Great gobs of googly fun with letter G

Scripture:John 17:3
  3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
We are working on praying to know God better.I found this article How to seek and know the father and the son It talks about the pattern to learn of God.

• Cultivate a diligent desire to know that God lives.
• This desire leads us to ponder on the things of heaven—to let the evidence of God all around us touch our hearts.
• With softened hearts we are prepared to heed the Savior’s call to “search the scriptures” (John 5:39) and to humbly learn from them.
• We are then ready to ask our Heavenly Father sincerely, in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, if the things we have learned are true. Most of us will not see God, as the prophets have, but the still, small promptings of the Spirit—the thoughts and feelings that the Holy Ghost brings into our minds and hearts—will give us an undeniable knowledge that He lives and that He loves us.

Snack and Fine motor:build G or whatever they want with grapes and you get to eat them.I also had him count the grapes.

 Gross Motor:Run around.Ready!Set Go!Go starts with G.The baby got so excited watching his big brother run around

 G for gas.Ran out of gas.He had to fill up his tank

 G for grasshopper.He jumped around like a grasshopper

 Alligator doesn't start with g but he is green and hungry.Watch out T-bone!

 This little grasshopper hitched a ride with us yesterday.He/she even survived the freeway!

Nature:We went on a walk to collect grass for our rectangle.Then we glued on the grass.

Fairy tale week Cont.F,G and H

We are still going with our Fairy Tale week.We worked on the letter G for Gingerbread man.I printed out a cute little story sequencing.It was perfect for Rowen and Lexi could fill in the blanks with the correct word. Here is the link for the sequencing activity @ first-school.ws
 
Go to fairy tales and then Gingerbread story.We also read the story of the little red Hen.H is for Hen.We talked about being helpful and how it isn't always easy to stop playing to help Mommy or to clean up.What child doesn't need that lesson repeated over and over right?
Lexi practiced her letters F,G and H.
 
We did some play d'oh fun with stamps.Lexi has a princess themed collection so it was perfect!I saw this idea @ http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/
 



Lexi liked using the scissors

The kids made them into cookies


I love his pretend full mouth!

They each got there own Princess and Prince crown.We talked about the shapes and then they decorated their crown.Their play d'oh is a little mixed up and looking pretty gross.I need to get more colors. These pictures are courtesy of makinglearningfun.com


Here is a little print out I did with clip art to practice their numbers.# 5-7 are what we have been working on this month.


And they all lived happily educated ever after...

Letter G-Good night Gorilla

I am running a little behind on my posts so this is last weeks lesson.How many of you have read Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann to your kids?

It is such a great book for any age.Even a two year old can read along with the words and tell all the animals good night.

We read it many times last week.We counted the animals on each page.We found the mouse and talked about what her was doing. We even talked about the different colors of the cages.I made keys for them to match with each color.

Next we printed out @ homeschoolshare.com

The kids colored the pictures of the animals. The printout had each of the animals.It had a Gorilla,the Monkey with the banana,Giraffe,Lion,Armadillo,Hyena, and Elephant.Well Lex did I had a very non cooperative toddler to deal with that day.He just wanted to throw the crayons. They then could use the book to match up the pictures and put them in the right sequence.

 

Review G and water table

As promised here is my water table. It is just a simple under the bed storage. We already have a sand box so they mixed the two with different containers and added rocks. It was a big hit so I ended up not doing centers today.

Circle time is a great time to talk to the kids and also to sing. We sing lots of songs including, If your Happy and you know it, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Pop Corn Popping on the Apricot Tree, Twinle Twinkle llttle Star and we are learning Mary had  a  little Lamb. It is important I think to incorporate music everyday.

We have been reviewing the letter sounds for A-I. It has been a little difficult for my daughter to catch on. Does anyone have any good ideas? I have been trying to have her blend the letter she knows with A-I like red, bed,fed,bad, had,cab,dad,hid,bid. She gets really frustrated and wants to stop. I always listen to my kids if they want to stop so they don't get frustrated. She is doing really good writing her letters though.

