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

Linking to:

1+1+1=1

Montessori Monday

Sun Scholars

No Time for Flashcards

Preschool Corner

Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas

Our Country Road

ABC & 123

Living Montessori Now

It's Playtime