Another fun activity that Ivan and I did was Lady Bug counting and matching. I saw a similar game on Teacher Pay Teachers, but it was $2.00, so I opted to try my hand at making it myself in Word. Lady bugs are not hard to make using the shapes tools, just circles and half circles, pretty much. And Ivan got really into it. Even after a week, he's still asking to play it just about every day. We do different versions. Sometimes he lines all the lady bugs up in a row and then matches the numbers to them, and sometimes he lines up the numbers and matches the lady bugs. Either way, I'm glad he's counting and enjoying it.
I was going to have the kids do a paper plate lady bug craft, but then we had a snow storm and the kids really wanted to go outside and make a snowman. I wasn't up for it though, and the temperatures weren't really cooperating either, so I bargained with them and said we'd do a snowman craft instead of our lady bugs. The snowman craft has absolutely nothing to do with letter L, but I'm ok with it.
We used q-tips in white paint to make the snowmen look like they were made out of little pieces of snow. Once they dry we'll add hats and scarves and faces and all that groovy stuff.
The last thing we did for L week was to make our own lemonade. It was really easy. Basically you take a half a lemon, 2 Tbsp of sugar, and a cup of water and seal it up in a ziplock bag. Then you squeeze the lemon until it's juice mixes with the water and sugar. Then open up the bag and pour everything into a cup and enjoy. It's the perfect amount of lemonade for preschoolers too.
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