Feb. 8th - Feb. 12th

• Monday
o Pasta AB pattern
o Tap a rhythm

• Tuesday
o Circle Hunt
o Dance Party

• Wednesday
o Counting to 5 with balls
o Bead Pattern

• Thursday
o Muffin Tin Like Dislike
o Red

• Friday
o I Spy Household
o Valentine’s Day Art (Hearts)

Friday: House Tour

This was an idea I got from a reading conference I recently went to. The teacher (who was trained in montessori education) used a traveling set of words that they used to actively label things around their school. I thought this would be a fun idea to use around the house. I figured it would aid in vocabulary development along with the beginning of text recognition. So I typed up a list of things in our home and cut them out. Then I handed one to Angel Girl and had her put it on the item. It was super cute to watch her try to figure out how to get the word to stick to things like the playpen or fridge. We only did about 7 to 10 of the words but they are going on her "learning" shelf and I plan to pull them out when we have a few minutes.

Thursday: Taste Test

So this idea is based on the many bloggers that do Muffin Tin Monday. Basically there are a variety of food placed in a muffin tin for the child to try. It is a fun way to try different food. This is what we will be doing every Thursday for Taste. I plan to introduce some new foods along with some of Angel Girl's favorites.

Tuesday: Jumping Stones

For Tuesday I just put out some washclothes like hopscotch (if it was warmer I would have gone outside and done it with hopscotch). Then we walked on each square, jumped with 2 feet on each square, jumped on one foot on each washcloth then tried jumping on just 1 foot to each square. It was a great way to get some energy out in the middle of winter :) You could use cut out feet or anything really that would show where the child was to put their feet.

Monday/Wednesday: Sequencing

Monday and Wednesday we started learning about sequencing. I started with first and last. Then on Wednesday we did first, middle, and last. I used the cards from this activity. They seemed to be the most realistic. Angel Girl did not completely understand but I figure this is a great activity to put on her activity shelf to practice throughout the month.
Learning sequence is important both in story comprehension and also in word learning. Children need to learn how to look from the 1st letter through to the last and so the concept of first middle and last is very important.

Feb 1st - 5th

Monday
o Sequence First and Last
o Itsy Bitsy Spider

Tuesday
o Intro Orange
o Jumping Stones

Wednesday
o 5 circles
o Sequencing 3 parts

Thursday
o Taste Test Orange food
o Tracing Circles

Friday
o House Tour
o Valentine Art

February Focuses

Language Arts:
Pre-reading: we are working on first and last
Pre-writing: we will still be using the Kumon tracing book to practice

Math
Counting to 5 (we are getting good to 3)
Circles (considered hearts but need to learn the basics first)

Music
Clapping rythyms
Itsy Bitsy Spider

Art
Red (Valentine's Day!!!!)
Painting

Physical/Emotional
Jumping
Getting Dressed (something she is really starting to get interested in)

Social Studies
Around the house

Science
Taste