Letter K (Kangaroo and Koala)

Books
What do Kangaroos do? by Dee Phillips

Craft/Art

Kangaroo K from Totally Tots

Fun Facts

Kangaroos carry their babies in their pouch.

Kangaroos sleep during the day and look for food at night. 

Game/Activity

Have a Kangaroo hope and jump around like kangaroos.

Printables

Snacks

Songs

Tips to Teaching Letter K

Teaching ABC's Idea for the Week

Theme of the Week

Easy French Bread

We love french bread...especially hot french bread.  My kids ask to buy this in the store and prefer it over candy.  I always thought that it was hard to make and took lots of time....not true.  This is a quick recipe, great for last minute dinners. It is soooo easy and soooo yummy!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup warm water

1 1/2 Tbsp. dry yeast

2 tsp. sugar

3 1/4 cup flour 

2 tsp salt

Directions:

In a small bowl mix warm water with yeast and sugar. Let sit about 5 min until foam forms on top.

In a large mixing bowl combine flour and salt. Gradually add yeast mixture. Mix until the dough becomes a small ball and knead for 5 min. (I use my bosh with the dough hook)

Cut dough in half and shape into two baguettes. Place on a cookie sheet. Cover and let raise for 30 min.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. With a sharp knife make a slash down the length of each baguette (this gives it "the look") Pour water into a cookie sheet and place it on the bottom rack of the oven. Bake bread for 15 min. About half way through brush the top of the bread with melted butter. 

Printable Recipe

Letter J (Jellyfish)

Craft/Art

Paper Bowl Jellyfish @ First Palette

Fun Facts

Jellyfish are 95% water and don't have a skeleton, head, heart or brains.

Jellyfish are know for stinging and can sting even after they die.

Game/Activity

Magnet Fun @ Making Learning Fun

Printables

Snacks

Songs
Three jelly fish,

Three jelly fish,

Three jelly fish sitting on a rock.

One jumped off!

Splash!

Two jelly fish…

One jelly fish…

No jelly fish,

No jelly fish,

No jelly fish sitting on a rock.

One climbed up!

Horray!

One jelly fish…

Two jelly fish…

Three jelly fish…

There are some cute free printables to go along with this song over at Pickle Bums.

Tips to Teaching Letter J

Teaching ABC's Idea for the Week

Theme of the Week

Decorative Yarn Balls

I LOVE creating new things!  I've always wanted these but never thought of making my own until recently. I was cleaning my boys room last week and found a huge bag full of plastic balls.  That's when I thought....huh, I bet I could use these to make some decorative yarn balls....and we did!  I really like how they turned out.

All you will need to make these is yarn, a ball (you can get Styrofoam balls at the dollar store) and a glue gun.  These are so easy......just hot glue the end to the ball to start off and wrap the yarn around the ball tightly until it is covered completely.  When you are happy with the way it looks then cut the yarn and hot glue the end.  I like to hide the end by tucking it underneath the yarn a bit.

When you are done making them, find a fun way to display them.  The pictures below show what I did.  I love the different textures and the different colors give me so many options for decorating.  I used the yellow, orange and white for Halloween and right now I've got the red, green, gray and white displayed to match my Christmas decor.