Letter of the Week: Rr

Boy + Bot is such a cute story about a little boy and robot.  The robot thinks the little boy is broken and tries to fix him but later discovers that he was only sleeping.  Red Red Red is about a turtle on the quest to find something red.  He passes a lot of red things to find what he is looking for (I'll let you read it to discover what it is).

R is for Red

We painted our Rr sheet red this week.

link to Rr sheet 

R is for Robot

We made a giant robot, which we named, Rosie, out of boxes.  To make a "recycled" robot, you will need to plan ahead (unless you already save boxes).  We shop at Costco, so it wasn't too hard to get enough pieces!  One suggestion...be sure to have two identical boxes for the legs and arms.

We used Duct Tape to stick the pieces together and reinforced with clear packing tape where needed.

I had Mia color Rosie (to give her a sense of ownership over the project).

Rosie and Mia

For the face, we used large googly eyes and I cut out a small square, two circles and a long rectangle for the face...Mia glued them on a large pink square.

R is for Road

Both of these books are very toddler friendly with minimal words and bright, colorful illustrations.

This was such a fun project...Rr road with Blue Painter's Tape.  I created a giant upper and lowercase r in our foyer and brought our car bin upstairs for the girls to play with.  This was so much fun and an awesome way to teach the letter R!

I love when you can seamlessly add learning to play!

R is for Rainbow

This is a super easy rainbow craft that is a great tool for color recognition. It just requires a little prep work for your little one. 

Prep: Cut out a cloud and strips of paper (we didn't have purple paper, which is why it is missing)

1. Help your toddler glue the strips of paper to the cloud.  Mia did this step herself, which is why the colors are not in correct rainbow order.

2. Help your toddler glue cotton balls to the cloud.

3. Hang up to admire.

This project was inspired by the book, Painting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert.

Supplies needed: Contact paper, strips of green paper (stems), leaves and different colors and types of flowers. I used the book for inspiration.

1. Tape the contact paper (sticky side up) to a surface or wall.

2. Let your child create their own rainbow of flowers!

Next week...Ii