We did a paper plate turtle craft today for our Letter T art project.Turn your paper plates upside down and paint, decorate with shapes cut from construction paper. I cut out heads, feet and tails for them and we glued them on the underside of the plates once they were dried. Here are our results:I think they turned out pretty cute, just wish I would've cut the shapes from different colored construction paper as it was very similar to the paint color they mixed using blue and yellow.Click here to see all of our Letter T activities! … [Read more...]
Oct
28
Prek Letter D
Say hello to Mr. Dinosaur and the Letter D! This was super fun to make and I'm hoping even more fun to actually use! Ready, set, go! Letter D Memory Verse: Depart from evil, and do good. Psalm 34:14 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 For our verses and accompanying games/stories we use the following books: ABC Memory Verses & My ABC Bible Verses Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and put up the letter D on our Alphabet Tree! You can download my small alphabet letters here. Song time: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol 1 Hide 'Em In Your Heart Songs - Vol 2 Letter D Tracing: Dinosaur Alphabet Practice: I laminate this and use with a dry-erase marker for pre-writing practice skills. It is mean to have each little card cut out and then bound together with a ring. Dinosaur Graphing: I laminate this and then have them either color in the dots with dry-erase marker, or put bingo markers on it. Whatever you can … [Read more...]
Oct
27
How to make Wooden Letter Disks
Hi! I thought I'd do a post on how to make the bottle-cap letters since people keep asking me.I want to say I wasn't the initiator of this idea, I got it from Shannon at Tot School! I ended up using wooden disks from Michael's instead of milk bottle caps as I didn't have nearly enough! But you could use whatever you have around, this just worked for me!First I printed off the letters. You can download my uppercase and lowercase letters here. My font is called Print Clearly so its more of a manuscript print than Shannon's, she used Comic Sans, so use whatever you prefer.I used a 1 3/8" circle punch from Archiver's to cut out my letters:Then I ran them through the Xyron Sticker Maker. I then stuck them onto 1 1/2" wooden disks from Michael's. I know some people Modge Podge the disks when done, but I didn't and they seem to be holding up fine. Well, that's it! Super easy and fun! Tip from the trenches: Make a couple copies of commonly used letters as some words contain more than one of … [Read more...]
Oct
27
Mini-Office Lapbook and file folder fun!
We made some file folder games today and a mini-office for my 2nd grader. Here is the mini-office. If you aren't familiar with this concept, its basically just a helper for the kids to keep at their desk, so they have quick easy access to the most commonly asked questions. This one is a math office:Here are closeups, this one took 2 manila folders glued together:Far Left page: Middle: Far Right:Back Right: Back Middle: Back Left:I made the measurements file because I couldn't find one I liked, you can download that here. It includes Liquid measurements, weight, left/right, calendar, and ruled measurements.The rest of the items I downloaded from these great sites:Homeschool CreationsBusy Teachers CafeSquidoo Mini OfficePumpkin Phonics from File Folder Fun (Scroll down for this one) Its a game to distinguish between words and 'non-words'Space Rhymes from File Folder FunFall Leaves: Addition and Subtraction facts from File Folder Fun … [Read more...]
Oct
26
Prek Letter T day 2
We're starting off our Letter T day with a paint bag. Fill a ziplock paint bag with paint and let them draw the letters with their finger. You could also fill it with cheap shaving cream, and if you're feeling really brave, just spread the shaving cream out on your counter and let them have at it! (Notice how mine is in a sealed bag!)Up next is a Turtle coloring page, you can download it hereLetter T scavenger Hunt! Her mission should she choose to accept it (did I mention homeschool isn't optional?) is to fill her box with things that start with T! You can download the card here! She came back with a timer, tiger, teacup, tea pot, transformer!Trying something new here, lacing the letters t - u - r - t- l - e onto a string...Geoboard making the letter T and t, I'll probably have her do the number 10 also.Click here for all of my Letter T downloads! … [Read more...]
Oct
26
Tape Measure It!
Just for fun I'm going to put in a tape measuring game my husband though of for my kindergartner. We did it awhile back and it really helped with number recognition, he loves this type of stuff, so I thought i'd share.You can download the form here, it includes pictures of what to measure, and a box to write down the measurement. Page 2 is a graphing chart to see which was largest, smallest, medium. … [Read more...]
Oct
26
Reading his first book!
I tossed in a Bob book today in his reading box just for fun since he's doing so well with his phonics practice. He blazed right through this book and looked up and said "Wow, I didn't even know I could read!" LOL!After that we read it a couple more times then called Nana to read it to her over the phone...he's got it saved on his Daddy's 'area' of the counter for tonight...husband, if you're reading this he's VERY excited to show it to you, don't forget! … [Read more...]
Oct
26
Letter T for turtle day 1!
Hello! Today was day one of our Letter T for turtle and we had a great time!We started with the game Blokus, she was supposed to make T's out of it, and she made one little one in the right bottom corner (its red) then proceeded to fill the board...okay, whatever works right!Finally on to the turtle stuff, she said she wanted a lot of turtles...if you saw the Letter T post, you know she's gonna get it! Here's the lacing turtle, you can download him here!On to the turtle puzzle, she's getting much better at figuring these out, I think adding a border really helped out. You can download him here!Next up is our pre-writing practice, she's doing much better at this too, I do think making it into larger sheets instead of cute little books helped her as well...sigh...you try to make things cute for them! LOL! Oh well...you can download the pre-writing practice here!Turtle Size sorting: Easy enough, she managed to group all the little cards in a stack this time, cool new skill. Download size … [Read more...]
Oct
25
What’s in the box? 2nd Grade!
I haven't posted the actual boxes for awhile, and mostly been doing prek stuff, so I thought you might like a look into our boxes for second grade for the week. My boxes aren't the traditional shoe boxes, since we don't have the space, but you can click here to see my school room and what our boxes look like.1. Math U See worksheet and calendar sheet from Homeschool Highway ! I love it for the older my older kids. We do calendar time for my preschooler everyday, but now they can participate in something too. She has more than just this worksheet in her download.2. Spelling workbook from Abeka:3. White board phonics practice and phonics flashcard practice:4. Language Arts worksheet from Abeka:5. Random handwriting practice for the letter e, I just found this going through my stuff today, not even sure where I got it from, and I don't usually make her do handwriting practice as she does a lot of writing each day as it is, but she really needs help on her e's the look like the rolled over … [Read more...]
Oct
25
What’s in the box? Kindergarten!
I haven't posted the actual boxes for awhile, and mostly been doing prek stuff, so I thought you might like a look into our boxes for kindergarten for the week.1. MUS Worksheet and blocks, he also has a video today but I've learned to have that already setup and waiting, otherwise just getting the videos going is a pain!:2. I Spy things that start with V! And the v blend ladder. You can download my blend ladders here. He's got a dry-erase marker in the box because he's at the point that he writes consonants at the ends of the blends to form words.3. Abeka Vv handwriting practice:3. Math workbox: The number flashcards are 0-39 and we'll do a fun stairs game for this drill, I usually have him stand across the room and hop once for each correct answer, he wins when he reaches me! Penny's for counting cents, and individual number cards to make numbers I ask for like 36 and he grabs a 3 and a 6.5. Story Time, I read to him, and he reads to me! Yeah! (Also, he gets a snack in this box, but I … [Read more...]
