tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322654858395137032024-02-01T22:10:03.210-08:00Lil' Sprouts PreschoolCome along and follow us on our journey of home school preschool!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-15077035519535978842011-03-24T21:48:00.000-07:002011-03-24T21:48:46.023-07:00Cats, Cupcakes and the Letter C!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">After a two week break we are back! This has been the month of birthday parties and celebrations. March is a busy, crazy month! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Today's preschool lesson was done in stages throughout the whole day. That wouldn't be how I would normally choose to do school but with a teething baby and everybody fighting colds it was the best we could do. Ethan didn't seem to mind though and it kept him busy off and on. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> We always begin our morning with prayer, a devotional (today's was from The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers), and Sunday School songs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p><br />
</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p>I wanted to teach Ethan about the letter C and he loves the book, If You Give A Cat A Cupcake, so that was the theme of the day. </o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Give-Cupcake-Give-Books/dp/0060283246"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dotvNwASL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Earlier this morning I went out to our sandbox and hid a bunch of seashells and random items (like a shoe, comb, hat, book, etc.).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">After we read the story I told Ethan we were going to a pretend beach in our backyard to look for seashells and a few other things as well. He was completely confused and looked at me like I was crazy. So I proceeded to dig in the sand and before long I found a seashell! Ethan looked at me with wonder in his eyes and I'm sure he was thinking how in the world did that get there?? He was hooked after that and had so much fun finding items in the sand. He especially loved the seashells and every time he found a random item like a shoe, he'd say "that's silly!" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 182.25pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> After we came inside Ethan got to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrensimages/printable/catcupcake_decorate.pdf">decorate his own cupcake</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> with markers, crayons and stickers. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 182.25pt;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Later in the day we learned about the letter C on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-c/load.htm?f">starfall.com</a>. This is a great website and I highly recommend it!!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">After dinner we got the chance to decorate our own cupcakes. I of course had no sprinkles on hand!! And you can't read If You Give A Cat A Cupcake and then decorate your own cupcake and not have sprinkles!! So I quickly found some packs of Smarties and crushed them up, and we had sprinkles! I'm pretty sure this activity was Ethan's favorite part of the day! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-48433882240278780932011-03-03T15:34:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:38:10.392-08:00M is for Monkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Exhausted is the word that comes to mind as I write this post. I had no idea how much time and energy goes into parenting! I love my boys to pieces, they are my delight and joy, but they are wearing me out! :) I have so much respect for my own mother, she was and is truly Super Mom! All this to say that I've decided for now, while Ethan is still 2, we're only going to do preschool one day a week. Thursday will be that special day. Today highlighted the letter M and the focus was on monkeys of course!</span><br />
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</span></span></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-54185750851980698652011-02-25T19:32:00.000-08:002011-02-25T19:40:40.672-08:00It's potty training time!<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">This week has been interesting to say the least. Ethan just turned 2 1/2 and he started waking us up in the mornings asking to go potty. For three mornings straight he had already done his business by the time he came to tell us...and we're not talking "number 1" if you know what I mean. On the fourth morning he woke me up the same way but I found he hadn't quite finished his business. He insisted on sitting on the potty so I quickly took him to the bathroom. He grabbed a story and lo and behold "number 2" made its way into the potty! I almost broke out into the Hallelujah Chorus!! I figured we'd take the rest of the week and work on potty training. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">One thing I'm learning for sure about potty training, it requires incredible amounts of patience!! We started the first few days going commando, implementing rewards, etc. Ethan has done really well. I think mentally he totally gets it but physically he's not quite ready and that's okay. I've backed off the "boot camp" method and I'm going to just let him lead. I know when he's ready he'll do what he needs to do. However, I figured it wouldn't hurt to spend a day of preschool learning more about potty training!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yummy gummy bears from Trader Joe's are good motivation!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethan with his potty chart. He gets to add a sticker for each successful potty time. Once the chart is full he'll get something extra special.</td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Read today’s devotional (from The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Sing Sunday School songs<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Read I Want to Potty (by Izzy Neis)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Sing Tinkle, Tinkle Little Pee (<a href="http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/A-Free-Potty-Songs.html">pottytrainingconcepts.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Sing Ethan Has A Potty Seat (<a href="http://www.pampers.com/en_US/baby-activities/mary-has-a-potty-seat/3834">pampers.