Truman’s Activity Notebook

Have I mentioned how BUSY Truman is?  And did I follow it with how DEMANDING he is?  (he gets those traits from his dad!)  I had great activities for him, but I just could get them pulled out & cleaned up quick enough for him.  No matter how prepared I thought I was for him, it never seemed to be enough.  I’ve seen the idea of activity bags & even did a few themed bags for church when my mustangs were little, but Pinterest inspired me…

And it worked!!!

I currently have 10 busy bags, mostly of activities I already had in our schoolroom.  I have just found that by storing them in the manner of “busy bags” has made it so much easier in our schoolroom & on the go . . .

I am so excited to be  participating in a Busy Bag Exchange that Nicki has organized for our homeschool group next month.  The possibilities are endless!  Check out my Toddler Bus Bag board on Pinterest. 

Truman’s Tot-to-Preschool Notebook

Now that Truman has demanded to start school it would just thrill his very being for me to spend my entire day “schooling” him alone – there are these 3 other boys that are kinda needing the same thing from me.  So to occupy my eager learner I took Carissa’s Tot-Notebook idea & ran with it!  I made 3 notebooks for Truman!  LOL  Yes, you read that right.  3.  He has a main notebook, BFIAR notebook, & an activity notebook (full of “busy bags”).  In his main notebook I printed pages from 1+1+1=1, Homeschool Creations, & Confessions of a Homeschooler (*I did not print EVERYTHING each site had – ONLY the ones I thought he would enjoy/I liked.)  I put the printouts in page protectors so he could reuse it (otherwise, it would last 5 minutes).  The first page is his scripture (letter related from Raising Rockstars Preschool Pack) followed by letter pages, then shapes, colors, numbers, & lastly a page with his name on it (for name recognition).

I had no true intentions of beginning letters with him until August so at this point I am just following his lead.  We will work on a letter as long as he needs/wants.  I’m not doing a “letter a week” schedule.  I will lightly focus on a different shape & color each week, but his folder content is not exclusive to this.  I’ll be sharing more of my Tot-to-Preschool plans soon.

 

I can NOT tell you how much he enjoys his notebook!  He will sit & “do school” for at least 30 minutes – all on his own prompting.  AND he will return to it throughout the day. 

He is very proud of himself. 

Teach Me, Mommy. NOW!

Truman has insisted on doing school.  “REAL school.”

After watching his brothers All About Spelling lessons he practically insisted on having his own cards.  So I ordered All About Reading Pre-Level 1.  (*HE LOVES IT!! ~more on that soon.)  Then I was delighted to find that Carissa at 1+1+1=1 made Animal ABC’s printables that match almost perfectly with AAR. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Truman is very excited to be learning his letters & I am really enjoying teaching him.  I made him a little name tag that he wears every day.  It has an little flashcard (from the Animal ABC’s) & I add stickers for his current theme (letter, color, shape).  The stickers peel off super easy & he refers to his name tag for a quick review throughout the day. 

And the adventure begins . . .

My FAVORITE {links}

FABULOUS blogs *Especially"* for those with little children:

• Quirky Momma
• Lets Explore
• {Share and Remember}

LARGE Families:

• Large Family Mothering
• The Boyer Blog

PARENTING:

• What do you do with Boys? by The Boyer Blog
• Mini Homekeeping Book For Girls

ORGANIZING:

• Organizing Junkie
• KIDS mudroom
• Magnetic-Dry-Erase Calendar
• Drawing Paper Roll

HOMEschooling Posts i HEART:

• Classical Conversations Board
• Memory Work
• Lap Journal {FIVE IN A ROW}
• Tiny Tips for Little Bits

READING:

• Teaching boys to READ by The Boyer Blog
• READ & WRITE by Lets Explore
• Getting Started With Chapter Books
• Gift Idea:  Book Series Sampler
• Read Aloud Skills
• . . . while you are there check out the awesome Writing Kit

Mother Goose

If you didn’t catch it in previous posts, I recently co-hosted a “Show & Tell Curriculum” Day for homeschool mom’s in our area. One of my good friends shared about Mother Goose Curriculum & I wanted to pass the information on . . . ‘cause I’m cool like that. I am considering using this curriculum with my Lil’ Buckaroo next year – not that I’ve thought that far ahead or anything :)

ANYWAY, as the Mother Goose Time website explains, “it is a preschool curriculum designed for 2.5 to 5 year olds that weaves together art projects, music, storytelling, math games and science experiments around a monthly theme.”

