Tot School: Taking It Easy
Isaac is 30 months
Miriam is 13 months
This week I felt like we did not accomplish much at all in the way of Tot School. It was another unexpectedly crazy week with a follow-up doctor appointment for the kids on Monday, (Isaac’s pneumonia is cleared up and so is Miriam’s ear infection!! Praise the Lord!) an all day event preparing a meal for our Wednesday night fellowship and prayer, and then my parents came in for a visit at the end of the week! As I look back through the pictures for this week though, I see that we actually did quite a bit!!
Play-doh Fun
I brought out the play-doh a few times this week. My initial thought here was to review the letters A B and C. So I got out three colors and the three appropriate letter mats . . .but Isaac of course had other ideas ;-)
Here he is taking his play-doh and trying to get it to fit in the hole.
On a separate day I brought out the letter A and here he is trying to make it himself!!
Sorting Pom-Poms
This was one of Isaac’s favorite games this week! He asked to play it a few times and couldn’t wait to get his hands on it! I used a package of colored pom-poms from the Dollar Tree and I had these fun tumblers that we had gotten from Wal-Mart. Isaac then sorted them by color.
And when he was tired of matching up the colored pom-pom to the correct color tumbler, he stacked the cups and stuffed as many pom-poms in a cup as he could ;-)
Miss Miriam
Miriam did a little reading this week ;-)
And played with some flashcards. (Her facial expressions absolutely crack me up!!)
We looked at her fun book blocks. This one is all about shapes.
And she enjoyed her Leap Frog Musical table!
Using our New Easel!!
A few posts ago I shared how we got a great deal on this extremely nice, well-built easel!! We have had such a great time with it this week!
Isaac has loved playing with it. I have made shapes and letters out of magnets and he has loved just putting magnets up on the board!
Everyday Items
I got the idea for this from another Tot School mom, Morgan at Psalm 127:3. She used an oatmeal container, wrapped it in scrapbook paper, and cut shapes in the lid to use as a shape sorter. This got my mind rolling . . . I had everything but the foam shapes, so in my lid I cut holes and then we used pipe cleaners! (Then Isaac decided to put his pom-poms on the lid too) So I am going to be saving my lids from now on and using this container for different activities! (My next one will be a big hold for Miriam to drop pom-poms or cotton balls down through!)
Choo-choo!!
I have had my eye on the Melissa and Doug block train for a little while now. A few months ago, we went to a consignment store and they had it for $5!! I was so excited! Isaac loves choo-choos and this is our first toy with blocks like this!
Lacing or Not ;-)
Isaac wasn’t too interested in the lacing animals. He just wanted to look at the box. :)
Eating Our Numbers
I found this fun poster at the Dollar Tree a while back. I hadn’t used it in a while and brought it out this week.
We placed apples jacks on each picture to help us count. (Isaac could not eat them until we were all finished. Such a mean mommy I am. At least it kept him on task. Although he was not real happy about it as you will see later ;-)
Then sister got in on the action and helped Isaac eat the cereal.
Just a Little Reading
I am so glad he likes books!!
Shape Sort
I had pulled these shape sort cards out and laid them on the table. I turned my back and Isaac got them out of the bag and started matching them up on his own!
(These printables are from Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler)
Mom’s Favorite :-)
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5 comments:
What a fun week, despite dr's appointments! Our kids are very similar in age and seem to share many of the same interests :) Smiley also loves play dough and sorting his pom poms and our little bug LOVES her leapfrog music table. It's definitely in her top three favorite toys (besides all the random things that aren't actual toys, like the telephone, cell phone, keys etc).
Looks like you still had a busy week! Glad everyone's appointments went well and that all are on the mend!
Have a great week!
I thought, "Gee, Miriam looks so into her book, wow!" And then I realized it was upside down and I laughed so hard - thanks for that ;)
I think that most of us feel like we never get much (never enough!) accomplished; but I think we are all too hard on ourselves. Looks like the kids got plenty of "school" and lots of love this week!
I was so excited to see my site mentioned in your post-love what you did with your container. I actually did that too! Looks like a great week and a lot of fun!
Wow! You really got a lot done for having an "off" week!! You do such a wonderful job with your kids! I am blessed to know you!
Jessica
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