9/24/2012

Letter C (Camel)

Books
How the Camel got it's hump: Tales from Around the World by Justin Fontes
Azad's Camel by Erika Pal
Pamela Camel by Bill Peet

Craft/Art
Felt Camel Craft found here.

Camel hand print found here.

Fun Facts
A camel drinks 30-50 gallons of water at one time and it only takes about 10 minutes to drink that much. Exactly how much a camel drinks varies with the size of the camel, it drinks about 80% of it's body weight.

A camels hump is not full of water, it is actually fat.  The hump allows the camel to survive up to two weeks with no food.

Sally/Alice the camel is the only camel with more than 2 humps.  "Real" camels can only have up to 2 humps. African camels have 1 hump and Asian camels have 2 humps.

Game/Activity
Fill up a pool or bath tub with 30 gallons of water and show the kids how much camels drink at one time.  You could also have them help you fill it up a gallon at a time while counting to 30. 


Printables
Coloring Page

Flash Card (4x6)

 Tracing Page (8x10)

Snack
Animal crackers
Cookies
We ate cookies this week while watching the cookie monster clip on you-tube about the letter C.  We gobbled up our cookies with cookie monster.  This guy sang the song throughout the whole week.  Here is the link if you want to watch it.

Songs
Sally/Alice the Camel- watch it on you tube here.

Sally/Alice the Camel Song
Sally the camel has five humps.
Sally the camel has five humps.
Sally the camel has five humps.
So ride, Sally, ride.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Sally the camel has four humps.
Sally the camel has four humps.
Sally the camel has four humps.
So ride, Sally, ride.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Sally the camel has three humps.
Sally the camel has three humps.
Sally the camel has three humps.
So ride, Sally, ride.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Sally the camel has two humps.
Sally the camel has two humps.
Sally the camel has two humps.
So ride, Sally, ride.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Sally the camel has one hump.
Sally the camel has one hump.
Sally the camel has one hump.
So ride, Sally, ride.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Sally the camel has no humps.
Sally the camel has no humps.
Sally the camel has no humps.
Cause Sally is a horse, of course.


Tips for Teaching Letter C
It looks like a moon, or a cookie with a bite out of it.

Theme of the Week
We also learned about the seasons this week.  The weather is starting to change where we live so we went on a walk and talked about how the leaves are changing and it's getting colder so now we need jackets.  When we got home we unpacked the fall decorations and put them up together.
This is a link I liked for reviewing the seasons with my son!

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