Image from the Mother Goose Times Website.

Each month a box is delivered with a lesson plan book along with ALL needed materials. Everything you will need is included! You can order one month at a time or for a discount up to 2 years in advance. Click HERE to see the monthly themes. Be sure to click on at least a couple themes to discover the topics covered in that theme.

Mother Goose Curriculum seems to be a perfect preschool curriculum that ties in all the preschool “work” with fun themes to discover a long the way. - So much easier than trying to blend 2 different curriculums together. It does seem to be on the more expensive side of preschool curriculum; however, keep in mine that it come to you ready to go. You will receive 1 starter kit each year, 1 teacher tool bag each month, as well as a day bag each day for your child. As my friend, Beth, pointed out it was Time vs. Money. If your time is worth more than your money & you are looking for a fun, well organized & completely put together preschool curriculum, you should definitely consider Mother Goose Curriculum.

Now I’m Reading: Pre-readers

I chose Nora Gaydos’, “Now I’m Reading” ,beginning readers over the Bob Books.  This series is wonderful & offers great suggestions for developing necessary pre-reading skills for ages 3-6 years old.  They are a collection of soft-covered mini-readers that come together as a set in a hard covered binder.  A parents guide & stickers are also included. 

Inside the parents guide you will find an explanation of the format of the included books, suggestions for using the books, & ideas to help your child learn the alphabet.

My Mustangs are currently enjoying the My World Pre-Reader books.  I am truly pleased with the format of these readers.  Each book has a different theme & includes a couple sight words:

1. Opposites
2. Number Sequence (First, Second, Third, etc.)
3. Places
4. Things that go
5. Rhyming
6. Animals
7. Actions
8. Farm
9. Household
10. Baby Animals

We also have the Look Around!  Pre-Readers, which include the following themes:

1. Colors
2. Numbers
3. Emotions
4. Food
5. Pets
6. Jobs
7. Shapes
8. Body Parts
9. Family
10. Clothes

I’ve found these books to be great read-along books with cute little pictures that the boys enjoy.  They have gained initial confidence with the predictable text format & are so excited to add a sticker after “reading” their books. 

At the end of each book is a page with words to know: sight words & picture words.  There is also a “Stretch Your Mind” page which lists simple activities to reinforce the concepts focused on in the book. 

Check out Montessori For Everyone for a very helpful comparison of beginning phonics readers.

H: Humming Bird

Last week was H week at our house & our animal of the week was a Humming Bird.  The mustangs made humming birds *with Hearts on them I might add!  Then we all helped daddy fill the Humming Bird feeders.  The boys have been on the lookout for Humming Birds ever since.  Last year we had over 20 at one feed all at the same time.  We are hoping we break our record this year.

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PK/K Board

Remember my Preschool Poster?  If you haven’t seen it – you should really check it out.  Well, we out grew it this year & I never made a new one – not until she inspired me with this.  So here is my version of her version:

 

 

From the top left:  Our letter area.  This is where I post our WP phonics cards.  Under you will see a strip of Velcro.  This is where we will post pictures of words that begin with our letter of the week & as my mustangs progress we may change it to a 3 letter word beginning or ending with that letter.  For now, I will be using Homeschool Creations Consonant Cards.  Next is our Rhyme Time section.  I will using the Pink Series Rhyming Cards from Montessori For Everyone.  At the bottom is a sequencing section.  We are using these 4-step sequencing cards.  Hopefully we will progress to 6-step after we complete these.

  

The middle section is our Calendar, Date, Weather, & Time section.  Each morning we get out their calendar folders & go over the days of the week (we about have this mastered & will soon be moving on to months of the year), then we say the month & date.   We count to the current date & then they find the date on their own calendars.  We also talk about up coming dates, holidays, or activities.  I’m waiting on Big Daddy to cut a piece of dry-erase for me to add under the “Today is” section so we can write the date.  *I’m not holding off on this post until then.  :)  Next the boys move on to their weather charts in their folder & we briefly talk about what the weather is like & what kind of clothing we should wear.  I just made this little weather dial with cardstock & stickers – nothing fancy.  I’ve just begun talking to the boys about time.  the clock on our board came from the dollar store & is perfect for teaching digital time telling as well.  Right now we are learning more about the clock than time. 

