Preschool Corner ~ Vegetables & Gardening

Our theme this week was vegetables and gardening.

Bible:

Our Bible verse this week was Genesis 1:29.  We talked about God providing everything we need.

 

Alphabet:
Our letter this week was V for vegetable.  I pulled out the sandpaper letters for Aiden.  He would trace the letter then write it in a tray of dirt. 

We used the letter V playdough mat from Homeschool Creations

and worked on letter recognition with our Vegetable Alphabet Game.

He practiced spelling his name with the alphabet vegetables.

Aiden LOVED the Letter V Search from Home Grown Hearts.  He did the worksheet three times. 

Math:
Aiden counted and graphed seeds.

We worked on pattern matching with a file folder game from Homeschool Share.

Colors:
Emily pulled out a color matching game and helped Aiden match the colored crayons to the words.

Other Fun Activities:
A Garden Tool Shadow Matching Game and

 

a vegetable feely bag.  I gathered veggies we had in the fridge and put them in a pillow case.  To make it easier for Aiden to identify the vegetables I printed cards showing what vegetables were in the bag.  He would draw a card and feel for the correct vegetable.

He had fun playing with Mr. Potato Head.

Books and Craft:
We read The Carrot Seed and Growing Vegetable Soup.  After we were finished reading we cut carrots out of cardstock and painted over them with mud.  Messy but fun! 

Science:

We read How a Seed Grows, and took apart a lima bean, that I soaked overnight.  Aiden got a close look with a magnifying glass. 

We worked on putting Sprouting Bean Sequencing Cards in order. 

    

Aiden planted some beans, which we will be observing, and hopefully eating this summer!

   He watered his plants

and helped get our garden ready for planting.

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~Cindy