Monday, August 17, 2009

Letter B


Introduction

Bears, bumblebee, bicycle, beehive, beanstalk, banana, baseball, bat, balloon, binoculars, bottle, ballerina, brown, blue, bull, bugs, beetle, box, bunny, brother, bus, banjo, band, button, bowling, bowl, black, big, baby, book, broom, berry....

Books

The B Book
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
Jack and the Beanstalk
Berenstain Bears (series)
Jamberry
Big Red Barn
The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm
Bear (series) by Karma Wilson

Music/Movement

Ballet dancing to classical music
I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee
99 Bottles of Pop
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around
Teddy Bear Picnic
Bubbles
Baby Animals
Babies (lots of books about this)
Band - create a band using instruments you have on hand (ie - egg shaker, sticks for tapping, oatmeal cylinder drum, etc) and make music together!


Activities

Blow bubbles
Bear hunt with binoculars (make as a craft activity) - hide a bunch of teddy bears, and have the children search for them
Bounce balls
Balloon bounce (don't let balloon hit the ground)
Bowling
Ball games (baseball, basketball, etc)
Bean Bag Toss
Bicycle races/obstacle course (older children)
Bow - learning to tie shoes

Crafts

Binoculars (toilet paper tubes) - can use on bear hunt
Balloon animals
Book - have the kids create their own book
Paint with blue, black and brown
Baby - make a picture of a baby or sew simple ones out of cloth and stuff with beans - have them "decorate" them by coloring clothes, face, hair, etc. on them
Bean Bags - easy for kids to make
Berry paintings - mash up different types of berries and paint with them
Bows/Barrettes - little girls enjoy making hair bows and barrettes

Snacks

Banana bread
Bananas
Berries
Beans
Bee graham crackers
Teddy Grahams (bears)

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