The second week of school we worked on the letter B. It was a fun-filled week of bugs! Along with the letter b we worked on the number 3, yellow, and the oval. I had many different activities worked out and since this was our first week officially starting I figured we would go as we could. It worked wonders and she really enjoyed learning. On sunday, I made up the closet door that will hold our main items. This door will show her the virtue we are working on, the letter, some theme items will be placed there and also the verse from the bible we will be learning. I am super excited for the next coming weeks.
(sorry so blurry- took a quick picture with iPhone and didn’t realize until I took it down already)
Everyday of the week we will put a number on our calendar. Also on Sundays, I will be putting up flash cards under the calendar of the letter, color and shape. On the white erase board so far we have used only for project hanging.
I keep forgetting to take pictures so they are of the letter A which we just finished last week. I am a little behind on blogging and also, I now know to use only the dslr camera not the iPhone. Obviously, iPhone doesn’t equal quality.
I tried to use simple items that I either had around home or from the dollar store. There was a bag of these colored sticks and colored blocks for one dollar I picked up. They are great for color learning and also for manipulatives for math. I used washed out jello cups and a circle punch to punch cardstock. Easily wrote numbers with a marker and then had her take the sticks and put the correct amount in each cup.
While she worked she insisted on having the large bugs on the table as well. Of course I said yes! How fun is it with bugs on the table with us!
My mother has been helping me a great deal with printing and making items for this. She has been so wonderful! Thanks mom!! I am not sure I would be able to do this alone and keep up making items for LyTen Love. I will post at the bottom where we had found these great printables.
I had her take the cards without the words on them and match them on top of the page with words. She did a great job even though she had a hard time identifying katydid and the praying mantis.
Since we worked on the caterpillar the previous week I thought this worked in this theme as well. It is a simple printable with the life cycle of the caterpillar on it. It has numbers on the side 11-20 to help with counting as well. Loved this printable.
I also found some great printables for the weather and days of the week. Each day we talk about the weather outside and how hot or cold it is. Then she traces the day of the week, finds the number of the month and writes it out. Awesome printable for everyday use. Instead of having to print them each week I have been using the sheet protector I got from the dollar store.
I also wanted to have her work on her cutting skills. I am that mom who is deathly afraid of her using them. So I haven’t allowed her to use them as often as she probably should. It’s a great motor skill learning to cut. Especially, zig zags and curves. She did so much better than I thought she would. Its her favorite activity. If she sees me pull them out she can’t contain herself and we usually have to do it right away otherwise she is too antsy to do anything else.
Dont mind the messy hair… this is why we love homeschooling. No more fighting about brushing hair in the morning to go somewhere.
I found an adorable craft on Pinterest. Take a simple egg carton and make a bug. She was really excited about making him. It was a little hard for her to get the pipe cleaners through it but in the end she loved making it. I just gave her simple permanent markers and she drew on him. It was heaven because the markers are the “off-limits” markers and she got to use them!
Look at that smiley face!! Again… iPhone don’t use!
Here is an example of sheets from a dollar store learning book. It has lots of letters, shapes, number sheets. It is fabulous! Also, using the sheet protector I can reuse the sheets over and over and over!
This past week we worked on Letter A! I will be posting about letter A shortly!
Here are the links to the printables: