The Days of the Week, v.6

Letter Tt Week

~Lena is 38 months and Lucianna is 20 months~

We had another good week of school time, we have transitioned to completing most of Lena's seated activities in our playroom at her table.  Since I do not want to leave all of the girls' school materials and supplies within reach in the playroom,  I am constantly shuffling supplies from room to room to room and trying to figure out the best place for her to do her work.  I am not sure if the flexibility of allowing her to choose where to work outweighs the lack of a routine place to settle in and complete her activities, but allowing Lena to choose where to do school time can be a handy carrot when I am ready to do an activity with her and she is not in the mood.  Giving her this simple bit of control over her learning environment usually readies her for an activity with mom!  This fall, I am planning on setting up a school area in our basement (which we are DIYing this summer).  So, another transition in our school time space awaits, but hopefully it will allow for continuity and better organization (for me:) - I will still seek out an avenue for Lena to have a choice in her school time...the table, the floor, etc.

Tt is for TENT and TUNNEL!  No explanation needed and I think it would be stating the obvious to delve into how much fun the girls had with this school time activity!

 Another fun school time Tt idea - Host a Tea Party.  I gave the girls a bit of juice and let them enjoy a real drink in the playroom (which we never do:).

Down to business, we did lots of worksheets this week.  Another way to give Lena control over her learning is give her a choice of two or three sheets to complete - she enjoys having a say!  And it really doesn't matter what we do when.   This one is from 1+1+1=1, RRSP printables.

We did a fair amount of math sheets this week, she really liked using the dot markers to do these.  Number recognition is a definite weakness for her right now.  This summer, we may work on a number of the week in place of our letter of the week...or we, may just wait until the fall to hone this skill. 

Another choice...I let Lena choose the letter of the week this time.  She chose a letter that is not complete on 1+1+1=1, Tot School Printables, so I had to improvise and make some of my own worksheets in the same format that Carissa uses in her program.  I used a Tinkerbelle theme just for fun, the link to these is found here.

The set I created includes a letter worksheet, left to right sheet, a lacing card and puzzle, coloring sheet and sequencing cards.

 Having fun reading to both girls!

Lena working on her play dough letters and decorating them with "jewels."  This twist was a big hit!

Making her own cup of tea - we did a caffeine free herbal tea (I think it was orange....)  She was excited to have a cup of big girl tea, so I cooled it off with a few ice cubes; after the novelty of the first sip passed...she admitted she didn't really like it.

Working on a set of puzzles, this is a cute set she received for her birthday - each puzzle has a corresponding book that goes with it - The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly,  Humpty Dumpty and Hickory Dickory Dock.

Vocabulary Development Sheet

Lena's first color by number, I wasn't sure if she would enjoy the lack of freedom in coloring this picture.  But, this was fun - I really enjoyed helping her with this and she was challenged and therefore motivated to color this page according to the instructions.

Lucianna enjoying a Tt book from the RRSP printables...all about Turtles and Feelings!