Tot time Preschool Letter O

It has been so much fun working through the alphabet with Little B. He loves to have activity time/schooling, and is eager to learn all the time. This week we spent time exploring the letter O. 

 Since our family loves the beach, I figured why not head to the Ocean(it's only 5 minutes away). So our week of alphabet learning began with enjoying the Ocean. 

Our sensory play this week was Ocean play, I added a few Octopus into our Ocean for extra O words. Here is how I set up the sensory bin. 

I used  the Safari Ocean Toob, blue glass beads, and green flower beads. 

Next I added shells and fizzy balls for extra fun. I made the fizzy balls with a box of baking soda and water. These are super easy to make, you just mix a little water into a bowl with the whole box of baking soda (just enough water to mold them into balls or shell shapes). I hid small sea life into our fizzy balls for extra excitement.  

Then I filled a few spray and squeeze bottles with water (3/4 full), the rest with vinegar, a few drops of blue food coloring and shake.  

The boys loved everything about this sensory bin, from the fizz, to the spraying and squirting, to playing in water and finding hidden treasures. We will definitely do this again. 

Even the older boys got involved with our Ocean play. Inspired by Fun at Home with Kids.

Next Little B made an Ocean in a bottle. 

He poured his water (practical life skill), added his blue food coloring, blue glass beads, and a little bit of silver glitter. 

Discover the Ocean in a bottle- Wow! 

Now we can sit this up on our nature table and enjoy it for a long time. 

We also read a couple of great Ocean books this week, some of our favorites are I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean, and Under the Sea. 

The next O word we worked on was Orange, which went great with our color week. Here I set up a tray with buttons and pom pom's and Little B had to match them to the color card. 

Mixing colors with a dropper to get Orange. 

Little B has learned how to make Orange with red and yellow. Not to mention he worked on his fine motor skills by using the dropper.

This was a Colorful week packed full of Sensory stimulation and learning far more than just the letter O.

Now we are looking forward to moving on to letter P. I have some wonderful things planned. 

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