Our Homeschooling Expedition

Aug. 8, 2007

Ducks Unit

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Ducks Unit

Books:

I’m a duck by Teri Sloat

Come on, Baby Duck by Nick Ward

Little White Duck by Walt Whippo

Little Quack by Lauren Thompson

Little Quack’s New Friend by Lauren Thompson

Little Quack’s Bedtime by Lauren Thompson

The Story of Ping

Make Way for Ducklings

This week we will study ducks, the letter D, the color orange, the square shape, and writing numbers 1-5. I will pick a few activities from each section daily for the kids to do.

Letter D Activities:

Letter D tracer paper

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/get_image.php?id=54484

Letter D maze

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/get_image.php?id=54781

Letter D block letter page

http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/cpblockd.shtml

Letter D tracer

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_zb1/d.htm

Make a letter D mini book

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp6c.htm

Pictures of things that start with the letter D

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/ttools/abc/dpic.html

Finding the letter Dd.

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/d-poem.htm

Color the pictures that start with the D sound.

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/d-begins2.htm

Make donuts and shape into letter D’s. Then let the kids frost them and sprinkle with sprinkles. Here’s a site where you can get a donut recipe.

http://recipes.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Category:Donut_Recipes

Make frosting clay for them to shape into the letter D.

http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1627.html

Make dog ears – use construction paper to make a headband and 2 long floppy ears. Use D stickers to put “spots” on the ears.

Glue dirt (potting soil) to a large cut out of the letter D.

Decorate a cut out of the letter D with things that start with the letter D. Ex. Diamond shapes, dots, dental floss, stickers of dogs, ducks, dinosaurs, duct tape

Duck dot to dot

http://www.kinderplans.com/admin/images/dotduck.pdf

Number Activities:

On a piece of construction paper write the numbers 1-5 and then have the child glue the right amount of dried corn under each number. I plan on using popcorn kernels.

Cut out 10 duck shapes. On each shape write a number from 1-10. Then give them feathers to glue around the edge of the duck according to the number written on it.

Cut and paste duck activity.

http://activitypad.com/pages/kid-activity.html

Color all sets of 5 worksheet

http://www.kinderplans.com/admin/images/set5.pdf

Color sets of 3 worksheet

http://www.kinderplans.com/admin/images/set3.pdf

Color by number

Dot to dot duck

http://www.kidzone.ws/math/farm/dotsby1.htm

Count and trace the number 2

Count and trace the number 3

Count and trace the number 5

Trace and match the numbers 1-5

http://www.kidzone.ws/math/k-match1.htm

Count the cats and write the numbers 1-5

Count the frogs and write the numbers 1-5

Practice writing the numbers 1-5 with ladybugs

Practice writing numbers 1-5 worksheet

http://www.kinderplans.com/admin/images/1-5.pdf

Color Orange Activities:

Snack ideas: carrot sticks, orange wedges, orange Jell-O, push up pops, orange Kool-Aid, orange juice,

Orange prints: cut an orange in half and let the children press it into some orange paint. Then have them press the orange onto some white paper.

Sprinkle a little dry orange kool aid mix onto a piece of paper. Have your child spray water from a spray bottle onto the paper. For added adventure, you may choose to take your children out into the rain with a piece of paper that has kool-aid on it.

Put a small amount of tempera paint in a small shallow container. (The metal lid of a juice bottle works well) Show your child how to dip his/her finger in the paint and make a fingerprint on a piece of paper. (Alternative: Use a non-toxic ink pad) have your child make several fingerprints in several different shades of orange. After the paint dries, have your child draw strings on the fingerprints as if they were balloons. (Alternative: glue on string or yarn.)

Have the children cut out pictures of orange items from magazines. Have the children glue the pictures onto a piece of paper. Laminate the paper and use for a placemat.

Have the children mix yellow and red water to create orange.

You will need a basketball, a large box, paper and paint. Place a
piece of paper in the bottom of the box. Let the children dip the balls
in the paint and drop them into the box. When they are finished pull
out the paper and allow to dry.

Have the children glue apple jacks onto a piece of paper. You could use orange paper, or draw a shape for them on the paper.

Make homemade fruit roll ups using orange fruit

http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1091.html

Orange coloring page

Orange goldfish coloring page

Shape Activities:

Cut and pastesquare worksheet

Cut and paste square worksheet

Trace the square worksheet

Trace the squares worksheet

Square shape buddy craft

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

Color the squares worksheet

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/get_image.php?id=53109

Trace the squares worksheet

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/get_image.php?id=53110

Practice tracing and drawing squares worksheet

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/get_image.php?id=53111

Elmo square coloring page

Match the squares worksheet

Square splatter painting: You’ll need a box, large sheet of white paper, cutouts of squares, paint brush, and a tray with different tempera paints. Place the large sheet of paper in the box and then let the kids arrange the square cutouts on the paper. Now the fun part take the paint brush and load it with paint than give a good flick over the paper in the box. Let them continue until they added all the color they want. Let it dry and then remove the square cutouts.

Give the children a large square sheet of paper, a smaller one, and smaller one, a smaller one, and smaller one and so on. Have the children glue them on top of each other by size.

Make a Sponge Bob square pants

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/mspongebob.htm

You could get a square paper box from a craft store for them to decorate and use as a treasure box.

Science and Art Activities:

Make duck eggs – you’ll need a small balloon (blown up) newspaper, glue/flour paste, paint. Using a paper mache technique wrap the balloon with the newspaper. When dry paint your duck eggs. (this would also be a great way to talk about a duck’s life cycle)

Make a mobile of a duck’s life cycle. You could decorate a coat hanger or make a circle out of construction paper to hang the pieces from.

Here are some coloring pages to use.

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/mini/duck.html

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/eastereggcrafts/l/bleggcolorbl.htm

http://www.kinderart.com/kindercolor/duck1.htm

Make a duck – use this coloring page for the shape of a duck. Cut the duck out of a heavy paper like card stock or card board. Have the kids glue feathers on to the duck. They can use orange yarn for the beak and feet. While doing this activity talk about how a ducks feathers protect it. http://www.coloring.ws/t/animals/duck4.htm

Make a duck paper plate craft

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/animals/duck/

Fluffy yellow duck craft

http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/fluffyduck/

Pipe cleaner duck

Vinegar and Eggs
Well we probably all have seen this at one time or another. Place a hard-boiled egg in a cup of vinegar, and see what happens. It bubbles. After one day, take out the egg, wipe it off with a paper towel and feel the egg. Ask your child questions about what you see and feel.

Talk about what ducks eat. Then you could take a field trip to feed the ducks.

Songs and Poems Notebook:

Letter D songs

5Little Ducks Song

TEN LITTLE DUCKLINGS

Ten little ducklings.
(Move hands back and forth in waddling motion).
Dash, dash, dash!
Jumped in the duck pond.
(Motion of jumping)
Splash, splash, splash!
When the mother called them,
"Quack, quack, quack."
Ten little ducklings swam right back.
(Motion of swimming).

Orange poems

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

ORANGE IS THE COLOR (Sung to Yankee Doodle)
Orange is the color of,
So many things we see.
Would you like to sing a little,
Orange song with me.
Orange juice and orange cheese,
Orange carrots, if you please.
Orange pumpkins, orange leaves,
Let's sing a song of orange.