Fairy tale’s might mean something different to everyone, but to me it’s a mix between princesses and old classics like Jack & The Beanstalk. You could go the total nursery rhyme route, princess and dragons, fairies or a mix of everything. I chose things that my children are more interested in at the moment, but you could always choose what interests your child.
Just a reminder, the division aspect for my 4/5 year old is just an INTRODUCTION of the CONCEPT!! And as always, anything with an asterisk is explained at the bottom of the post.
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read the lost sheep | Pick a sheep coloring page, color and cover the sheep’s body in cotton balls | Hide & seek sheep* | Hearding sheep** | What’s Missing Game** |
| Language (2) | Alphabet BINGO** | Beanstalk letters** | Poison apple letters** | Letter maze** | Climb the tower** |
| Language (4) | Introduce was & they + sight word BINGO** | Beanstalk sight words** | Poison apple sight words** | Sight word game | Climb the tower** |
| Math (2) | Use math beads to make numbers 11-15 then have child use other math beads to match the amounts | Beanstalk numbers** | Poison apple numbers** | Dot and find | Number puzzles 11-15 |
| Math (4) | Princess jewel division** | Beanstalk numbers** | Use an apple to demonstrate fractions | Gingerbread division – we will use single math bead (‘buttons’) as manipulatives to work out the problems | Pick a fairytale coloring page (google it) then cut the page in half and half again – explain half and quarters |
| Art/Sensory | Make a crown using bulletin board boarders (or other paper) and sequins/jewels, and shapes | Beanstalk craft** | Dress up / Dramatic play | Make a fairy wand** | Sensory bin – white beans, glass stones, pebbles, sequins, princess figures |
| Science Geography History | Floating fairy – adapted from this post (use fairy printable instead of butterfly) | Grow a bean** | Practice directions – I took a screen shot of this map to print (follows The Jolly Postman if you want to read it) | Frozen science | See how high you can build a tower out of blocks |
Hide & seek sheep – while your child builds a sheep pen out of magnatiles or blocks, hide a sheep figurine in the room. Have your child find it and return it to the pen.
Hearding sheep – Blow up a few white balloons (sheep) and get a staff (small bat, rolled newspaper etc..). Have your child use the staff to heard the sheep into a pen – this could be under a chair, into the corner of a room, behind the couch, or wherever.
What’s Missing – Put 5 objects on a tray or table and let your child look at them for about 30 seconds. Have them close their eyes and remove an object. When they open, see if they can remember which item is missing. Play again, adding an object every time. Relate to how God knows where everyone is even though there are billions of people.
Fairy wand – cut long rectangle & star from foam sheets. Roll reactance to form a tube. Hot glue star on top. Decorate with gems, sequins etc
Beanstalk letters/sight words – write sight words or letters at the bottom of an egg carton. Write the same sight word or letter on a bean and have them match them up.
Letter Maze – I will use one of the mazes from the source but write the letters M-Q on the correct path for them to follow. I will put other letters on the wrong path and help her do letters M-Q alphabetically to get to the end.
Beanstalk Numbers – On the beanstalk craft, write the numbers 1-15 in the leaves. For younger children, call out a number and have them place a bean on the number you called. For older children have them count out a set number of beans that you tell them (ie. 9) then tell them to place the same amount of beans on a number of leaves (ie. 3 of the leaves). Ask how many beans were able to go on each leaf (in this case 3). Explain how this is a division problem – 9 divided by 3 =3
Beanstalk Craft – On a large sheet of butchers paper, use green dot markers or paint to draw a beanstalk with at least 15 leaves. Glue thinned cotton balls to the top for clouds.
Poison apple letters/sight words/ numbers – Print apples, and write the letters/numbers/words you are practicing on them. Leave the poison apples plain. Mix them all in a pile face down and let your child choose one. If they say the letter/word/number correctly, they can keep it, if not, they put it back. If they pick a poison apple they can pretend to fall into a deep sleep until their parent/caretaker, teacher tickles them awake. Then finish the game until all the cards are gone.
Grow a bean – Soak a few pinto beans overnight, then place them in a Ziplock with a wet paper towel. Tape bag to a sunny window without closing it at the top and watch it grow
Climb the tower – Draw a tower with chalk (like Rapunzel’s tower) with the body of the tower having several jumping boxes (like a straight single hopscotch) I’d do 5 for younger kids and 8-10 for older. In each box write a review letter or sight word. Have the child jump to the first box, saying the letter/word in the box. If they get it right, they jump to the next box doing the same thing. If they get it wrong, they fall off the tower and have to start over. The goal is to make it to the top of the tower to save the princess. You can ‘erase’ or spray the chalk and reorder the letters/words to do the activity over and over.
Alphabet/sight word BINGO – I will draw a simple 2×3 table on paper with 6 review letters, I’ll then pull our letter flash cards randomly and my child will use jewels as BINGO covers. 3 in a row wins. For sight words I will do a 4×5 table with sight words and use my sight word flashcards.
Princess jewel division – Get 3 princess figurines and 6 jewels, ask your child to give each princess the same about of jewels. Ask them how many jewels each princess got. Show them how 6 jewels divided among 3 princesses is 2 so 6/3=2. Tell them that this is a division problem. Can repeat with other equations.