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1) Choose one of the following options for a lamb craft: Lamb Craft  from The Measured Mom:  Use a permanent marker to draw a lamb on the non-sticky side of  contact paper Hide cotton balls around the room (or place them in a bowl in front of your child). Have your child find the cotton balls and glue them onto your lamb. Handprint Lamb from Preschool Alphabet: Use while chalk to draw around your child's hand on black construction paper. Cut out the hand and use your finger to smear glue all over the lamb's body. Have your child place cotton balls or oatmeal on the glue. (picture to come) 2) Colored Lamb Activities: Print a set of  Colored Lambs  (from besttoys4toddlers) for these activities. Read "Where's the Green Sheep?" (we love this book!) from our Letter L Booklist while using the colored lambs. While reading this poem, have your child guess which colored lamb comes next.  Can you guess the color of our first lamb? ...

1)  Paper Plate Ladybug  from Two Sasters: 2)  Lady Bug Shape Puzzles  from Confessions of a Homeschooler: Match the colors to reveal the shapes. Optional: Have the lady bugs fly home to their matching giant shape outline. 3) Lady Bug Numbers  from The Measured Mom: I helped Easton point and count to the ladybugs. He identified the number and looked at it through a pretend telescope. Number activities are always Easton's least favorite, so I bribed him with a few chocolate chips and he did every one! 4) Lady Bug Lunch from Preschool Alphabet:  Put two clothespins on a paper plate. Place several green pompoms (aphids) next to the plate on a green leaf cutout. Explain that ladybugs use their tiny claws to pick up aphids to eat. Have the kids hold a clothespin in each hand, pinch the pompoms and place them on her plate. (picture to come) 5) L is for Lady Bug  from Confessions of a Homeschooler: We used  Pow...

1) L is for Letters Craft : I bought letter stickers at the Dollar Tree and we used them to fill in the Big Letter L on our paper. This was a good activity to review all the letters of the alphabet! 2) Letter Hunt :  Preparation: Hide letters (plastic, foam, or paper) around the house, each with a clue. The clues will lead your child to the next letter and clue. Start by giving your child the first clue. It could say something along the lines, "Welcome to your letter hunt! The first letter you'll find is hidden where you sleep." Your child will find the Letter A with a clue to find the Letter B.   Optional: Have a treat or prize waiting for them at the end of the hunt. It could be a bag of these  letter cookies .  (picture to come) 3) Letters Sensory Bin : Easton loved this! We played for over an hour. Fill a bin full of dried black beans, rice and/or lentils. Bring out play kitchen items (measuring cups and spoons, bowls, cookie cutters, s...

1) Lion Craft  from The Measured Mom: This is one of my favorite crafts of the series. Cut out the lion pieces from construction paper and have your child glue all the pieces on. It helps if the parent squeezes a dab of glue where the pieces should go (instead of putting glue on the back on the pieces). Glue on googly eyes Glue on elbow macaroni on the lion's mane. 2) Handprint Lion  from The Measured Mom: There's something so sweet about Easton's little handprint used in art projects. Paint your child's hand yellow and stamp his/her handprint on a piece of white paper. Once the paint dries, glue on googly eyes. Glue on strips of colored paper for the mane. 3) Feed the Lion:  Make a lion from a paper bag, paper plate or poster board.  Cut a hole where the mouth will go.  Have your child draw  bones  (scroll down to print from Preschool Alphabet) from a paper bag. You can draw letters, shapes, numbers or whatever you'd l...