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.pampers.com/en_US/baby-activities/steps-to-the-potty/3832">Steps to the Potty</a> online game (pampers.com)</span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Coloring Activity:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Potty Coloring Page (<a href="http://www.pull-ups.com/na/pdf/Bathroom.pdf">pull-ups.com</a>)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Let Ethan feel wet and dry first-hand with a pair of mittens. Keep one mitten dry, then dunk the other mitten in a tub of water. Let Ethan try both of them on and see what each one feels like. Talk about the difference. Which feels better? </span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">(from <a href="http://www.pull-ups.com/na/wet_dry_feeling_athome.aspx">pull-ups.com</a>)</span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ethan loved this experiment. He absolutely couldn't stand the feeling of the wet mitten and couldn't wait to get it off! We talked about how when you go potty in your big boy pants they feel like that wet mitten, yuck!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Puppet Play:</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Have Ethan help assemble <a href="http://www.nickjr.com/crafts/potty-puppet-theater.jhtml">Blue’s Potty Training Puppet Theater</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Help Ethan act out potty training with the puppets<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</span></span></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-70930130379777534692011-02-19T22:12:00.000-08:002011-02-19T22:13:12.414-08:00A quick review<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Thursday was spent reviewing the letters we've learned so far: F, P, T and A. This class was very simple and fairly short. Sometimes less is more and Ethan really enjoyed the morning.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">I will confess that I'm finding it difficult to plan lessons and maintain all my other family and household responsibilities. I know this will only become more difficult as our family grows. Organization and time management are areas I need to improve. I'm praying for God's guidance and strength as I learn how to balance everything. Only He can help me accomplish what I see as impossible!!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Bible lesson:</span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Open in prayer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read the story of God’s special promise to <b>A</b>braham (the Jesus Storybook Bible, p. 56)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sing <a href="http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/f033.html">Father Abraham</a> song</span></li>
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">This shopping activity was so much fun for Ethan and we will be using this again in the near future. When we first started I didn't think he was understanding what he was supposed to do. But he figured it out pretty quick and he loved it! It was fun watching him get so excited about finding the matching letter! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-35134484139011113482011-02-16T22:53:00.000-08:002011-02-16T22:56:23.739-08:00Rainy days and baby foodBecause of the rain today Ethan was bored out of his gourd and needed something to do! So he got his first lesson in baby food making.<br />
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I've made different kinds of baby food before but this was my first time making peaches. I get all of my ideas and recipes from <a href="http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/">wholesomebabyfood.com</a>.<br />
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Directions:<br />
<ol><li>Wash the peaches, cut in half and place face down in a pan of water 1 inch high.</li>
<li>Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes or until soft. It took me about 30 minutes.</li>
<li>Remove the skins and pit.</li>
<li>Puree and blend in a food processor until smooth (use the reserve water from the baking pan if needed for thinning out).</li>
<li>Pour into ice cube trays, cover with plastic wrap and freeze.</li>
</ol><div>Once the food freezes I remove from the tray and place in a freezer bag. I label the bag with the type of food and date stored. </div><div><br />
</div><div>For this project I only had two peaches left and those two peaches ended up filling 7 ice cubes. Each ice cube is about 1 ounce, so I have seven ounces of peaches. Next week I'll be buying a whole bag of peaches and making a whole lot more baby food. </div><div><br />
</div><div>After the peaches were finished baking, I had Ethan stand on a chair next to me to assist in removing the skins. He didn't like the texture at all and giggled while saying "ooh, yuck." So I removed the skins while he laughed at me. Then we placed the peaches in the food processor. I showed him how to turn it on and off. He did a great job of remembering which button did what and would turn it on and off when I asked. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>As I filled up the ice tray I had him practice his counting. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7!!"</div><div><br />
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</div><div>When we were all finished I let him sample the peaches and he got to clean off the spoon, his favorite part!! </div><div><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-15180224246562273712011-02-10T21:07:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:53:36.407-08:00The ants are still marching...