I found this adorable Abc and 123 book from The DigiChick. They are super cute! I laminated mine and just put on a jump ring, but they are meant to be put in badge holders from an office supply store. (Edited - I'm sorry, I can't find these on the Digi-Chick anymore, they may have been removed by the creator.) … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Prek Letter L day 3 finale!
We are finishing our letter L week today. I've decided to repeat activities teaching them to her one day then letting her do them on her own the next. I think this has helped her remember things a bit better.Today she has our letter L magnet page, downloaded from making learning fun. I got these magnets from Amazon, and also made my own pom-pom magnets you can see in this post, to change things up a bit.A lowercase L coloring page:Finishing up our colorbook:Little Foot Bottle Cap Letter matching page.And her cookie shape puzzles, she loves these and its been a bit since I've put them in her box!Reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and putting up our Letter LCalendar Counting, she did today on her own since it was only 1-3And to celebrate our completion of the letter L family fun night: Lasagna (maybe a lollipop!) and Little Mermaid! … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Deep Space Sparkle
I ran across this awesome Art idea blog in my Yahoo Workboxes group! It's definitely worth taking a look at Deep Space Sparkle! Here is a sample photo from today's lesson in leaf stamping and painting: … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Group Art: Canoe Making and Playdoh
Our canoe making, I cut and punched holes in the construction paper, then the kids decorated and laced the canoes. They are currently playing with them with our counting bears as passengers...the 3 year old wants to know where her wigwam and tepees are...um, hmmm...where did I put those?...(Ok, fine, I secretly tossed them after a couple weeks of being on my counter un-played with! LOL!)(Notice the before and after faces of my son, see my last post regarding this face...)We took yesterday off for various appts and errands. My mom came up and watched the kids and they made these, which was nice, because I skipped the 'make playdoh' activity on Tues LOL! … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Kindergarten Letter C
We start off with math, and then counting (That's his don't take a picture face, he doesn't like the 'in progress' pictures, only when he's completed with a project do I have permission to take a picture, anything you see of him in progess was taken by me being sneaky, sorry bud)We're working on letter C the last half of this week.He did a Kumon Cutting Cat Page:Hi Letter C Blend Ladder. You can click here to read more on blend ladders and to download mine.Using the Word/Build/Write sheet from Erin's blog for his new sight word: theI didn't take pictures, but I also threw in the PE Activity Cards from yesterday's blog, and he loved them! Will definitely do again! … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Prek Poster Centers Revisited
A fun poster center for my 3 year old...up until now, I've been so-so on the poster center idea, the monotonous matching seemed pointless, but for the prek years, I think the matching is good. She said the letter and sound if she knew it for each letter as she put it up, and matched it to the poster. I think this is good practice for her.She also worked on cutting and pasting with the Kumon Let's Sticker and Paste book.Spelling Bee Book: I helped her with this one, but she did have fun doing the letter sounds. … [Read more...]
OCT
02
2009
Some 2nd Grade work
I am making a shift towards Abeka for my 2nd grader, the curriculum arrived today and looks promising! I'm still trying to figure out how to include the fun stuff from MFW into it so we'll see how this year pans out! We'll start our new stuff either next week or the following week depending on when my workbooks arrive!For today, she did her Phonics sheets.Her Logic Links puzzles, she liked these!Her Math U See, she's been struggling with this week, so I'm not sure if I should repeat it, or step back or what...this is my current debate, math isn't her strong suit and I thought Math U See would help, and i think the blocks do, but not sure the rate of the curriculum is quite right...maybe I'm moving too fast through it? I don't know...decisions, decisions... … [Read more...]
OCT
01
2009
Word Jail
Welcome to our first inmate in "Word Jail". He's in jail because he's failed to follow the phonetic rules and thus must be learned as a 'sight word'. You can expect to see many more additions to our word jail as the year goes... … [Read more...]
SEP
30
2009
2nd grade fun box ideas
Here's a fun game called Logic Links Puzzle Box, it comes with 166 different puzzle cards that get harder as you go, with little colored disks. You have to read the clues on the cards to figure out how to place the colored disks on the cards. They are fun and educational, great for boxes!She loves doing these little Perler Beads, and was pleased to find them as a fun item in her boxes today.Wooden coloring crafts from Michael's $1 bin along with math facts flashcards. I downloaded these cute cards from Erin's Blog. … [Read more...]
SEP
30
2009
Workbox Activity Cards
I found these fun cards on Spell Out Loud today. They are fun Physical Activity cards for boxes. I think my kids will LOVE these so keep an eye out for them in our boxes! I left 2 of them in strips because the items went together and seemed like they would be easy to do in a grouping. … [Read more...]
