Transportation-Preschool

Caden is currently 46 months old

• Transportation
  
• Letter P and Q
• Color purple and orange
• Number recognition 1-3
• Daniel and the Lion's Den 

 Buses and other Transportation:
We were talking about buses so I pulled our our Mini Motor Counters.  I asked a few questions:

1. I pulled out the car and the bus and asked, "Which vehicle holds more people?"  
2. Then pulled out the boat and train and asked, "Which one drives on water?"
3. Then pulled out the helicopter and airplane and asked, "Which one holds more people?"

 Listening: We pretended we were on a bus and circled around the bus and when the music stopped (The Wheels on the bus) we had to find a seat on the bus.

 Prereading: I randomly put the letters from A-P out on the floor and I had Caden put them in alphabetical order.

He decided to use something other than his hands.

Hannah was using her feet.

 Yeah, he did it with more help towards the end...he was getting tired of this game.

 Math number recognition:  I had him count the number of dots on the train and put the correct number of marshmallows.

 Not sure why he held up five fingers.

 Bible Lesson:  I read the story Daniel and the Lion's Den and had them color a lion and glue pasta noodles around his head for his mane.

 On our shelf I added some transportation puzzles.  I put out the Melissa and Doug contruction puzzle  and a Fall Puzzle.

 Caden woke up from his nap and saw me and Hannah doing her Mommy School and wanted to join in on reviewing the letter P with dot paint.

 Here is the board I have up each week.   I thought I have talked about it before but could not find it.  I took it down for a while because of the house being on the market but decided I would put it back up.

Beach outting Oct. 2010

 Me, random picture.

 Daddy and the kids.

 Running away from the waves.

 So precious!

 So hilarious to watch her run.:))

 Caden and Daddy made a deep hole to sit in.

 

Digging some more.

It has been so beautiful for the past 2 weeks and we realized we hadn't been to the beach in a while which we go fairly often.  So last weekend we went and of course the kids had a blast.

Hannah's Mommy School

 

Hannah is currently 28 1/2 months old

 Color matching from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

 Hannah's workbox.  I do not have numbers on them yet.  We are learning to get one thing out at a time and put them back when done.

 Putting buttons in a can with a slit.  I had her tell me what each color was as she put it in the can.  We also practiced a little counting too.

 Letter P.  I got this print-out from Boggles World.  I had Hannah put stickers on the letter P.  Then I placed 3 letters in front of her and had her pick out which one was the letter P.

 Then I printed out a fish worksheet from I don't remember where.  Then I had her put the numbers 1, 2, 3 in order. 

 

Then she played with them on the dry erase board.

Ok, this is the second time I am writing this post it got erased!:(  I will be a little more brief this time.  I have been slacking with Hannah's Mommy School because we are trying to sell our house, build a new one, and keep our house clean for potential buyers.  I finally have some time to gather my thoughts and plan for her schooling.

For Caden's curriculum I am using Bob Jones Footsteps for Fours and really enjoying it.  Hannah has just been joining us but now it is getting a little to intense for her and she is just getting herself into unnecessary trouble because she is not interested.

So I gave her a workbox kind of like Caden's but with a little less boxes.  She has 4 boxes and Caden has 10.  Here is the plan for Hannah.  She will continue to be on the same subject matter Caden is on, but I will be using Confessons of a Homeschooler, Tot School (Tot-Trays), and The Itty-Bitty Bookworm ideas.

Here is what our lesson was for today:

• Letter P
• Counting 1-3
• Color orange
• Fine Motor skills

Zoo Boo

 Before we left for the Zoo Boo (Trick or Treat at the Zoo) I had the kids take some pictures.  Boy were they excited they would not stop making silly faces.:) 

 At the Zoo Boo the kids got to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it with a marker.:)

 We also took some pictures.  Normal "cheese" picture.

 Then of course we had to make a "silly" face. :)))

Hannah with her Joy School friend at the Zoo Boo.

Bird Feeders

The kids made bird feeders at our co-op preschool today.  I had them take pictures with them and we hung them in our tree in the front yard. 

Tea Party

Hannah woke up from her nap and went straight into the playroom/schoolroom.  Usually she comes to me and wants me to hold her for a little bit.  So I did not bother her.  I came into the room about 5 minutes later and she had all her little animals and her baby sitting at the table and she was feeding them.  It was so adorable.:)))  Oh, how cute are little girls!