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Today was a fun preschool day. I truly enjoyed the time with Ethan. Keeping my expectations realistic and trying to be more relaxed made a difference in the way he responded to learning today. </span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read today’s devotional from The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Online learning and Music Time:</span></b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Watch animated videos about the <a href="http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-a/load.htm?f">letter A</a> and the <a href="http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/song-sa/load.htm?f">sound /a/</a> (starfall.com)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hooray for A! </b>(Letter & Sounds pre-K book)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sing <a href="http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/antsgo.htm">The Ants Go Marching</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Watch a beginning reader story about <a href="http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=5961">Ted the Ant</a> (watchknow.org)</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Snack Time:</span></b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Create <a href="http://www.123child.com/UBB/showthread.php?3562-Ant-preschool-lesson-plans">Ants on a Log</a> snack (using pretzels, peanut butter, raisins)</span></li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Complete the Animals Two by Two Craft (Christian Craft book, p.9)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Highlighting activity (Highlight the letter A from a magazine ad) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Free Play:</span></b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Create ants using play-dough<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Recreate Noah’s ark scene using play-dough and animal shape cutters<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">The only thing we didn't get to do today was free play with play-dough. We decided to meet some friends at the park instead. That's okay though because it gives us something to do tomorrow! :)</span><br />
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</span></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-36386401259404902072011-02-08T22:31:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:53:52.675-08:00A is for Ant<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Today's lesson was thrown together last night at the very last minute. It seems like life is never going to slow down and my house will always be a disaster zone but we're making memories. We're learning and growing together. Today's preschool had good moments and then times where I found myself getting frustrated. I'm still learning what works best for Ethan and how long his attention span is for different activities. I'm continually reminded that I have to be flexible and readjust as we go. I'm trying not to get frustrated or disappointed if he doesn't get something or if we don't make it through everything I planned. I'm so thankful for my husband and my mother who are both teachers and have given me lots of insight and encouragement along the way!! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New shirt from Uncle Cliff and Aunt Antoinette. It says "I will not moose behave!" :)</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Bible lesson:</span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Open in prayer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read the story of Noah’s <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ark</st1:place></st1:state> (Jesus Storybook Bible, p.38)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Discuss how God loved Noah and saved the animals<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Point out that animals and ark start with A<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sing <a href="http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/noah_song3.htm">Arky, Arky Song</a> and <a href="http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/noah_song4.htm">Noah’s Ark Song</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Allow Ethan to play with the wooden Noah’s ark display<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">In the presentation the picture of the ant links to a <a href="http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/ant-acacia-kids.html">video of acacia ants</a> and the picture of the anteater links to a <a href="http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/anteater_lesser.html">video of an anteater</a>. I usually try to include short videos of what we're studying so Ethan can see the animal or object in action.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Story Time:</span></b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read A Was An Ant (Babybug magazine, March 2010)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</tbody></table><b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Guided Instruction:</span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Learning to trace activity (Preschool Skills book, p. 8)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Free Play:</span></b><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.5pt;">Let Ethan explore outside and encourage him to search for ants</span></li>
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</span></span></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-85228858712756690162011-02-05T16:15:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:54:10.609-08:00T is for Train<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Typically we have preschool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. But this week was one of "those" weeks, you know what I mean right? I just couldn't pull everything together in time to have preschool on Thursday, so we had class on Friday instead. It was an interesting morning, very stop and go. My almost 7-month old, Owen, usually sleeps right through preschool. Well, not yesterday, and we can blame that on teething! :) Despite the challenges we managed to get through our morning. It was very simple and we didn't complete everything I had planned, but Ethan learned a few new things and had fun while doing it, and that's all that really matters. Here is the outline of our morning: </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Bible lesson:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul><li>Open in prayer</li>
<li>Read the story of Zacchaeus</li>
<li>Talk about how Jesus is the friend of sinners</li>
<li>Sing songs: Zacchaeus song, This Little Light of Mine, The B-I-B-L-E, Deep and Wide</li>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Story Time:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul><li>Read Chugga Chugga Choo Choo</li>
<li>Read Freight Train</li>
<ul><li>Ethan will identify the colors of each train car</li>
<li>Ethan will be able to count the train cars</li>
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<ul><li>Learn about train related words starting with the letter T</li>
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<li>Sing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIpKHTSYiAU">Little Red Caboose</a></li>
<li>Sing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em1XkoFkBVU&feature=related">Down by the Station</a></li>