 

 

   The right side of this board is our math side.  I covered the top section with felt – making it perfect for our felt gumball.  (This is my favorite part!!)  We use this is several ways:  Counting, number recognition, adding, & subtracting.

 

Next is a strip of Velcro for patterns:

At the bottom is a piggy bank.  I printed out a free pig clip-art, added some text to it, & a few rows of Velcro to add money to it.  The boys can recognize all the coins for the most part, but we are still reviewing that for a little longer, then we will start learning the value.

I LOVED Jennifer’s idea for using the back to store everything.  98% of everything on this board (front & back) is Velcro.  - Genius idea!!  I also added our discipline chart to this.  I am still going to add a plan/flow sheet with a list of activities & centers & I am going to add our “sheriff” of the day to the back.  The boys are starting sight words, but I wasn’t able to fit them on the board to display, plus it is a growing list, so I just added a pocket to store the flashcards in & we will review them daily when we go over our letters. 

This was the perfect upgrade from our poster we used last year.  I am so thankful Jennifer shared her idea on her blog.  I had fun putting ours together & the boys are loving using it each day. 

Winter Promise LA - “Phonics”

I have mentioned several times how much I am enjoying using Winter Promise curriculum this year, but have hesitated on posting a review. Mainly because there are soooo many things I love about it I just get overwhelmed & I’m afraid I won’t do it justice. In the comments of one of my recent posts Jennifer asked:

“Okay, so I've been trying to figure out what to use for next year for my almost 5 year old. Winter Promise has been one I've been looking at for LA. She knows all her letters and their short sounds, and most of their long sounds. She doesn't yet know blends, digraphs, all that. Would the PK/K level be too easy for her? What is your experience with the LA with your mustangs?”

Because I aim to please & I am so pleased with WP I promised to post a review of my experience & answer her question. So here is my attempt Jennifer . . .

First, I am using WP Pre-K/K Basic Phonics. I chose this level to begin with my Mustangs (at the time they were just turned 5 & 3) mainly b/c they showed very little interest in letters & sounds the year before & this is where they were (boys & age). I love Explode the Code books & have search high & low for a curriculum that expanded on these workbooks. WP uses ETC, but it is not it’s foundation. In fact, I’ve found that it is a little bit of everything – phonics study, reading, workbooks, hands-on activities, writing skills, & spelling. We don’t always do EVERYTHING listed, but the options are nice & the layout makes it easy to choose from. Here is a basic week:

• Phonics Study
• Letter & sounds (short & long) intro using cards *the cards are wonderful & include tips for introducing sounds & formation.
• The program begins with one letter per week for the first 26 weeks. It does NOT go in alphabetical order. The following weeks introduce blends & phonograms.
• Optional GeoSafari Phonics pad
• Worksheets
• ETC: Get Ready, Get Set, Go (avg. of 3 pgs daily)
• Language sheets that are included (*mostly handwriting sheets, but a few activity sheets)
• Jump Right into Reading workbook (1-2 pgs daily)
• Activities
• WP includes an awesome list of hands-on activities. “25 activities to take on the go” Some examples are: “Macaroni on a String, I am thinking of…., search and sort, cupboard search” – everything you need for these activities is included in the activity pack you purchase with the basic package. *alternate ideas are offered for use with Advanced K. 2 activities are suggested each week; however, you could add more if you wanted by just looking at the list.
• Readers
• These are making your own phonics reader by drawing picture of things that begin with the letter you are learning. (my boys skip this)
• Lifeskills
• I love this addition to the program! Some examples of lifeskills are measuring, 911 info, calendar skills, tying shoes, etc. *This is NOT included in the Advanced K program
• Creative Composition
• This is the section that ties in other WP programs (*Animal Worlds, AMER 1 & 2).
• Handwriting/Spelling
• 2-3 days a week suggested handwriting is suggested. 2 lines of current letter, & 1 line of 2-3 previous letters. *I didn’t start this program using this – I supplemented with HWOT b/c my boys weren’t ready for the small lines; however, they are begging to do it now & are doing great with it. We just had to work our way into it.
• Spelling begins on week 28; however, it is only suggested for students that are ready. 10 words & a list of activities (similar to the hands-on phonics activities).
• Taking Off in Reading
• This begins on week 9 after you have accumulated a mastery of several letters. From this week on your child will begin to put together some of the phonics cards (I use magnetic letters instead) to make words *a word list is included each week. I also added BOB books SLOWLY! The program progressively increases in difficulty & truly guides your child into reading without any major jumps.
• On week 14 sight words are introduced – 1 word per week until week 28 at which point phonograms begin.

