Song: The Alphabet Song
Scattergories: We used this game to practice writing her letters. She would roll the die, and then using the game clipboards and paper we wrote down the letters. She thinks that this is the actual game and wants to play again today!
ABC Flashcards: We used Usborne Books abc Flashcards. They are no longer made, but I have a few other items I am going to be purchasing, like this and this, to help with her ABC's. Usborne is such a great resource, check it out!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
By: Bill Martin Jr.
ABC U Later (Ugly Dolls)
By: David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim
P knows the names of all her letters, but has a hard time with A-N, she knows O-Z perfectly, so we focus mostly on the ones she has a hard time with.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Lesson 1.2 (Real Life Colors)
Song: Primary Colors
Today instead of a structured time like yesterday, we did real life application lessons throughout the day:
-On our way to the grocery store we talked about stop lights. We talked about the colors, red, yellow, and green, and what they meant. At every stop light P would tell me the color and what it meant (green means go! yellow means slow! red means stop!)
-At the grocery store P helped me pick up our produce. We counted, named, and talked about the colors of each vegetable and fruit. She pushed around a little cart full of the food she had helped package up.
Games:
One of our favorite games is I Spy. On our way to the water park later in the day, we played I Spy with colors. This was especially fun because our water park is very colorful!
Coloring:
After these two activities she colored in her Kumon coloring book. There were a few pages that matched what we were doing that day (stop light, umbrellas, food.)
Science and Hands On:
In the late afternoon we made playdoh from her Memaw's recipe. My original intention was to have her experiment with mixing colors, but she wanted pink and we have pink dye. I still think this was a good activity because anything with mixing, cooking, measuring, and ingredients, is in my opinion, a great step towards learning about science.
Book:
Ugly Colors
By: David Harmath and Sun-Min Kim
(These are some of our favorite books! Kids and adults love them.)
Today instead of a structured time like yesterday, we did real life application lessons throughout the day:
-On our way to the grocery store we talked about stop lights. We talked about the colors, red, yellow, and green, and what they meant. At every stop light P would tell me the color and what it meant (green means go! yellow means slow! red means stop!)
-At the grocery store P helped me pick up our produce. We counted, named, and talked about the colors of each vegetable and fruit. She pushed around a little cart full of the food she had helped package up.
Games:
One of our favorite games is I Spy. On our way to the water park later in the day, we played I Spy with colors. This was especially fun because our water park is very colorful!
Coloring:
After these two activities she colored in her Kumon coloring book. There were a few pages that matched what we were doing that day (stop light, umbrellas, food.)
Science and Hands On:
In the late afternoon we made playdoh from her Memaw's recipe. My original intention was to have her experiment with mixing colors, but she wanted pink and we have pink dye. I still think this was a good activity because anything with mixing, cooking, measuring, and ingredients, is in my opinion, a great step towards learning about science.
Book:
Ugly Colors
By: David Harmath and Sun-Min Kim
(These are some of our favorite books! Kids and adults love them.)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Home Preschool: The Beginning and Lesson 1
My dear P is growing fast and with a new baby sister, a move to a different state, and her Dad working and in grad school, I know she needs some special time with just Mom. I also know that she is old enough to start working on some preschool learning. I am in no way a certified teacher, but I am her mother and I see what she is interested in and what can help her become the best person she can be. I'm hoping that if I blog our lessons, then I will be more organized and accountable for what we do every week. My goal is to have "home preschool" two-three times a week. I am going to incorporate scripture stories and songs into our lessons. We will be using only free or very cheap resources that I will share here. Wish me luck!
Lesson 1.1: Colors (Noah's Ark and Rainbows)
Song: Primary Colors
Bible Story: Noah's Ark (emphasis on obedience)
Noah built an ark, oh so big and wide,
(Place wrists together, hands in cupping shape.)
All the animals hurried to be safe inside.(Wiggle fingers, then fold them in and touch knuckles.)
It kept them dry from the flooding rain,For forty days and nights.(Rock fists back and forth as if the ark is rocking upon the waves.)
Until Noah was told to come out again(Fingers open up and out to original position.)
And see the rainbow bright!(Form a rainbow with arms.)
From Sugardoodle.net
Coloring Page, Tracing Activity:
After she colored this, we practiced her scissor skills and she cut out a rainbow from a paper plate. We taped it to the back of this rainbow, as well as a popsicle stick, so that she can hold it up whenever we talk about colors.
Puzzle: M&D Fish Colors
Books:
By: Susan Goldman Rubin
By: Maya Christina Gonzalez
By: Dawn Bentley
Movie: Bubble Guppies Season 1 Episode 2 The Color Prix (Free on Amazon Prime Instant Video)
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