May 13, 2012

Tot School ~ Letter K

~Ladybug is currently 36.5 months old~

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The items are all available here on the Animal ABCs webpage. {files are released for free when they are posted on the Totally Tots blog for the ABC feature, letter J is not free yet, but it will be once it is posted on Totally Tots!}.

Here are some Letter K and Koala ideas for you…

Our Koala week was made fun thanks to a lovely blog friend from Australia who sent Ladybug some fun stickers and other things for our week!  Thanks Bree!

Ladybug asked for paint almost every day.  She painted her Koalas…IMG_6238

Painted her coloring sheet…IMG_6240

Painted her shapes…IMG_6295

 

Here she is working on Letter Kk Dot Fun, first she colored in all of the dots.  This set is included in the Animal ABC Bundle, or you can purchase the set as a stand alone set for $1.25 on Teacher’s Notebook.IMG_6381

Then she watched as I traced each letter with glue, then she glittered them!IMG_6384

She is enjoying her tracing, always choosing a marker.IMG_6392

Did I happen to mention her love of glitter?IMG_6394

 

We slipped our Play Dough Mat into our Dry Erase Center, and made the letters together.  After making the letters, she poked them! IMG_6292

This was the first time she asked to make the animal word with me.IMG_6294

 

Mr. Koala got a fun shaving cream bath….

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She worked with me to make the letter craft, which is basically an open ended project that you can do whatever you want with!  This week she wanted to paint it!IMG_6235

The next day she asked to put glitter {shocker} on it…IMG_6281

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Special Note: Please read my post about Following the Child’s Lead if you have a tot and need info about this.  All tots are different and what Ladybug is doing may not be appropriate for your child, even if s/he is the same age!

We are taking our All About Reading Pre Level 1 lessons slowly.  I am not expecting mastery from Ladybug, just using this program as a way to expose her to the Big Five Skills.

Here she was coloring the Kangaroo sheet..IMG_6374

Guess what?  She wanted to put glitter on it!IMG_6376

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Lots of playing, but only 1 picture at the end of the week!  Here she was counting rocks into an ice cube tray!IMG_6241

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Here she was enjoying the free app, Little Writer.  I programmed in family names with pictures for her and she LOVES it! IMG_6276

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    June 26, 2011

    Tot School ~ Letter Kk {part 2}

    ~Ladybug is currently 26 months old~

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    Letter: Kk

    Object: Keys

    Vocabulary Development Theme: Household Objects

    You can find the printables for this unit here on the Tot School Printables webpage.

    We had loads of fun with Play Dough this week! She asked for it almost every day! This particular day we used a K cookie cutter and also some tiny keys I had for her! She loved squishing the keys into the dough.IMG_7057

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    She used her scissors to cut her play dough snakes…IMG_7069

    We made the letter Kk…IMG_7079

    Then used the key to make impressions into the dough, GREAT fine motor work and she loved this!IMG_7083

    Pop Pop joined her for some coloring time, they colored her key cards together…IMG_7088

    She then colored all of her shapes by herself…IMG_7093

    The BIGGEST and most EXCITING event of the week—GLUE! The girl loves the glue. I taught her how to use white glue with a Qtip and a small cup and she mastered the process almost immediately.IMG_7100

    She glued her shapes on as I cut them out and we named them together..IMG_7104

    She didn’t want to stop there, so we glued her color cards onto a paper…IMG_7108

    She still wasn’t done, so I cut up her numbers for her…IMG_7111

    Finally, she finished up by gluing her cutting strip pieces down…IMG_7113

    She did ask to glue on several other occasions, it is definitely a new favorite.IMG_7132

    I finally decided on a spot to officially hang our pocket chart on the wall and she enjoyed using it for her vocabulary cards and her shadow matching cards…IMG_7164

    The Crayola Dry Erase Center is still getting a great workout, as is the lap desk ;-) …IMG_7171

    She loves coloring her vocabulary cards too…IMG_7175

    Letter Kk printables here!

    Fun Books & Toys for this unit here!