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</b></div><div><b>Snack Time:</b></div><div><ul><li>Build trains out of whatever snacks are found in the pantry!</li>
<li>Have Ethan learn how to spread peanut butter with a knife</li>
<li>Be creative and have fun! :)</li>
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<ul><li>Make an <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mtrain.html">Easy Train Paper Craft</a> </li>
<li>Color the parts of the train using markers</li>
<li>Cut out and have Ethan paste the train parts onto construction paper</li>
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</div><div><b>Free Play:</b></div><div><ul><li>Let Ethan explore and build with the wooden train set</li>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-81627846944312454262011-02-03T08:05:00.000-08:002011-02-03T08:06:36.448-08:00Little SpongeToday after breakfast Ethan asked if we were doing preschool. I told him we would be doing preschool the next morning and I told him we would be learning about Trains (we learned about Trucks on Tuesday so this will be the continuation of learning about the letter T). This is what he said to me:<br />
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T. "T," "t," "t," (making the sound T makes), trains. "T," "t," "t", track.<br />
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Wow! Sometimes I'm not sure if he's getting it, but I guess he's soaking it up like a little sponge. :)Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-65018999487865276222011-02-02T00:40:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:54:23.217-08:00T is for Truck<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This morning's devotion was about being the light of the world. We read Ephesians 5:8 and Matthew 5:14-16 and learned that we are to live in the light and be a light to those around us. We made candles out of paper towel rolls, construction paper, markers, and tissue paper. After we made our candles we sang This Little Light of Mine. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">My Big Truck</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><i> (sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Rev Rev Vroom Vroom, My big truck.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> (Move your hands like you are revving motor bike handles)</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Up on a hill or down in the muck.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> <i> (put your hands way up high and then way down low)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Your big truck wheels, Spin round and round,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> <i> (Spin your hands around each other)</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">I see them race across the ground.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> <i> (put your hands around your eyes like you are looking through binoculars)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Rev Rev Vroom Vroom, My big truck,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> <i>(Move your hands like you are revving a motor bike handles)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Up on a hill or down in the muck.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> <i> (Move your hands like you are revving motor bike handles.)</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Fire Truck</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We watched and sang along to </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emv-Yn6g1r4" style="font-family: Verdana;">Fire Truck by Ivan Ulz on YouTube</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Our activity and craft for today was matching the appropriate truck driver and items to the corresponding truck. I had printed drawings of three different trucks (fire truck, dump truck, trash truck) ahead of time, and then colored and pasted on construction paper. Then I used clip-art for the truck drivers and other items (like trash cans, fire hydrants, dirt and rocks). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-29206300958910072442011-02-01T23:26:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:54:38.334-08:00P is for Penguin<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We're starting to get into a rhythm with our preschool morning. I've changed our schedule so that we always start out reading from the Word of God and doing our Bible lesson. This helps us stay focused and reminds us to be godly in all we say and do throughout the rest of the day. We've been ending our Bible time by singing songs that Ethan is beginning to learn and memorize. Such a neat time!</div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Our theme for this class was Penguins. We read a story on starfall.com called <a href="http://www.starfall.com/n/fiction-nonfiction/penguin/load.htm?f">Penguin, Penguin</a>. Then we read a book called Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere and learned about where penguins live, what they look like, what they eat, etc.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Next, it was time for some fun penguin songs and finger plays that I found online:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Penguin Song</span></u></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> (sung to "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean")</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">The penguin slides over the ice bank,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">The penguin jumps into the sea.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Look at his black and white feathers,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">That penguin's as cute as can be!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><u><br />