I saw this cool idea on icanteachmychild.com/2-3/. She had many I spy games. I took her idea but I changed it. We took old magazines and cut out letters, shapes,numbers. Lexi had a lot of fun with cutting.I let her cut into a box. We took the cutouts and glued it to make our own I spy mats.



I spy mats



We are still practicing sharing.I also introduced family signs like mom, dad, brother,sister,aunt, uncle, grandma,and grandpa.We will be learning these signs and doing our family unit soon.

Review letters E,I and G, and the color red

At the end of the month I like to do a review. This month we were working on letters E,I and G. We practiced our sounds A-I. My daughter is having problems with some of the sounds so we will keep practicing. There really is no rush.

Circle time and toddler time.We sang the welcome song we do every time. If I find it online I will let you know.Head shoulders knees and toes and other fun songs. Talk about the weather and log it in her book. Went to her desk and practiced writing the letter E from top to bottom or what most teachers call the school way. My daughter wanted to draw a butterfly so she did. We also talked about the days of the week.

Math-I gave the kids a plate. We talked about its color,red. It is a circle.Then I had them pick the fruit and food from the hungry caterpillar week. They picked 5.Then I asked them how many were red. I had to help my toddler count.Picture is above.We also took a muffin tin and put a number 1-5 in each tin. We made our first brown bag popcorn.It worked and is so much cheaper! They put the number of popcorn in the corresponding tin of the same number

I might start to add behavior goals or manners to the mix. Today we did sharing. My toddlers favorite words are "mine" and "no". We practiced holding the doll and giving it kisses or hugs. I laid on the praise! We will be practicing that for sure more often!

10:00am-Snack and outside time

10:30-11:30-I did something different. I noticed that teachers do centers but as I do not have that much space I just broke up my room into 4 sections. The kids could stay in their center for 15 minutes and then switch. My daughter didn't want to switch but stay in the art center so tomorrow she promised she would try switching so we will see. The 4 centers we had were art center, reading, dress up and puzzles.

11:30am-lunch and outside time.Often times we will go outside for a picnic. Today we did sand play the kids kept making me things to eat. Soon to come is a water table I hope!

 

12-2 Naps and books and my TV time. It is usually cut short by the kids wanting to watch their shows.

 2-snacks and outside play.Then we pick up my first grader.

4-study time.I have already witnessed too many moms with kids who swear they have no homework so I call it study time and depending on the age is how long of a time it is. If your teenagers pull that and you don't know what to teach have them just sit at the table.Maybe their homework will magically appear! For my Pre-K I did a flip book that I got from the school that they want us to do everyday. It has a parent side and a kids side. In this one she had to point to colors as they were mentioned in a story.

This is the schedule that I am sticking with for now. Hope you enjoy my page!

How to use letter G in lesson

Hi! I am excited for this week! I hope that you are enjoying the lessons and that special time you get with your kids. I am trying to get more organized.I have more of a schedule now.We did circle time with a book.This book is called Because a Little Bug went ka-choo.By Rosetta Stone. Look outside and record it in weather book.  We talked about when we get mad do we kick things or people? No!We picked out the words that rhymed.We found dropped and bopped,Jake and Lake,down and brown,stone and alone,Mary Lou and through,sink and think,yelp and help,fast and mast,down and town,afraid and parade,forget and yet,true and ka-choo.We also talked about up and down, near and far, in front or behind,under and over.Count eggs and put on groups.All of these activities were done from 9:30-10.At 10:00am we go outside and have snack time.

 What you need:plastic eggs to count and make sure they can match colors or designs.                        

Print the letter G from this website.Have kids color.http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1_dn/g1.htm .Get together letter G box.We found coincidentally green gators, green grass and flower that grows and grass.Ears to hear sounds hide behind couch and have them guess sounds.

                                                                                   

Of course we had to play head shoulders knees and toes.Play where is your nose,mouth,eyes and ears for your toddler.Play head shoulders knees and toes.Talk about ears and why they are important.What if you couldn't hear? Bang on the drum a slow beat means walk and fast beat means run. Bell means to kneel down. A whistle means to stop and put your hand in the air. After they are comfortable with these sounds and what they mean combine them.

11:30-12:00pm-Outside play and lunch.We decided to combine it and have a picnic outside and we brought our favorite books.