case c. Review Cc vocab words

Daddy's birthday card making

Daddy's birthday cake baking

Intro farm crops. Corn/carrot/cucumber print painting

Play with grey water

Thursday:Sorting/Matching/Farm Chores
Books:Clifford at the Circus  by Norman Bridwell
Chicken Little by George Bridge
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown
Elephant Crossing by Toshi Yoshida

Songs:
Pussy Cat Nursury Rhyme
B-I-N-G-O

Activities:
Review Cc vocab words. Work on sorting/matching page.

Play with corn kernals.

Play with shaving cream.

Intro farm chores...make our own homemade butter. 1 pt of heavy whipping cream, 1/4 cup sugar, 1tsp cinnamon. Blend in a food processor until butter is formed. About 5 min.. we started trying to shake a little of the heavy whipping cream in a baby food jar. We got impatient with that as we kept shaking, but nothing was happening after five minutes of heavy shaking. Put it in a food processor and was done in five minutes.

Coloring with grey coloring crayons and grey chalk

Friday:Tracing Cc Review/Farm Animals
Books:The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage by Jan and Mike Berenstain
Cock-a-Moo-Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conte
Click-Clack-Moo by Doreen Cronin

Songs:
C is for Cookie
Cluck Cluck Red Hen by Raffi

Activitues:
Review Cc vocab words and tracing letter Cc.

Bake cookies

Sensory play with fruity pebbles cereal

Intro farm animals... farm mom/baby animal matching game.

Zoo Day. Spot all the grey animals.

These are the fun ideas I found that worked well for my child. What activities can you think of to go along with a farm themed or letter Cc themed week???