What's on the Tray? Jan. 16-20

Super Tot will be 36 months old on THURSDAY!

This is our final week of review before starting back up with our Letter of the Week activities.  Here is a preview of our trays for the week:

Letter Review

Place each letter card into the correct cup.

I made alphabet cards out of cardstock (planning to make a complete set of each color).  I used an overhead marker to write the letters inside the cups, as the marker is easily washed off later.  

~Letter recognition~

 Counting Disks

Place the correct number of disks into each section of the egg crate.

I cut an egg carton in half and wrote the numbers in the bottom of each cup.  

~counting, number recognition~

Letter Tracing

Use dry erase marker to trace the letters.  

In addition to having Super Tot trace all the letters on his own, I plan to also give him instructions such as, "trace the uppercase letter A."  The template, along with several others, is available here.

~pre-writing, letter recognition~

Shape Sticker Sorting

Place each shape sticker into the correct box on the sheet.

Super Tot loves stickers, and he is really enjoying working with shapes.  This activity will introduce a couple new shapes (octagon & crescent), as well as provide great fine motor & shape review.  Once he has completed the activity, I will have him point out various colors and shapes.

~fine motor, shape matching & recognition, color recognition~

Animal Classification

Place each animal card in the correct classification box.

I have 5 cards out for each classification.  I will change them out throughout the week.  The cards are a favorite tool of ours that we have been using for about 7 years now.  They are available here.  There were a little expensive, but well worth the price considering how often we use them.
~science~

Counting Birthday Presents

Count the number of gifts on each sheet.

Thursday is Super Tot's birthday, so I wanted to have at least one birthday theme activity this week.  I made 7 birthday cake mats (one in each color of the rainbow, plus pink) out of construction paper.  Each has a different number of presents surrounding the cake.  Super Tot will count the gifts for a specific color that I request, and I will assist him in writing the numbers.

~counting, pre-writing, number recognition, color recognition~

Peeling Oranges

Peel the orange and place the pieces of peel into the crate.  Eat the orange!

Super Tot loves these Cutie oranges.  I figured he is ready to peel them himself, so we will work on that during snacks this week.

~motor work & practical life skills~

Paper Clipping Colors

Place each paper clip onto the correct color of paint swatch.

We have done this activity many times.  I also use this in one of my Busy Bags.

~fine motor, color recognition & matching~

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