</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I’m a King Penguin</span></u></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"> (sung to "Eency, Weency Spider")</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">I'm a King Penguin</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Black and white</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">living at the South Pole</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Day and night.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">One big egg I lay</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">and fish I eat.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">I hold my egg</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">upon my feet.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Penguin Family</span></u></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">One royal penguin . .feeling very blue (hold up one finger)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Called for his brother then there were two (hold up two fingers)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Two royal penguins. . .swimming in the sea (swimming motion)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Called for their sister then there were three (hold up three fingers)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Three royal penguins waddle on the shore (waddle)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Call for their mother, then there were four (hold up four fingers)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Four royal penguins learning how to dive (Make diving motion)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Call for their father, then there were five (hold up five fingers)</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Next we reviewed what we learned about the letter P while coloring our <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha3_penguinb.htm">worksheet</a>. Then Ethan spent some time highlighting the letter P on an advertisement page. </div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Our craft for this lesson was creating a <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/animals/birds/penguin-egg.htm">penguin</a>. I had Ethan identify the colors of each shape before we assembled the craft. Ethan really enjoys using the glue and it's fun to watch him sit still and concentrate as he spreads it around with his finger. :) </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">I didn't bother with putting a hat on our penguin and it turned out just fine. Ethan loved this game! He preferred kicking the ball to knock the penguin down. What can I say, this kid loves soccer!! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-4171750840917079532011-02-01T22:13:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:54:51.845-08:00P is for Panda<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For our second week of preschool I decided to focus on the letter P. Ethan can already recognize and identify all of the upper case letters. My goal right now is for him to begin to recognize the lower case letters, learn the sounds each letter makes and begin to get familiar with words that start with each letter. </div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We started our morning with a lesson out of our children's devotional book. Ethan enjoyed learning and singing some "Sunday School" songs like Jesus Loves Me, The B-I-B-L-E and Deep and Wide.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Our theme for this class was Giant Pandas! Ethan has a fondness for pandas, ever since his Grandma gave him a little stuffed panda from Panda Express. He was very excited to learn more about this interesting creature.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We read Baby Panda, a book we purchased from the San Diego Zoo on our last visit. We learned all about pandas. I was amazed when I found out that baby pandas are the size of a stick of butter when they're born!! Are you kidding me? Doesn't that seem a little unfair? I mean, I had to birth a 6 lb 10 oz baby (two times) and a panda gets to give birth to a stick of butter?? Amazing. :) Ethan liked learning that pandas eat bamboo. I think he likes the sound of the word bamboo. It is kind of fun to say out loud. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">After the story we watched a PowerPoint presentation that I put together to help us review what we had learned. The last slide contained links to videos I had taken when we visited the Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo. Ethan loves looking at pictures and video so this was really fun for him.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Next we learned the letter P, upper and lower, worked on the sound it makes and colored our <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha3_panda_b.htm">worksheet</a>. Ethan spent some time reading through the books in his book basket and working in his sticker book. The sticker book is just a fun little book I bought at a teacher store that allows him to learn how to apply stickers to paper. Stickers can be quite tricky but he's getting the hang of it! :)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A new activity that I introduced was highlighting letters from a newspaper or magazine page. The goal is to find and then highlight the letter you're learning that week. Ethan does pretty good with this activity, but still requires a little assistance. He gets so excited when we finally find the right letter. He really likes being able to use the marker too. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Snack time is always fun but this time it was extra fun because we got to eat Panda Puffs!! A yummy little peanut butter cereal that we get at our local Trader Joe's. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-26214269768792106492011-02-01T16:00:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:55:02.859-08:00F is for Frog<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I decided that for now we'll learn one new letter a week. So on our second day of preschool we continued learning about the letter F and learned all about frogs. Frogs were a hit with Ethan! Especially tree frogs. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We started our morning by reading Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni, a very cute story about a fish and a tadpole. Ethan got to learn about metamorphosis and the difference between fish and frogs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We learned more about frogs by going to the National Geographic kids website. This is a great website that has all kinds of audio, pictures, videos and information on different animals. Ethan loved this part of our morning and wanted to watch the tree frogs over and over. We learned about <a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/american-bullfrog/">American Bullfrogs</a> and <a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/red-eyed-tree-frogs/">Red-Eyed Tree Frogs</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Then we had some fun with some silly frog songs:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Little Green Frog Song</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b><i>(action song)</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mm, Mm went the little green frog on day,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i> (stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm")</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mm, Mm went the little green frong,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i>(stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm")</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mm, Mm went the little green frog on day, </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i>(stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm")</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">And they all went Mm, Mm, Aahh! <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"> <i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i>(stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!)