Monday: Intro A letter and sound

Picking the first letter to introduce was easy. A because that is the first letter in Angel Girl's name. To introduce the letter I cute it out of sandpaper and glued it to an index card. I plan to use these index cards over the next couple of years. Remember this is an introduction there is no expectation of mastery or even really acknowledgement. This is merely to start the process of recognition. So I helped her trace the letter and said the letter name. I also linked it to her name. This is going to be the process for all of the letter introductions.
1) Letter will be cut out of sandpaper and mounted on an index card.
2) Help trace the letter and say letter name.
3) Link to a known word or object (object is always better they can see and touch it)
Remember at 2-3 years of age there is no expectation of mastery. This is merely and introduction.

March 1st - 5th

Monday
o Intro Aa name sound
o Twinkle Twinkle

• Tuesday
o Intro star
o Walk a tape line

• Wednesday
o counting 10 stars
o Letter Book A

• Thursday
o Make scented playdough
o Star cutouts with the playdough

• Friday
o Community places
o Library trip

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.

No Mommy School

We did not have Mommy School last week...Sweet Boy was in the hospital for a few days and was still sick through out the week. We took advantage of no planned mommy school and spent hours coloring, and sticking stickers on paper. We played and talked and just spent time together. Although it was not planned there was learning.

February 22nd - 27th

• Monday
o Block patterns
o Maraca Music

• Tuesday
o Shape sort
o Sing Along/Dance Party

• Wednesday
o 5 little monkeys
o matching game

• Thursday
o Jell-o
o Matching circles

• Friday
o Where does it go?
o Field Trip

Thursday: Circle Fun

When I was planning the week I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do for circles yet. Mostly because I didn't know where we would be in mommy school by then because of all the other things I planned for the week. Well come Thursday I needed an idea and considered going online (my favorite place to get ideas) but Angel Girl had an idea all her own (thus why I love homeschooling I can take her lead). She wanted to run in circles. So we ran in a circle, and walked, tiptoed, hopped, skipped, jumped, elephant walked all in a circle. She loved it and I loved it!

Thursday: Taste Testing

For this activity I gave Angel Girl a whole bunch of different things that can be spread on crackers. This was to help her with spreading with a knife that she is very fond of doing. So she had honey, tuna, non-dairy butter spread, jelly, and peanut butter and a stack of crackers. It was fun to watch her try the different toppings on the cracker. The first time she had tried the honey a few months ago she said yuck and today she loved it. It was also fun to tell her the different names of the toppings. She keep repeating them as she spread/or ate straight the toppings.