More ABCs and workbox 4

This week I only put DD's Leap Frog Fridge Phonics in her workbox, along with a zebra and an elephant (two animals she struggles with).

She can identify almost ALL of her letters now.  She has a hard time with X, W, and N.  Other than that, she is doing EXCELLENT with her letters.

I can't get over how smart this child is!  Just like her mom.

;)

ABCs and workbox 3

I decided to put all the alphabet letter cards in Em's workbox this coming week.  She is picking up REALLY quickly on all her upper and lower case letters. 

Colors aren't going as well.  She knows pink, blue, and yellow; but she doesn't use them often enough for me to say she is secureT with them.

I never thought colors would be so difficult!

This week I'm going to work more on sequencing with her.  She really liked putting items in order by size.  I am also going to use some pom-poms and a cupcake pan to sort by color.

I know this age is more about play and being social, but I wish I knew what type of academic things to do with her.  Anyone have more ideas?  I already do letters, numbers, colors, shapes, sorting, weather, animals, counting, Bible characters....  Hmm....

Workbox 2

This week we are working on some new skills.  This is what my plans look like for this week:

Color: Red
Shape: Circle (last week with this-she knows it now!)
Number: 1 (she will sometimes say one, other times she will say "Super Why" that's her new favorite answer).
Letter: A (she's got this too, last week on this letter)
Animal: Still an alligator.  I'll change it when I change the letter of the week

Skills:
Prepositions and place-awesome game here: http://kizclub.com/Phonics/word/position.pdf
I will also use a ball and her baby blanket.  She loves to play with both and especially enjoys putting the ball under the blanket.

Weather terms: Flashcards with all types of weather (sunny, ice, snow, storm, flood, tornado, etc).  I'm going to make these into a book for her.  I have membership to this site: kidsparkz.com and it has many fun things to print for toddlers.

Cold/hot: first feeling things that are cold and hot (not too cold or hot) then sort flashcards based on these terms.  The cards show people in different situations (ice fishing, picnic, etc) and she will sort them.

Vocabulary: we will build up her already awesome vocabulary using this book I found buried with all her other million books: http://amzn.to/AkgFs5  She knows a good amount of the words in here.  But there are some others she has yet to learn (boat, train, lamp, yawn, rain boots, etc). 

I will post pics this week!  Stay tuned!

Work Box 1

This is how I organize DD's work.  Everything for that week/month go in a box.  When we are doing "learning time" I pull the box out and we explore and play with the things in it.

Here is what is in DD's box this week.  The letter, number, shape, and color will stay in there until she has mastered them.

Here DD is putting her brown bears in order from biggest to smallest

Here DD is looking for the tail of the red bird.