Throughout this program you will not only find excellent teaching tips, but also wonderful encouragement, “Remember: If your student does not seem ready for these exercises, you may want to . . .” , “Make it fun!”, “DO NOT WORRY!”

I am using WP Pre-K/K Basic Phonics with Animals & Their Worlds & have been very happy with how these 2 programs blend together. Basically, a coloring page of animals beginning with the letter are included, Alphabet Art activities & crafts (using Alphabet Art – LOVE!!).

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Based on the pace my boys are progressing at & their attention span, I am planning on using WP Advanced K for the upcoming school year. And Jennifer, you are in luck b/c I have this guide as well. :)

Okay are you ready for this one? Here we go . . . I have found from my overview of the WP Advanced K guide (keep in mind I have NOT used it yet):

• Phonic study
• The first 3 weeks are a review of the basic sounds of all the letters of the alphabet. This part of the program uses phonics cards (did I mention how awesome these are?), & the optional GeoSafari phonics pad. Week 4-14 is an in-depth study of the five vowel sounds. The following weeks begin phonetic rules, phonograms, & blends.
• Reading Program
• WP uses fantastic readers – I’m Reading Now. I love these books & my children have loved these readers. These books begin in week 4, are continued throughout the program & are scheduled twice a week.
• Reading review begins in week 4. This is a list of words that will provide your child with an opportunity to increase their reading recognition & speed. You are also encouraged to add words to the list (ideas are also suggested).
• Workbooks
• ETC: Levels 1, 2, & 3 (avg. of 2 pgs daily)
• The Word Family Activity Book (1 pg daily)
• Read & Write Mini-Books *begins on week 23 & is used for the remainder of the program (1-3 pgs daily)
• Activities
• These are the same hands-on activities as described above; however there is a more advanced option for use with this guide. These activities are scheduled twice a week, with a “work on picture dictionary” day scheduled for the 5th (optional) day. Again, you can do more or less of these activities.
• Written Skills
• Creative composition
• Begins on week 4. This is the section that ties in other WP programs (Animal Worlds, AMER 1).
• Guided Handwriting Pages
• These are included in the program. Again, the lines seem awful thin for beginning writers in my opinion. This guide begins with short sentences, rather than letter formation like the previous guide. The sentences grow increasingly longer as the program progress; however, beginning on week 23 the student is instructed to write their own sentences using a given word. The handwriting activities begin to vary from this point on. (1 pg per week)
• Spelling
• Begins on week 4. You are given 8 words per week, you add them to a picture dictionary & then you have the option to choose from a list of hands-on spelling activities.
• Reading Review
• Each week there is a list of words for reading review.

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Well there you have it – a VERY detail description of the Pre-K/K Basic Phonics & WP Advanced K. I would also encourage you to visit their website & read the descriptions of each program. The site offers a very informative summary of all the WP Language Arts Programs – you can even take a peek at a sample of the guides. You may also find the Early Reader Placement Evaluation to be a great tool in your decision making.

I do want to add that with choosing either program one HUGE benefit of this curriculum is the option to use what you want, work at your own pace. Remember to make it work for you – NOT you working for it. You may need to work faster through the Basic Phonics program or a little slower through the Advanced. I hope this post gives you a better understanding for each program. Either way, based on my experience with using this curriculum – you can’t go wrong. I am totally happy with my choice in using this with my boys. I love it! & They love it!

S - Skittles

Last week my Mustangs worked on the letter S. I couldn’t resist having a little fun with some Skittles . . . you know, because we’ve only been sick for a month, are already rowdy WILD Mustangs, extra Sugar is a great idea :0

*Tucker was pouting at this point in the day (he does that frequently) so he chose not to be apart of this activity – He was upset he didn’t get to eat them first.

I gave Trevor a cup full of skittles. First I had him spoon them (with an IKEA baby spoon) into a heart shaped ice-cube tray. I tried to get him to make a pattern with them. Then I had him use mini-tongs (also from IKEA) to take them out.

Next I gave him the same cupcake wrappers from our heart activities & had him count skittles into them. We also made a letter S with them. Then he ate them!

