Construction Week

February 3-7, 2014

Since it's all boys in my home I wanted to do a theme that is ALL Boy.  What boy doesn't love tools, building, big trucks and tractors?! 

1. Introduced the weeks theme by playing with blocks, linking logs and our constructions trucks!

2.  Dump Truck -we colored with markers, which is a rare occasion in my house :)

We used our trucks as we sang this song that I found at the same site as the Dump Truck

Five Little Trucks

(Adapted by Anne Neidinger. Sing to the tune of "Five Little Ducks")

Five Little Trucks went out to play, (Hold up five fingers)

Into the mud pit far away. (Make circle in front of you like hole in the ground with both hands and move far away from body)

When a big HONK HONK (Pat palm of one hand twice over fist of other like honking horn)

Came from Big Truck Mac, (Hold up fist only)

Four Little Trucks came rumbling back. (Hold up four fingers and move them from far away toward body)

Four Little Trucks went out to play, (Hold up four fingers)

Into the mud pit far away. (Make circle in front of you like hole in the ground with both hands and move far away from body)

When a big HONK HONK (Pat palm of one hand twice over fist of other like honking horn)

Came from Big Truck Mac, (Hold up fist only)

Three Little Trucks came rumbling back. (Hold up three fingers and move them from far away toward body)

Three Little Trucks went out to play, (Hold up three fingers)

Into the mud pit far away. (Make circle in front of you like hole in the ground with both hands and move far away from body)

When a big HONK HONK (Pat palm of one hand twice over fist of other like honking horn)

Came from Big Truck Mac, (Hold up fist only)

Two Little Trucks came rumbling back. (Hold up two fingers and move them from far away toward body)

Two Little Trucks went out to play, (Hold up two fingers)

Into the mud pit far away. (Make circle in front of you like hole in the ground with both hands and move far away from body)

When a big HONK HONK (Pat palm of one hand twice over fist of other like honking horn)

Came from Big Truck Mac, (Hold up fist only)

One Little Truck came rumbling back. (Hold up two fingers and move them from far away toward body)

One Little Truck went out to play, (Hold up one fingers)

Into the mud pit far away. (Make circle in front of you like hole in the ground with both hands and move far away from body)

When HONK HONK, HONK HONK (Pat palm of one hand four times over fist of other like honking horn very hard)

Came from Big Truck Mac, (Hold up fist only and shake it)

All Little Trucks came racing back. (Hold five fingers and move them quickly from far away toward body)

3. Truck Bowling-crayon freckles

4. Playing with our Tools-my boys have a toy tool bench with lots of tools.
(I didn't get any pictures of this)

5. Made a Tool Box with this free printable of Handy Manny's tools

6. Number Cards with nuts-Free Printable cards at confessions of a homeschooler

7. Hammering Tees into a Foam Block

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8.Tractor Craft-Free Printable Template

My boys call back hoes tractors.  I had the boys glue yellow tissue paper onto the Backhoe

I then cut out and assembled it with the brackets

9. Construction Vehicles Sensory Play with Cloud Dough-Recipe

It was some messy fun!  It occupied the kids for a good 30 minutes each!

10. We focused on the letter T

T for Truck, Tools, and Tractor!

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