Bubbles Unit

Books:

Bubble Trouble by Stephen Krensky

Bubbles, bubbles by Kathi Appelt

Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer

Pop! A book about bubbles by Kimberly B. Bradley

Benny’s Big Bubble by Jane O’Connor

This week we will be studying bubbles, the letter B, the color green, and the oval shape.

Letter Bb Activities:

LetterB hat

Trace the letter Bb

Letter B coloring page with bananas

Letter B writing practice worksheet

http://www.tut-world.com/ps_sam02.htm

Letter B coloring paper. Let them use green finger paint to color it.

Alpha buddy B

http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/mbobby.html

I will print the letter B on a piece of construction paper.  Then have them go through old magazines looking for the letter B to cut out and glue to the paper.

Have them do a scavenger hunt through the house to see how many things they can find that starts with the B sound.

Lay out a cookie sheet and fill with uncooked rice.  Let the child practice writing B’s with his finger in the rice.

Counting Activities:

Use the following number cut outs to make a large number chart.  You’ll need a large piece of poster board.  Cut out the numbers and then have the child glue them to the board in order.  They can then decorate the numbers anyway they wish.  They could paint them or glue noodles, beads, sequins, buttons, rice, beans, glitter, pom-poms or use stickers.  They could outline the numbers in ribbon, yarn, or pipe cleaners. 

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number1.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number2.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number3.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number4.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number5.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number6.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number7.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number8.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number9.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/treasureschildcare/colorsheets/number10.pdf

Have the kids blow just the number of bubbles you say. 

Bubble math worksheet – they can use beans to count out the numbers so they can see what number is bigger.

Blow bubbles and have the kids count how many they pop.

Fish bowl math.  Use this template to make a fish bowl picture.  Use a hole punch to make green air bubbles to put above the fish.  Above the appropriate numbered fish have the kid put that many air bubbles.

http://www.first-school.ws/t/ap/bowl_5_fish_b.htm

Number practice 1-4

http://www.first-school.ws/t/ap/helicopter_ap1.htm

Tracing numbers 1-5 worksheet

Color Green Activities:

Green coloring page

Color the frog green

Snacks – green grapes, celery, green apples, kiwi, green jello, green Kool-Aid

Get some green slime for them to play with.

Grow some grass seeds in a Styrofoam cup.

Go on a green scavenger hunt outside to see how many green things they can find.

Show the kids how to make green by mixing yellow and blue food coloring in a glass of water.

Get out a large sheet of paper and put some green paint in a shallow pan.  Let them dip their hands in the paint and then put it on the paper.  They could also use their feet.

Let them collect some green leaves and glue them to some construction paper.

Shape Activities:

Oval shape to trace

http://www.tlsbooks.com/imlearningaboutshapesoval.pdf

Oval cut out – make a couple of copies and let them cut them out.  Then have them decorate them like Easter eggs.  You could then hole punch around the edges and let them lace them together leaving the top open.  Stuff with paper and then lace shut.

Opal Oval Paper craft

http://www.dltk-teach.com/shapes/moval.htm

Oval worksheet

Oval worksheet

Oval worksheet

Oval coloring page

Cut a sponge in the shape of an oval and give the child some green, red, and blue paint.  Let them create a sponge painting using the different colors.

Science and Art Activities:

I give them each a cut out of a balloon to dip in soap (Dawn Detergent and water) that I've added some green paint to.  I teach them how to blow into a straw to make bubbles in the soapy water.  They then gently lay the paper balloon on top of the bubbles, and it makes a beautiful design

Let the kids make their own bubble solution using dish soap and water.  Have them try different amounts of each to see what makes the best bubbles.

Blow bubbles and let the kids try to catch them on their finger first a dry finger and then a wet finger.   Which one worked best?

Use bubble wrap to make a painting.  Dip the bubble wrap in some paint and then press against a piece of paper.

Put a little tempera paint in your bubble solution and then go outside and blow bubbles.  Have the children catch the bubbles with pieces of paper.

Poems and Songs Notebook:

Letter B songs

http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/songs/b.htm

Ollie Oval song

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems82.html

Opal Oval Song

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/shapes.html

2 color green songs

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems20.html

Green songs

Bubble songs and finger plays

http://stepbystepcc.com/bubbles.html

Bubble Fun:

Let them play with blowing bubbles.

Take a bubble bath.

Wash toy dishes in a tub.

Give baby dolls a bath.

Let them blow bubbles in a liquid using a straw.