Santa got Kenna a cash register for Christmas. It's like this one, only I paid five bucks at consignment for it Santa made it. Also, it was missing all those fun accessory pieces pictured, but they appear to be in pounds or euros or something, so no loss! I made a new Dry Erase notebook using fun scrapbook paper and the laminator, and a hole punch. Then I tossed in some coins, some old credit cards, and some Bunny Money. It's awesome! I have some really fun number trays planned for this old cash register. Look for them soon! We are heading into a big unit on money, and it's going to be fun.
Meet Bunny. Kenna's beloved friend. She's good at dancing, singing and snuggling.
Meanwhile, here are our M trays for the week. Money, monkeys, and M&Ms (when Daddy wasn't looking!)
:Graphing, 1:1 correspondance:
Count the M&Ms and put the corresponding number of pom poms on the bar graph.
Count the M&Ms and put the corresponding number of pom poms on the bar graph.
Since Kenna is doing great with 1-5, I only made cards for 6-9.
Printables here.
Printables here.
:Prewriting:
Tracing a laminated M with a dry erase marker. From COAH.
Tracing a laminated M with a dry erase marker. From COAH.
:Sequencing:
Put the stinkin' adorable monkeys in order from big to small, or small to big. Use questions like "Which monkey is the smallest?" and "Which monkey is smaller than this monkey?"
Printable here at COAH
Put the stinkin' adorable monkeys in order from big to small, or small to big. Use questions like "Which monkey is the smallest?" and "Which monkey is smaller than this monkey?"
Printable here at COAH
:Stamping:
lower case m. (We didn't get to it last week.)
lower case m. (We didn't get to it last week.)
:Spooning:
Using a spoon (or tongs, whatever she prefers) move the m&m candies to the silicone baking tin (from Ikea). You could probably use opaque gems in place of candy, and I might switch to them once Kenna sneakily eats all 16 of these!
Using a spoon (or tongs, whatever she prefers) move the m&m candies to the silicone baking tin (from Ikea). You could probably use opaque gems in place of candy, and I might switch to them once Kenna sneakily eats all 16 of these!
:Sorting, Coins:
I provided a jar of 20 coins for Kenna to sort. (Darn you, nickels, you are so confusing!) After we sort out the coins, there are two sets of flash cards. One have coin value, and the other set has the coin names written in words. I think we'll start with coin values, and then try to sound out initial sounds (p, n, d, and q) to find the right word to match the coins. This is very advanced, but I'm kind of doing it as a "pretest" to see what exactly we need to break apart and work on.
I provided a jar of 20 coins for Kenna to sort. (Darn you, nickels, you are so confusing!) After we sort out the coins, there are two sets of flash cards. One have coin value, and the other set has the coin names written in words. I think we'll start with coin values, and then try to sound out initial sounds (p, n, d, and q) to find the right word to match the coins. This is very advanced, but I'm kind of doing it as a "pretest" to see what exactly we need to break apart and work on.
:CVC Ladders:
(consonant, vowel, consonant) We are using a metal tray and some magnet letters to start forming some small words. We've never done anything like this, and I'm excited to see how she likes it.
Printable here.
(consonant, vowel, consonant) We are using a metal tray and some magnet letters to start forming some small words. We've never done anything like this, and I'm excited to see how she likes it.
Printable here.
:Patterns:
I love these patterns! I haven't decided whether we are going to use m&ms or just pom poms, but I know Kenna is going to love this. I actually printed two different patterns- one is on the back of this sheet. Awesome! Thanks, COAH!
:money, fine motor, shapes:
This is part of a whole set of "do-a-dot" shapes that I foiund on kinderland.com. I laminated a bunch of shapes, not really knowing what I wanted to do with them. Kenna doesn't need to practice shapes, so I was sort of saving them for Little Man. In the meantime, I realized that this mat is perfect for sorting coins. I provided a bowl of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Kenna can fill the circle, make patterns with the coins, or try to put only quarters around the outside, and only pennies in the middle, etc.
This is part of a whole set of "do-a-dot" shapes that I foiund on kinderland.com. I laminated a bunch of shapes, not really knowing what I wanted to do with them. Kenna doesn't need to practice shapes, so I was sort of saving them for Little Man. In the meantime, I realized that this mat is perfect for sorting coins. I provided a bowl of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Kenna can fill the circle, make patterns with the coins, or try to put only quarters around the outside, and only pennies in the middle, etc.
:Coin Values:
Simple worksheet where Kenna will match coins to their values. She'll need help, but she'll love drawing the lines and erasing them.
Love your blog!! Lots of great ideas and information!! Had to tell ya, one of my childcare kids has the same bunny. She has brought it to childcare every single day since she has started :) Too cute!!
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