    Tot Trays

    Ladybug’s Tot Trays/Learning Toys have a new home!!! I finally decided on what I wanted and how I wanted it set up. I love the drawers for loose toys, but I also loved the trays for the display aspect, so I found a way to do both! You can see how I had things set up for her at the beginning of the week here. In the future I have grand plans of displaying items on the top also, but we didn’t have these shelves put together until the last minute so I was lucky to even have this! IMG_7131

    Tweezing pom poms…IMG_7193

    She LOVES this, as pom poms seem to be the easiest, while still requiring great concentration and fine motor skills. She did this tray many times.IMG_7195

    Ping Pong balls and cups…

    IMG_7204This was a simple way to reinforce counting 1 to 1 {saying the number and touching the object}. She can count to 11 easily, but I had only 8 cups so we did 8 with this activity and practiced not counting too fast!

    I also gave her a large parmesan cheese container so she could pour the balls back into it when she was done.IMG_7208

    She got creative and decided to put 1 Hex Bug in each cup and then shut him in with a ball!IMG_7214

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    We were sent more toys from Guidecraft to review and are so very thankful! She was VERY challenged by this screw block at the beginning of the week and we spent a lot of time together as she just watched me model. I held her hands gently to show her a few days later and the next day she was ready to try on her own!IMG_7419

    It was a really neat progression of skills over a few days and although she still can’t do it perfectly, it is just enough of a challenge for her! I LOVE this toy and can’t wait for Krash to see it to!IMG_7422

    This is an OLD toy of mine from my teaching days that I found when I cleaned out the school storage room. I remember it used to have a puzzle base but that was missing. We used it anyway!IMG_7436

    ABC puzzle {no clue where I got this one}…IMG_7153

    Fishing for ABCs {she LOVES this, we got ours at consignment but it looks like this is the updated version}…IMG_7184

    TONS of free drawing this week, this girl loves to draw and color!!!IMG_7122

    Techy-Tot_thumb2_thumb_thumbI didn’t get any action shots of her with our iPad this week, but I thought I would still share the apps she played with most. These are the ones she chose on her own and really enjoyed. Some came from recommendations from readers on my Educational iPad Apps blog post last week – thank you!

    Definitely her VERY favorite is Doodle Buddy, with Monkey Preschool Lunchbox getting almost as much play time! She also chose to play Monte-Lingual (1-10) and Wood Puzzle quite a bit also.

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    The boys are out of town so she has been helping them out by feeding the turtle for them and she LOVES her new job. For those of you who are long time blog readers, this is the same turtle we made a labook about years ago!!!! We had 2 turtles and one died, but this one is “Beach” the tiny turtle pictured in the upper right corner of the lapbook cover-s/he is almost 4 years old now and huge!

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    June 19, 2011

    Tot School ~ Letter Kk

    ~Ladybug is currently 26 months old~

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    Letter: Kk

    Object: Keys

    Vocabulary Development Theme: Household Objects

    You can find the printables for this unit here on the Tot School Printables webpage.

    It has been an unusual week this week at our house! Both of my boys are gone, and Ladybug is an only child!!!! The boys will be visiting with grandparents for 2 weeks {one week with each set} so I have my weeks scheduled out. This past week I did house projects {to be shared soon-one was the school storage room}, and this coming week I am planning our summer school themes and getting as far ahead into fall planning as I can.

    In the meantime I am trying to keep Ladybug busy and my little schoolgirl has been carrying on! We didn’t do a lot of formal school, I just spent time with her in between cleaning spurts! She is in LOVE with her new lap tray-purchased at Michaels for less than $4!!! The boys each got one too at that price-thanks to all who helped me with shopping advice!

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    She is also LOVING her Crayola Dry Erase Center, check out the Kk’s she wrote-I was amazed!!IMG_6866

    Dot painting letter Kk {from COAH}…IMG_6876

    Dot painting Kk’s on the keys…IMG_6881

    Coloring her household objects accordion book…IMG_6883

    We didn’t get to everything, so we will extend our Kk week into next week!

    Letter Kk printables here!

    Fun Books & Toys for this unit here!

