Saturday, February 27, 2010

It's March (well almost)

So I was thinking about what I wanted to do for March.
Here is a list of general topics for the month.
Language: Introduce letters
This will be a very simple introduction. There will be no expectation of knowledge or even remembering. This is merely to start familiarizing her. I am not sure if I just want to go through the alphabet (which is not the most effective method when used with young readers) but the method I use with young readers is starting with letter they know and she does not know any letters. Many programs on line use the traditional abc order for introduction. So I will have to decide soon. I know we will start with A because that is what her name starts with. We will also be making an ABC book that we can use through the years to help her learn her letters. That is all we will be doing so I am thinking a letter a week for now, we will see how it goes.
Math: Counting to 10
Angel Girl is able to count to 5 and has surprised us a few times with her ability to almost count to 10. So we will be doing activities that work on counting to 10.
Color: Green
Its March which means St. Patrick's Day so I think we will learn about the color green.
Shape: Star
Just cause....I have a lot of star shaped foamies so its next.
Music: Singing Nursery Rhymes
Learning and singing nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes are very important part of phonemic awareness (rhyming) and also the knowledge is important for understanding some stories read (ie each peach pear plum). I think we will do Twinkle Twinkly and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Physical: Balance
Angel Girl is attending gymnastics and loves to walk the balance beam but she does it primarily sideways so I think we will work on walking one foot in front of the other on balance beams (or tape lines in our house).
Science: Sense Smell
Its next.
Social Studies: Community
Learning about places we frequent in the community.
Social: Making friends
Angel Girl thinks that she can just walk up to kids but that can scare them (she is a giant 2 year old). So we will be working on how to be more friendly.

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