Friday, September 23, 2011

Letter Ee - What's on the Tray?

Super Tot is 32 months old.

Letter Ee Activities I have planned for this week:

Elephant Counting
Count the elephants on each card and place a clothes pin on the correct number.
Printable available under photograph
~counting, number recognition, fine motor~

Eye Matching
Place the matching eye sticker on each face.
These are blank faces that are intended to be playdough mats.  I printed 4 per page, drew on the noses and mouth, and placed 1 eye sticker on each.  The printable is available here.
~fine motor, matching~

Envelope Color Match
Place each card into the envelope of the same color.
This is from a box of rainbow stationary available at Target.
~color matching, fine motor, practical life skills~

Provide bread for Elijah
Transfer pieces of bread from the "raven" dish to the "Elijah" dish using tongs.
Our Bible story this week is the Elijah & the Ravens.  To reinforce the lesson, Super Tot will be providing Elisha with bread from the ravens - while exercising his fine motor skills.
~Bible lesson, fine motor~   

Uppercase/Lowercase Letter Match w/ Eggs
Put each egg back together by matching up the Uppercase & Lowercase letter pairs.
I have seen this activity in several books and on many blogs.  I thought it would be a wonderful activity to review the letters we have been working on so far, and the eggs go along with our perfectly with our Ee week.
~letter recognition, fine motor~

Eagle Size Sorting
Place each eagle photograph on the correct mat (small, medium or large).
I found 5 bald eagle photos online and printed each off in 3 different sizes.
~size differentiation~  

Shape Matching
As you take a card from the bowl,  place a dot onto a matching shape on the mat.
I saw this idea here and knew I wanted to do it with Super Tot.  She has a great printable available at the bottom of her post.  I wanted to add one additional element, so I made one, as well (available below my photo).  My printable is 2 pages - one with the shapes outlined, and one with them solid.  This activity has several variations.  Each shape is a different color, so you could make it a little more challenging by having your child place a matching dot on each shape as they pull one from the bowl.  You will want to print 2 copies so you have one to cut up.  I included the solid shapes on my printable so that we could do the activity as a "puzzle" of sorts, as well.  You will see that on a future tray.  I'm sure with a little creativity, you can come up with additional ways to use the printable, as well.
~shape recognition & matching, fine motor, one-to-one correspondence~  

Eye Dropper
Place a few drops of liquid into each section of the tray.
~fine motor, one-to-one correspondence~

I Spy the Letter Ee
Circle all Uppercase & Lowercase Ee's.
~letter recognition, fine motor, pre-writing~

Super Tot will also be doing the following 2 letter crafts from our Letter Book, which you can read about here. 

"E" is for Eagle and "e" is for electric eel.

Letter Ee Bible Verses for the week:
"Every good and perfect gift is from above." ~James 1:17
"Even a child is known by his doings." ~Proverbs 20:11




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15 comments:

  1. You always have the coolest ideas! I always look forward to seeing what you've come up with. I just started following your site!

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  2. What great trays! Thanks for sharing. :)

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  3. LOVE the Elijah transferring activity

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  4. Fabulous, as usual! I wish I was as creative! I can't wait to see all your ideas from A-Z!

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  5. Thank you so much for the printables. They will be a great help this week.

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  6. I love your letter "E" activities--I'll be using them with my little guy.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog!
    :)

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  7. Very nicely presented! Love your alphabet crafts! I'm going pin them!

    Lori

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  8. the eye matching is so cute. as always your letter crafts are fab! Thanks for sharing on the Sunday Showcase - I shared on FB

    Bern

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  9. Love all your tray ideas. Looks like a great week!

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  10. Wonderful activities, as usual! I love the creativity you use in preparing your trays. Feeding bread to Elisha is an awesome idea! I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow

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  11. I just featured your bread transferring photo/activity at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/09/27/creative-godly-play-at-home-old-testament/

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  12. Thanks for sharing your printables and amazing ideas! I can't even count how many we've used...and we're only on the letter D! Fantastic work!

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  13. I love the letters Eagle and eel- Thank you for sharing this on The Sunday Showcase.

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  14. GREAT ideas - thanks for sharing. I finally picked up some plastic droppers, so I'm looking forward to doing the same water transfer activity with my little ones. Hope you're having a great week!

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  15. I love feeding Elisha!! What a creative reinforcement!

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