Our week from April 30th to May 4th

We've been doing less and less school as the weather warms up and we spend more time out and about and outside.

Our Shelves

Sand tray

She had a lot of fun practicing her letters this week.

Usually she just does a couple and then just plays in

the sand. She also usually does "easy" letters. This

week she focused a lot on letters that have been hard

for her. She made a lot of progress with K, A, and R.

Popcorn phonics sensory tub

I buried a bunch of our small phonics objects in her

popcorn sensory tub. She went hunting for them and

then told me the starting letter of each. She loved

this one and pulled it out several times!

Pattern pieces

She actually stuck with this one and finished a

picture. She usually gets too annoyed that she can't

get the pieces to stay exactly where they go.

Clothespin counting

The clothespins are numbered 1-15. She clips them

in order on the side of the basket. This one is good

number sequencing as well as fine motor control

and hand strength. 

Snapping

I'm trying to put out more activities that will help

her develop hand strength. She knows how to snap,

but still has a very hard time with it because she

just doesn't have the strength in her fingers.

Clock puzzle

She's been asking a lot about time lately, so I put

this out for us to work with.

Painting

If it's painting in any way, shape, or form, she

likes it. 

Glitter and glue

Usually a favorite, but she actually didn't do it.

In action:

 Just for fun:

Vinegar and baking soda with daddy

Our week: April 16th to 20th

As the weather gets nicer we're spending less time indoors and less time doing "school". This is fine by me! I am so ready for more outside time!

Our shelves

Magnifying glass

After exploring these items I intended for us to go

outside and gather some leaves and sticks or something

for the next time. But she took off with the magnifying

glass and has been playing with it all over the house. :)

Zootles magazine

I decided to put this out instead of in our science

drawer. We often forget it's there when it's tucked

away. 

Rhyming puzzles

Kumon activities

The same ones out as last week. Since she hasn't been

picking it lately I asked if she wanted them back out

or not, but she always says yes.

Patterns

For copying and continuing patterns. We can of

course dump them out and do new ones, but I like

having it ready to go with the first set.

Lacing

This week she was more particular about lacing it

the same way all the way around. Often she does 

some in standard stitch style and sometimes loops

it around the side to come through the same direction

as she did the hole before. This time she noticed how

different it looked than mine, done all the same way.

So she took out her last few and redid it all the same.

Window clings

She really just loves doing these. Not sure how

educational it is, but it's fun so it's okay!

Art book

This week we did tracing objects. She liked

tracing her hand the most. 

Water color painting

And of course some painting.

I actually didn't take a lot of school-time pictures this week. The camera died early in the week and I procrastinated charging it. I have several more on my phone, but they're not very good and a pain to get on to my computer. 

This girl LOVES mazes!

She wanted to do more colored water art on paper

towels. This time she asked me to cut out some

Easter eggs for her to color. I also did some hearts.

This way was pretty fun! A new way to color 

Easter eggs! She also turned a few of them into

"projects". Mostly this meant cutting them up or

folding and taping them.

Just for fun!

Meeting a brand new baby cousin!

Our week from April 9th to 13th

This may sound really off for a homeschooling blog, but my goal this last week was NO SCHOOL. Well, really my goal was to not be in the house, but that meant not spending time in the school room, either. Between sickness, pregnancy issues, and weather, we've been stuck in the house for the majority of the last 6 months. The weather was nice (most of the week) and I had just had enough of inside. So I didn't put new activities on her shelves or prepare any of our core work. Had she really, really wanted to do school, I would have found something for us to do. I kept us pretty busy, but the couple times she did ask, I gave her an option between school and something else fun and she went with the other.

So we spent this week playing in the driveway with bubbles and sidewalk chalk, taking walks/riding her trike, a lot of time at parks, playdates, time with nana, picnics, and the children's museum. All things we do all the time anyway, but this week we did ONLY those things and packed them in!

Some pictures.

Feeding the ducks

Painting at a pottery place

This was a playdate with a friend

 

Proud of her puppy! She was very upset, though,

that we didn't get to bring it home with us that day.

They glaze and fire it then you pick it up when

it's finished.

Making a windsock at the museum