P is for Paint - Printables

P is for PAINT

One of our favorite words around here!

 Here are a few printables I created with a paint theme. The free printables include: Complete the patterns, pre-writing trace, letter recognition, connect the colors, counting objects and cut and paste.

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Check out some of our other printables:

  You're a Whoot

Yo Ho Matey

Thinking about Christmas

Dot-to-Dot Letters

We did some pre-writing practice today.

I used small stickers to make a dot-to-dot of upper and lower case letters on each sheet.

I made one sheet for each letter of his name.

Little Mister used a highlighter to follow the dots and complete the letter.

Some he did really well. Others, he circled the stickers or just shaded the space between them. It was a pretty good start I think!

You're a WHoot! with printables

Owls seem to be everywhere all of a sudden. I'm not jumping on the bandwagon, but my Little Mister really likes them. I am always trying to appeal to his interests when thinking of some learning activities. So, we have owls! 

 The free printables at the end of this post include: matching, fill in the color, letter recognition, complete the pattern, counting skills, maze, pre-writing skills, trace the letter and size sorting.

I hope you will try them with your kiddos and give me some feedback. Enjoy!

But first, Whoo Loves You? We made a cute little frame to answer that question!

We painted 6 large craft sticks brown. Then, we glued them all together. We added juice lids for eyes and a construction paper beak. Little Mister picked out this particular picture that he wanted in the frame. One of my early favorites of the chunky monkey!

We also made a cute little owlet from a pine cone, two cotton balls, two google eyes, a construction paper beak and a cardboard circle. Easy and very cute!

Did you know you can dry and make your pine cones open by placing them in the oven? It also leaves a warm, earthy smell in your house! Love it.

Some great owl-ee books we enjoyed also:

Here are our owl-lovin' printables for the week! If you try them please give me some feedback. I want to know what you liked or (gulp) disliked about them. Thanks and enjoy!

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Yo Ho Matey! with Printables

Yo Ho, Yo Ho a pirate's life for me!
I'm not sure what the fascination is with pirates but my Little Mister thinks they are great. I admit it, I like the Johnny Depp version myself!

Here is our attempt of living a pirate's life for a day! 

I have also created some pirate theme printables including: letter recognition, size selection, color and shape review, pre-writing skills, tracing letters, patterns, number matching, counting and more. Take a look at the end of this post!

 

You all know how much I love hand print crafts. I couldn't resist making this cute little pirate!

What are pirates without their ships? Here is a cute little one we made while reviewing some shapes: squares and rectangles.

All truly worthy pirate ships have at least one thing in common .... The PLANK! Here we are working on some motor skills, enjoying the nice weather and walking the plank!

Then, we worked on some observation skills while inspecting our buried treasure!

Hope you enjoyed our attempt at a pirate's life.

Don't forget to check out our printables below. I would love to hear from someone who tried them with their little one's!

      

All Aboard!

 What little boy doesn't like trains? Mine is currently in Love.

Everyday we pass this old (recently restored) historic train depot. I finally took the time to stop and visit.  Inside were some old photographs and a few other odds and ends that little hands should not touch. The outside was its redeeming quality. It is beautiful. I believe Little Mister enjoyed going up and down the stairs more than anything else. We played until the mowers showed up... this was our cue to scram!

(He is a little scared of LOUD noises.)

 These were some really neat old pictures of the depot. In the top picture it is on the right. In the lower picture it is far back and on the left.

Of course our activities for the day had to be ALL about trains!

We practiced spelling his name on a Name Train.

I fired up the Photoshop and made a quick Train Trace Pre-Writing practice sheet.

 

Have you tried this with your kiddos? I actually still have one from my childhood.

Pennies on the Rail Road tracks.

Before and After