Welcome to Crafty Mommy Monday! (finally!)
Campbell and I have had lots of fun this week with all of our F activities. We especially like our new magnets. (Even if I'm completely paranoid that she's going to put one or two in her mouth and swallow them.)
Here we used them to make the letter F. (from http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2009/11/prek-letter-f.html)
I also found this sheet that I had printed when we did Very Hungry Caterpillar (from http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/HungryCaterpillarMagnetPages.htm) and we used our magnets with it too...
Next we used the magnets to work on patterning. This week tried different AB patterns (ex. yellow, blue or red, blue). Next week we might try an ABC pattern (ex. red, blue, green).
We also did a craft with pieces of red and green tissue paper and an apple outline I drew. Campbell had fun gluing the pieces of tissue paper to the apple and even was able to understand that the red went on the apple part and the green on the leaf. Unfortunately there is no picture because after we finished Maggie started crying so I went to get her and when I returned, Campbell had torn off all the pieces of tissue paper. *sigh*
For the upcoming week we will be focusing on letter G. I know I had said that we would be following the Handwriting Without Tears letter order but I changed my mind (again). Since Campbell isn't really ready to write letters, it's not imperative to use HWT yet. Instead I'll focus on the 5 letters that Campbell has trouble identifying consistently (G, J, V, Y, U). Once she's mastered those, I'll re-evaluate. One of the first things I learned about teaching is that a good teacher must "monitor and adjust". I'll probably change how I plan these activities again, it just depends on Campbell's needs :)
Letter G Activities:
We also got out our Leapfrog Fridge Magnet toy and put out the letters we will be working on.
Apple activities
We will continue playing with the apple tree play dough (see last week's CMM post)
For a craft, we will make an apple tree out of construction paper and using her fingerprint with a stamp pad to make the apples.
Felt Board:
I was planning to make an apple tree felt board activity (had this great idea to cut out several trees and lots of apples and put a different number on each tree and she would put the correct number of apples on each). Well, Campbell is currently obsessed with the songs 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed and 5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree. I found this set and then made a bed out of some flannel scraps I had. Although it doesn't go with any theme we're doing now, it's worth it because she has been playing more with this felt board than any other set we've done!
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