D is for Dollar

Among the lessons this week Glory is learning the value of a dollar 

as Daddy teachers her how the money from her 

allowance in her bank gets turned into dollar bills  :)

C week has been full of Crafts!

Highlight of the week ! B is for Bank!

Today starts week 2  Letter B!

C book list

The Berenstains' C Book(C is for Clown)
 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Clickety Clack by Rob and Amy Spence
The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet
Cars! Cars! Cars! by Grace Maccarone
Click Clack Moo - Cows that type

B book list

The Berenstains' B Book
The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr
The Little Ballerina by Katharine Ross
The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard
Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis
The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie

The ants go marching

This has been such a great week.  Glory is now counting up to 10 on her own with no prompting!  She has been counting everything!  Crayons, toys, gold fish crackers ... she asked to go for a bike ride and stopped to get off and collect and count pine cones <3 and also rocks when we got to the play ground.  Then we sat to relax and were having fun with her new favorite games 'Cars' and 'Eye Spy'. (Cars is when we sit on the bench in the park and watch the cars go by yelling out the colors as they pass - i remember playing that game with my mother when i was very little - i wish i could share that memory with her)  We also had fun hunting for ants and spelling the word Ant and singing the 'short A song'  She has really started to link music to most everything she does these days.  If she sees a color she starts singing the color songs to match them from starfall.  Her current favorite is 'Orange orange orange, carrots are orange, pumpkins are big and orange! Orange orange orange, oranges are orange, I love the color orange I do!'  :)  We have been having a hard time with the library's scheduled hours and the timing for her books arrival so we are going to extend the A's into next week and really kind of change our week around since we have a funny schedule.  Her weekends will be tuesday and wednesday instead of saturday and sunday since john is off tuesday and wednesday and we rarely get to school work on his days off but have ample time on the weekend when he works.  :)  so the new week will start on thursday  :)  on thursday we start the letter B!

Great week so far  :)  just taking a second to share a cute video of Glory counting

We had a great day today starting out right off the bat with math on starfall   :)   also worked on some colors and then had a field trip to popcorn park zoo to visit the a (short a) - nimals   lol  

Tomorrow's Plan

Tuesday 
Language Arts & Music (30 minutes)

• Review the theme word flash cards.
• Read (or memorize) the poem or rhyme chosen.
• Read one of the stories(the same or different).
• Sing the song you chose.
• Listen to music of the composer of the week and show the flash card, if you made one.

Math (15 minutes)

• Teach the math idea or activity listed this day.

Optional - Colors!

• Teach the color listed.  You should be able to find the color in a 64 or 96 pack of crayons.
• Take an index card and color it the color listed.
• Write the color word on the other side.
• Show the flash card a few times each day for the rest of the week.

(When my second son was 3 he loved colors and learned to recognize  the color and read the color word for almost 64 different colors.  If your child loves color you can continue to review the colors all year.) 

Week 1 Day 1 'The short a sound'

Today we worked on the short a sound....

"Aaaaa!"

We worked in a little science lesson, short a as in the word 'Ant'.
What is an ant ... on thursday during our 'science time' we will go hunt for some outside!

"Ant"

Making flash Cards

Upper Case/Lower Case

Starting off the new year with a review!

Glory Reciting Her Alphabet (just turned age 2)

Glory Naming Her Colors

Glory's Shapes

Recognizing Her Name

Week One Book List

• Ten Apples up on Top! by Dr. Seuss 
• The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall 
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman 
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing  by Judi Barrett
• Hooray for Amanda & her alligator!   by Mo Wellims

Back to School Week 1

Tomorrow Starts Glory's next school year!

Last year she learned:

-Alphabet ~ a-z
-Colors ~ primary
-Counting ~  up to 5
-Shapes ~ circle, square, star, heart
-Animals ~ lots and lots  :)
- Manners ~ please, thank you, your welcome/rewards for basic chores (putting the silver ware away from dishwasher, putting dirty plates in kitchen)
- Potty Training!

This year we will add some more structure to the day as well as some more subjects like math and social studies and Art!  We will also try to accomplish some spelling! (her name <3)

Most of all we will have fun !!!!!