We did a little something different for Tot School this week. Instead of focusing on a letter, I chose to do some activities around one of our favorite books, "The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, & the Big Hungry Bear
. We just love that book; is it a favorite at your house too?
. We just love that book; is it a favorite at your house too?
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Strawberry Shape Match:
Little Sis really enjoyed the Watermelon Shape Match we used during our week with Letter W, so I thought I'd recreate the same activity using {pink} ripe strawberry's! The cute strawberry clipart came from mycutegraphics.com, and there was only a pink strawberry to use! I don't think Little Sis minded at all.
Strawberry {Button} Seed Number Match:
Using the buttons, Little Sis put a certain number of seeds onto each ripe strawberry.
We worked on this together and I ended up pulling out a small stash of buttons I have because we didn't have enough buttons out; hence she decided colorful seeds were much better : )
Strawberry Craft with fingerprint seeds:
Little Sis did her best to cut the strawberry outline and then used her fingerprints to create seeds.....
She loved that part!
Pre-Writing Activity:
I created a tracing sheet for Little Sis; she had to help the mouse get to the strawberry before the Big Hungry Bear!
Strawberry Sensory Bin with Beans:
With a bin full of beans, I gave Little Sis a scoop, tweezers, and a spoon to aid in her free play. For the strawberry's, I used pink sparkly Easter eggs I picked up at the Dollar Store. I added in a few fruit squeezy pack tops and coincidentally with a little push, they fit on top of the strawberry!
Where is the Strawberry?
Little Sis is great at counting to 5 without help and can count to 10, but typically only does it when someone is counting with her. To work on counting and number recognition, I made up a game "Where is the Strawberry?" It was inspired by Homeschool Creations number game for "Going On a Bear Hunt".
Under one of the mice was the hidden strawberry. For the first round of play, I called out the number she had to look for, but she was more interested in flipping them all over to find the strawberry.
It was a fun week of activities to go along with one of our favorite books! Thanks for stopping bye!
I created all of Little Sis's printable activities this week using clipart from mycutegraphics.com. I so enjoyed making them and I'd love to share them with you. Just click the links below to download each activity for your personal use. Enjoy!
- Strawberry Pre-Writing Activity for Tracing or Cutting
- Where is the Strawberry? Math Game
- Strawberry Shapes Set 1
- Strawberry Shapes Set 2