Big brother was NOT about to let the little guys have all the fun, so he used them to spell his spelling words out with. *By the looks of this picture he also did a little taste testing.

<3 Activities <3

My boys are probably ready to throw-up with all the pink & red & hearts I have surrounded them with, but I just couldn’t pass up all these heart-tastic ideas I found in the blogosphere.  They even brought out a little of my own creativity.  First off, I knew I couldn’t introduce these activities at home – it just wouldn’t have flown with my boys.  They were so mad at me for making them use pink & purple construction paper for their letter P collages this week.  So, I hit them with it where they least expected it – My Preschool Class at our enrichment groups (which also only has 2 girls).  Before I get started, here are links to my inspiration:

• Totally Tots
• Crafty Corner
• Simply Made
• My Montessori Journey
• Chasing Cheerios
• Cutting Hearts
• Counting Hearts

I have 10 preschooler’s in my Preschool Hour class, so I set up 2 tables for 5 kids at each.  Each place setting had an activity for them to rotate through & I also had 2 extra floor activities for those that finished early.  Here is what our hour together looked like:

Station 1:  PINK Rice Play with spooning & pouring

Station 2 & 3:  Counting

I drew hearts on a 12x12 white paper & wrote numbers 0-9 on inside a heart.  The kids were to add (counting) the matching amount of heart candies.  The station across from this was the same idea, but inside muffin cups.

Station 4:  Order sequence:  Biggest to smallest/Smallest to biggest

This is not a very good picture, but this station had a pink index card with about 5 different sizes of foam hearts.  The kids practiced arranging them from smallest to biggest in a straight line & also had fun stacking them on top of each other.

Station 5, 6, & 7:  Sorting foam hearts & pom-poms

At these stations the kids were to sort the hearts/pom-poms by color then size.  To add a little motor skills to it they used miniature tongs or spoon (both from IKEA) to transfer them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Station 8 & 9:  Finger-painting & drawing in the sand

At theses stations the kids practiced making hearts & their names.

 

 

 

 

Station 10 & 11: Patterns & motor skills

Here the kids used 3 different colors of foam hearts to make a pattern onto a paint tray.  The other station was also a pattern station, but to make it a little more challenging they practiced by putting 3 different colored paper-clips onto a pink foam sheet.

  

Station 12:  Name Search

If the kids got done early at one of the simpler stations I had a row of hearts with each of their names on one of them.  The kids practiced recognizing their names by searching for their heart.  (*Next week I will do it turned over as a guessing game)

 

 

 

 

For the tot’s in the nursery I I keyed it down a bit to their level.  Their table consisted of water play, sand play with a heart shaped cookie cutter, rice play (please note the eating the rice was NOT part of the activity!), sorting the hearts by color, spooning pom-poms & transferring them into mini heart shaped ice-cube trays. 

 

The kids absolutely loved these activities!  In fact, my boys had so much fun they forgot all about being surrounded in pink! 

Check back next week to see what other fun Valentine activities we do!

All About Me

Remember these?  Well, they are even cuter when they are finished!  Last week I taught my last class of my 10 week long All About Me class at our enrichment group.  This might go down as my all time favorite class to teach. 

I began each class (which was 1 hour long) with the same routine each week.  We started with a song, which varied depending on the theme for that week.

After singing, we would recite our memory verse, “I am fearfully & wonderfully made.”  Then we would review our memorization facts:

• What is your name?
• How old are you?
• Where do you live?

Next, we would work on our names:

• Recognition (Find it)
• Build, trace, copy, write
• Other name activities (*I made each child a bottle top name plate w/ their pictures &  their own name envelope too)

Lastly, we would quickly review the lesson taught the week before.

Look how cute my Mustangs books turned out:

Week 1:  I Am Special

• We had fun with mirrors & singing, “Look who came to school today”
• We played words that rhyme with “me” game
• We took full body length pictures for the cover of our books:

We started working on our fact sheet:

I measured each child using a string – then they compared who’s string was the longest/shortest.

Then they completed their masterpieces, their self portraits:

We also talked about our favorite things.  I gave each child food stickers for them to pick their favorite foods out & put them on their plates. (*this is good for motor skills as well)  In addition, you could also have them share their favorite toy for “show & tell.” There is also a “Things I don’t like page” that we were going to cut pictures out of magazines & write words on, but time did not allow & not all my kids were scissor safe just yet!