</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/frogs/sheetmusic2.gif">The Bullfrog Song</a></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ethan and Owen both enjoyed the singing time.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Next, we worked on the <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mfroglifecycle.htm">Frog Life Cycle craft</a>. This was a simple craft using construction paper, bubble wrap (to make the frog eggs), markers, and glue. Ethan got to learn how to use glue for the first time and he did a great job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">We finished the morning with an activity that required Ethan to identify toys that started with the letter F. He then helped me label the toys. This required my help but got him introduced to what the words look like. Then he had fun playing by himself with some toys he hasn't touched in a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-15425784527949351852011-02-01T14:52:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:55:13.418-08:00F is for FishOn our first day of preschool we learned about the letter F and fish. I'm not sure why I picked F first, it just seemed like a fun letter. We started our morning by reading Swimmy by Leo Lionni.<br />
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Then we watched a PowerPoint presentation about fish. Ethan enjoyed seeing the pictures and talking about the characteristics of fish.<br />
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We followed our discussion about fish with some fun songs and finger plays:<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">One Little, Two Little, Three Little Fishes</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b><i>(to the tune of One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians)</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"> One little, two little, three little fishes <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Four little, five little, six little fishes <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Seven little, eight little, nine little fishes <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Ten little fishes in the pond. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;">Five Little Fishies</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">Five little fishies, swimming in a pool </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Wiggle five fingers)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The first one said, "The pool is cool."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Show one finger, then wrap arms around body)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The second one said, "The pool is deep."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Show two fingers, then hands measure 'deep')</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The third one said, "I want to sleep."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Show three fingers, then rest head on hands)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The fourth one said, "Let's take a dip."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Show four fingers, then hands 'dive' into water)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The fifth one said, "I spy a ship."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Show five fingers, then form scope with hands to peer through)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">Fisher boat comes,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Form 'V' with fingers, then move hands away from body)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">Line goes kersplash</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Pretend to throw fishing line)</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">Away the five little fishies dash</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"><i> (Wiggle five fingers away)</i></span><br />
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Next we learned about big <b>F </b>and his buddy, little <b>f</b>. We discussed the sound F makes while working on a coloring page.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We followed snack time with a sticker activity and a giant fish floor puzzle. Ethan stuck with the puzzle and completed it by himself with just a little help from me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We ended our first morning of preschool with the Loaves and Fish Bible lesson. We read Matthew 14:13-21 and learned about how Jesus fed the crowd of 5000. Then we used grocery bags, construction paper, markers, staples and tape to make the following craft:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Ethan enjoyed carrying his basket around while driving his truck. Before too long he discovered how fun it was to fill and dump the truck with his loaves and fish. :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146311704645216344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032265485839513703.post-965511682736275202011-01-26T23:52:00.000-08:002011-01-26T23:57:17.187-08:00Why do home school preschool?<div>These are just a few good reasons:</div><ol><li>My son Ethan, who is 2, is eager and ready to learn. </li>
<li>It's a good way for me to get my feet wet before I home school my kids when they start "real" school.</li>
<li>Preschool is expensive!! </li>
</ol><div>I'm excited that we will be able to focus on learning the things that are really important to us. I'm looking forward to watching my son learn and grow.<br />
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