H is for Heavy

Songs:
ABC
Leaves are Falling

Activities:
Drawing the letter H

• worksheet
• on the floor with blocks, lego’s, or popsicle sticks
• human H- have 3 kids lay on the floor in the shape of a capital H (this is a love it or hate it activity.  Some kids are not fond of being part of a letter while others just take off with it and will be laughing for quite some time. If your group loves it, try some other letters that they know. Easiest are: A, C, E, F, H, I, K, L, T, Z)
• with spaghetti noodles

Heavy vs. Light

This is a great day for science.  Find different objects around the house that are the same size or shape, but very different weights.  Then talk about what heavy means.  At this age numbers for weights don’t mean much, but kids can get the concept of heavy vs. light.  Let the kids pick up pairs of objects and to figure out which is heavier.  Then, for more fun, get out an dial scale and watch the dial move as you place heavy objects on it.  Point out that when the heavier of two objects is placed on the scale, the pointer moves more around the circle.  Here’s some ideas for heavy vs light pairs:

• cereal box vs encyclopedia
• hot wheel’s car vs can of soup
• lego vs large block

If you’re just joining us you may want to read the “How to set up a co-op preschool” post.  Each week I’ll be sharing ideas for introducing your preschoolers to the letters of the alphabet.   Not all of these ideas will work for everyone.  As the year goes on, you’ll figure out what works for your group of kids.  To start the alphabet, check out ideas for the letters A and B or just bookmark this page for all my preschool ideas.