Apple Tot Trays and Explorer Box

Since I now have a preschooler

in the house two days a week,

I have decided that the best way

to keep up with our homeschooling while he is here

is to include him in the fun!

Therefore,

I hope to supplying him with different

Tot Trays and Explorer Boxes,

centering around the different letters of the Alphabet.

This past week we focused on the Letter A-

in particularly

"A" is for Apple...

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Apple Dot-a-Dot Page

We will do a different kind of alphabet page

each week,

so by the end of the year

Smiley B will have an 

Alphabet Book to take home.

(I have NO IDEA where the sheet above is from.

I got a copy of it during my public school teaching days.)

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Apple Dice Game

Using apple printables from Mama Jenn's

Education Cubes site,

Smiley B worked on color recognition and counting.

After Smiley rolled the dice,

he used the bingo marker to place a dot

on the colored paper which matched the color of the apple

he rolled.

Little Wild Man and he had a good time playing this game,

with Smiley marking and Little Wild Man 

rolling and counting.

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Apple Tree Tray

Smiley B was able to put the apples on and off

of THIS tree printable with the Velcro dots.

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Apple Pom Pom Tray

Smiley B was able to use the tweezers to transfer

all the "apples" (pom poms)

from one bowl and back.

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Apple Pie Play Dough Tray

Smiley B LOVES his play dough!

He spent a good deal fo time with this tray,

making pie...

...and other various creations.

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Apples of All Sizes Tray

Again,

I am not certain WHERE I picked up the

page that made these apples,

but Smiley B did very well stacking them up in order,

from biggest to smallest.

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Apple Orchard Explorer Box

The Explorer Box contained the following:

Green-dyed macaroni noodles

("grass")

3 wooden trees

Apple bouncy ball

Apple erasers

Mini-basket bags

Tongs

("apple pickers)

 I also included a set of measuring cups for scooping.

Smiley B really had fun with all the activities this week-

I am so looking forward to still having a preschooler

in our homeschooling midst!

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