Themed Activities

Themed Activities: Actual and Anticipated:   (Saturdays)

To aid with planning, I intend to use the alphabet to outline my intended topics.  This page is the list of Themed Activities planned alphabetically to share ideas on ways to encourage children to build their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. It is a work in progress. It is full of practical and creative ideas so be sure to check it out.  Let me know if you have a topic you would like to see covered here.  I appreciate your input!

Intro:  Cloud Watching

A is for Ants (actual ants, ant-onyms and Automatic Negative ThoughtS)

B is for Butterflies (May 1/21)

C is for Cars (May 8/21)   (clouds done April17/21)

D is for Dinosaurs (May 15/21)

E is for Elephants (May 22/21)

F is for ....F_____ (May29/21)

G is for Green (June 5/21)

H is for Homes (own home, structures of homes, animal homes) (June 12/21)

I is for Ice (June 19/21)

J is for Jungles (June 26/21) 

K is for Kings, Queens, Knights and Castles (July 3, 21)

L is for Lizard Love (July 10/21)

M is for Mouse (includes Micky and Minnie) (July 17/21)

N is for Night/Day (July 24/21)

O is for Owls (July 31/21)

P is for Pigs (Aug 7/21)

Q is for Qualities (Aug14/21)

R is for Rocks (can send you a slide presentation early on this if interested) (Aug 21/21)

S is for Stars (Aug28/21)

T is for Transportation (trains, tricycles, tractors) (Sep 4/21)

U is for uniforms (Sept 11/21)

V is for Vegetables (Sept 18?21)

W is for Weather (Oct 2/21)

X is for X-Factor (Oct 9/21)

Y is for Yummy/Yucky

Z is for Zoo


A is for Apples (Nov 6/21)

B is for Babies (Nov13/21)

C is for Christmas (Nov 18/21)

D is for  doors/dogs (Nov25/21)

E is for Eating

F is for Family and Friends (Dec)

G is for Gifts (Dec 16/21)

H is for Horses

I  is for Ice

J is for Jars of Clay

K is for keys

L is for Letters

M is for Music (Feb 5/22)

N is for the North (Feb 12/22)

O is for Opposites (Feb 19/22)

P is for Pictures (Feb26/22)

Q is for Quilts, Queen bees (Mar5/22)

R is for Rabbits (Mar12/22)

S is for Spring (Mar 19/22)

T is for Tunes

U is for Ukrainian Easter Eggs (Apr 2/22)

V is for Views (Ap10/22)

W is for Water (Ap16/22)

X is for Xylophones (Apr30/22)

Y is for Yellow (May7/22)

Z is for Zero (June 23/22)


A is for Astronauts or Aquariums 

B is for Boats 

C is for Cats or Candy or Cartoons

D is for D

E is for Eggs or Eagles or 

F is for Fish flavours

G is for Geckos

H is for Hearts or Halloween

I is for Ice Cream

M is for Mountains

T is for Trees

U is for Umbrellas

W is for Water

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