4th of July: American Symbols

 Oh My....It's Time for the 4th of July!

That's right....it's July 1st so I can officially start dressing these coordinating cuties in Red, White & Blue!!!

Now for the Tot School:

Today's Learning Activities focused on American Symbols:

• What Come Next worksheet
• American Symbols Puzzles
• Color a Flag (work on Color Words)
• Do-A-Dot 'F is for Firework'
• Identify the letter F
• Counting Cards using Pom-Poms are markers
• Cutting Practice
• Tracing/Writing Practice
• Sort Red, White & Blue beads using a spoon (great sorting activity that also works on fine motor skills!)
• Bald Eagle Handprints
• United States of America Giant Floor Puzzle
• 3-Part Reading Cards 
• What Doesn't Belong? Which One is Different 
• American Symbols Shadow Match
• Bald Eagle Finger Puppet

 Just a few of our Patriotic Books

Amelia's Activities:

Sorted colored beads using a spoon

                   

Counting Cards. This activity is 2-fold as well! Counting and Fine Motor Skills. Amelia used a clothes pin to pinch the pom-poms and then place on the correct numbed. She thought this was soo much fun...which is what Tot School is all about!

Tracing & Prewriting Practice:

Cutting Practice:

American Symbols Shadow Matching:

American Symbols Mini Puzzles:

 

3-Part Reading Cards:

Identifying the letter 'F':

One of my favorite handprint crafts...I just love handprint art & how it documents Amelia's darling little hands! Today we are focusing on America's Symbols. So here is a Bald Eagle brought to you by Mia's hands 

Bald Eagle Finger Puppet going for one last flight before bed =) And yes the bird is blue not brown....some little girl used all our brown pipe cleaners for an 'art project' and didn't tell me they were all gone =)

USA Giant Floor Puzzle:

Yes little girl....it's time for bed!