Animal Theme

Well, September is over, time for a new theme! October's theme is music, I'll post more about that soon.

Here is the breakdown for September:

Activities

1. Feed the ducks (***)
2. Act like an animal game (***) For this game, I just call out the name of an animal, and they act it out. 
3. Chalk paw prints
4. Petting zoo (***)
5. Ocean in a bottle (**) Get and empty two liter bottle, put colored water in (ours was blue) then a few small fish toys, then fill the rest with oil. 
6. Animal bingo (**) http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/09/animal-bingo.html
7. What do animals eat? (**) Simple questions, but fun!
8. Make dog biscuits (***) I used this recipe: http://www.dogtreatkitchen.com/peanut-butter-dog-biscuit-recipe.html The boys loved giving them to the dogs we know!
9. Stuffed animal hunt (**) I just hid all of our animals, and send the boys to find them!
10. Balloon jellyfish (***) http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/09/jellyfiiiiiiissssh.html
11. Make puppy chow (***) They ate this like it was their last meal. 

Art Projects

1. Hanging fish (***) http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/10/omg-why-would-i-give-him-glitter.html
2. Hand print lion (***)http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/09/little-yellow-hands.html
3. Paper plate owl (**) http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/09/preschool-at-home.html
4. Dog paper bag puppet (**) http://gavinnjared.blogspot.com/2010/09/elephant-eats-guys.html
5. Spiral snake (***) I gave them a green piece of paper to color, then I cut it in a spiral. We added eyes to one end, and tied a string to it. They dragged them all over the place!
6. Cotton ball sheep (**)
7. Animal coloring pages (***)

I rated these on a 3 star scale, depending on how much the boys liked it!

Songs

1. Old McDonald
2. Mary had a little lamb
3. Little bunny foo foo
4. Ba ba black sheep
5. Three blind mice
6. This little piggy

Books

1. Velveteen Rabbit
2. Very Hungry Caterpillar
3. Lady Bugatti
4. Elmo's Zoo
5. Over the Meadow
6. Do Pigs Have Stripes
7. Gallop
8. If You Give a Pig a Pancake
9. Pigs Rock
10. Baby Bird
11. Where's the Green Sheep?
12. Animal Sounds

Videos

1. Milo & Otis
2. A Bugs Life
3. Finding Nemo
4. Peter Rabbit
5. Dumbo
6. Lion King
7. Tarzan
8. Baby Animals

Snacks

1. Ants on a log (celery, peanut butter, raisins)
2. Marshmellow & pretzel animals
3. Fish jello bowl (small bowl, pour blue jello in half, let it set, place some gummy fish on and fill the rest of the bowl with jello.)
4. Animal crackers
5. Cup of worms (pudding, crushed oreos, gummy worms)