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    Stickers on the face…

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    Pegs in the Twister Curves…IMG_6848

    My little artist…IMG_6889

    Her first person!!!! She is my earliest person drawer!!IMG_6924

    This young lady is obsessed with Hex Bugs. The boys have them and she found them recently and now has her own pink one and claims they all belong to her as well.IMG_6900

    Putting them night-night…IMG_6906

    Hex Bugs in the cup…IMG_6981

    Sharing Hex Bugs with Pop Pop {my husband’s Dad}IMG_6986

    This phone was in our thrift store pile and wouldn’t you know, she dug it out and has played with it every day!IMG_6937

    We got new Ikea shelves {photos soon}, Ladybug got the box…IMG_6960IMG_6970

    Learning time with Pop Pop, she was showing him her shapes/color skills with the puzzle and her vocabulary skills with the flashcards…

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    Techy-Tot_thumb2_thumbWe continue to try out new iPad games, especially ones with free lite versions! This is a simple counting 1-10 app with a Montessori style…!IMG_6849

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    My little bookworm, curled up in her bean bag reading to herself—a daily occurrence!IMG_6833

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    Wild fun with Daddy…

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    July 12, 2009

    Tot School

    ~Krash is currently 38 months old~

    Learning Tots/Trays…
    I gave K little sports ball erasers (5) and 5 small bowls, with number cards 1-5. This helps with counting 1:1 (touching and counting). He did well, but we are still working on this!

    He enjoyed matching the small monkey head erasers, I gave him 2 of each color in the bucket. He tweezed them out and put the matching ones together in the little bowls. He loved this!!!

    I loved this tray, he did not even want to touch it :( . It was matching the different tactile fabric squares. Sometimes my favorite things are his least favorite-that’s the way Tot School is sometimes, oh well.
    He had a blast with his Lacing Beads, making sure every single one of them was on the string…
    He worked with his shapes learning wheel…
    ABCs…
    We added a few new items to our ABC learning stash, like these great stacking blocks from Brainy Baby…
    I made a tray that includes the letters we have worked on this far (we’re up to Ll now), from this set, and also added our new Brainy Baby ABC flashcards. I will keep adding new letters for us to work with and play with on this tray…
    Here’s my prep box, where I try to keep the new letters before we do our art project, so I have the new tools ready to add right away…
    This week, we made simple Kk kites….
    and “Larry Licking Lollipops” for the letter Ll…this one was a big hit with both of my boys, they each drew on paper and I cute the circles out for the lollipops.
    Life School…
    Fun in the sun on our back deck…


    We have a mission team here serving this week from our home church down south. The team is made up of some of our very best friends (and their children), so we are hanging out with them a bunch. Krash is getting tons of life school through this opportunity-it’s wonderful! Here he is at “devotion” time. You can see he’s really into devoting ;) .



    Mommy’s Favorite…
    This is a shot I took of K enjoying his swimming lesson, he was so happy the entire time. What a joy it is to see your child enjoy something so thoroughly!!!!

    If you have a tot (approximately ages 1-3) at home, join in the fun and share what you’re doing with your tot! Here’s how to get started if you’re new…
    If you’ve never read this: Go HERE 1st for more details- please do!!! Then if you have any ideas you’d like to share, link up your exact post to MckLinky (if you have questions about how to do that, let me know in a comment or email-links to homepages will automatically be deleted).

    When you add your name(blog name) to MckLinky will you put your tot’s age (in months) after it, like this: 1+1+1=1 (36 mos)? I think this will help new readers a lot as they look for ideas for their specific aged tot!
    So sorry for the linky trouble.. MckLinky had a problem with just 3 people’s lists on Saturday night and I just happened to be one of them. I don’t have time to mess with it any longer, and Brent from MckLinky has been wonderful, but I don’t want him to bother with it any longer either! So here’s a Mr. Linky for this week, and I am sorry to those of you who had already entered links. Please relink if you come back to visit!!!!
    UGH-we are just doomed to no linky this week, I now have no idea where Mr Linky went. I am so sorry for all of this. Next week you can link up both weeks if you’d like to (or leave links in comments and visit from there), I am done messing with this week…so sorry!

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