One thing it doesn't have a lot of is the letter "n." After browsing ideas on the internet, I decided lots of what was out there didn't sing to me. I opted to go for a Noah's Ark theme.
After the usual pleasantries of looking at the lower and uppercase versions of the letter, making "N"s with popsicle sticks, and discussing the sound that "n" makes, we introduced prophet Noah and told his story using Peter Spiers rendition.
Next, we built our arks. Actually, I had pre-folded the paper boats. I long ago learned how to make these boats via Curious George Rides a Bike, but in case you didn't lock-in that life skill as a child, here are the instructions. Do-a-Dot markers in hand, the kids decorated them.
Arks ready, it was time to gather our animals two by two. We headed upstairs to Patch's room and did an activity similar to our animal search with the letter "a." I had pictures of the animals they needed to find laid out on the floor, and they searched the room for the hidden creatures. They always enjoy a treasure hunt.
Arks ready and animals gathered, it was time for the rain!
We sang "If All the Raindrops were Lemondrops and Gumdrops" and "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man." We also watched "Drip, Drip, Drop, Little April Showers" from Bambi while shaking shakers to make our own rain sounds. After we were all rained out, we talked about rainbows and sang "When I am Baptized."
Next, I tried to make a rainbow for them using the flashlight/slit in paper/glass of water method. I can't find the link for the specific tutorial I used, but that's probably okay since it was a science flop The rainbow was feeling shy? I probably had the slit the wrong size or not enough water in our glass. Either way, we moved on. Ah well. Instead, we made our own rainbows with our do-a-dot markers.
We wrapped up our Noah section with a snack of animal crackers and nuts.
We wrapped up our Noah section with a snack of animal crackers and nuts.
On a non-Noah note, we made noodle necklaces. I pre-dyed the dry pasta different colors using food coloring and vinegar (similar to this tutorial.) I basically just put a small amount of vinegar, food coloring, and dry rigatoni into separate ziplock bags and shook them with SourPatch until the colored vinegar was well-distributed. I then spread them out on a cookie sheet to air-dry.
At preschool, I gave the kids a long stretch of yarn with a noodle tied to one end and let them practice stringing their own necklaces (an excellent fine motor activity.)
Our letter craft was very simple: "N" is for Night. Yet the kids were very into gluing on the stars. Like I said, perhaps they were in a particularly amenable mood?
At preschool, I gave the kids a long stretch of yarn with a noodle tied to one end and let them practice stringing their own necklaces (an excellent fine motor activity.)
Our letter craft was very simple: "N" is for Night. Yet the kids were very into gluing on the stars. Like I said, perhaps they were in a particularly amenable mood?
We had a great time with "n" and hope you do, too.
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