Week 2:  My Home

• Discussed where we live (not all the kids live in the same town) – we talked about our city & state.
• Talked about our houses (size, color, bedroom)
• Talked about our neighborhoods (discussed characteristics of neighborhoods posing questions)
• Read the story “The House that Jack Built & “My Street” by Usborne
• Played “house” & built houses with Lincoln logs
• Shared our house pictures
• Completed our neighborhood coloring sheet
• Glued our “My Home” pictures & shared them with the class:

Week 3:  My Family

• Discussed family sizes & members
• Talked about what roles we play in our family (son/daughter, brother/sister, etc.)
• Grouped kids by the different roles they play or by family sizes
• Role played family roles
• Introduced Tree Page
• Glued Family photo & shared it with the class:

Week 4-5:  MY BODY:  Basic Body Parts, Hands & Arms

• Sang “Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes” & “The Goldfish” song by Laurie Berkner
• Identified our basic body parts
• Talked about different types of hair & comparisons in the class
• Eyes – eye color, blink, wink
• Practiced snapping our fingers
• Clapped our hands – around of applause for everyone that had “helping hands”
• Discussed & demonstrated ways we use our hands (helping, pushing, pulling, wiping, etc.)
• Practiced throwing softly, quickly, high, low, etc.
• Gave hugs
• Made matching handprints (for following week)
• Played mix & match w/ our handprints (as described below)

*I cut their handprints out, wrote their names on the back – each w/ a different color so if they struggled finding their name they could recognize it by the color.  I gave each child 1 of their own hands & someone else’s.  They had to match their missing hand.

  

• Reached for the stars – I put tape on the back of one of their hands & we had a contest to see who could reach the highest.
• We made muscles from Adorable Wearables (LOVE IT!!)
• Made hand & fingerprints in our books:

We didn’t have enough class time, but I would have liked to have made a handprint T-shirt for them/their parents.

Week 6:  MY BODY:  Legs & Feet

• Sang “Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes” & “The Goldfish” song by Laurie Berkner
• I wrote each kids’ name on a foot cut out & spread them across the floor & they had to search for their name

• Read “My Feet” by Aliki
• Practiced walking on our tip-toes
• Stomped our feet, walked like soldiers, various animals, etc.
• We discussed how things felt on our feet & how important it was to protect our feet with socks & shoes – as well as what shoes we wear for different times of the year & occasions
• I tickled each of their feet with feathers
• Did lot’s of jumping
• Played kick-ball
• We made footprints in our books:

 

 We didn’t have time, but I would have liked to of made a class foot collage.

Week 7:  MY BODY:  Guts & Stuff

• We talked about our bodies while making our body posters:

• We discussed the shape & size of our hearts
• For name recognition I typed each kids’ name on a heart & they each had to find their name

        

I forgot to bring a stethoscope, but I would have liked for the kids to have gotten to listen to their hearts.

• We discussed what we put in our stomachs & the importance of eating healthy

Again, time didn’t permit, but I intended for them to play the Operation game.  Another fun idea I saw after I taught this lesson was tracing their bodies & running red & blue yarn through them to teach about veins.

Week 8:  My 5 Senses

• We discussed all of our 5 senses while reading Maria Ruis’s “the five senses” books
• Played a 5 Senses file folder game
• Sight
  • Discussed eye colors
  • Looked through sunglasses
  • Used binoculars
  • Played with our I-Spy Jars
• Hearing
  • Played “Name that Sound”
  • Played Musical Chairs
• Smell
  • What is that smell? – smelled spices & discussed the different smells
• Taste
  • Discussed things we do & don’t like to taste

I intended to bring items to taste for something: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, hot, cold, etc

• Touch
  • Played with touch & feel books
• Completed our My 5 Senses page:

Week 9:  My Emotions

• Made faces & acted out different emotions
• Discussed our emotions:  What makes you . . . ?
• Played Hide & Seek
• Made faces in the mirror
• Read “The Grouchy Lady Bug”
• Took pictures for our My Emotions page:

I would have liked for the kids to have made paper plate faces using paint sticks & yarn.

Week 10:  My Manners

• Practiced Please & Thank You
• Practiced sharing – while playing Hullabaloo (they have to share the mats) *you could use any board game to practice cooperation & taking turns as well
• Practiced be a helper & cleaning up while singing:  “Clean up, Clean up”
• Gave everyone an “I Shared Today” badge

And that concludes our All About Me class!