Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "W"
Number of the Week is 8
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 5
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Friday, January 25, 2013
Pre-School at Home: Week 5 Lesson Plan
Our lesson plan for Week 5 of Pre-School at Home!
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "W"
Number of the Week is 8
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 5
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "W"
Number of the Week is 8
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 5
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Pre-School at Home Vlog: Week 4
For Week 4 of Pre-School at Home, we had an "Amazing Alphabet" theme! It was a fun week, that involved lots of talking about the letters, singing of the alphabet song, and reading books.
Since Cupcake already knows the 26 letters and order, I focused more on words and what the alphabet can become rather than learning individual letters. We did focus on "A" words, and made an "A is for Alligator craft" and added the "A" words "alligator" and "away" to our board. If I was doing this week with Peanut (who is only 14 months and taking part in activities in a less hands on way, around 18 months I will begin more hands on activities with her as well), I would focus on learning individual letters and alphabet order since she does not know them yet.
We also did a B for Bee and Butterfly craft, since we had the toilet paper rolls available and Cupcake was particularly curious about these:
This week, we also added to our word focus the idea of thinking about the Dolch list of sight words for preschool, which is described more on this KidZone website and the Dolch Word website. Basically these are some of the most used words in the English language, and great sight words to begin with in early reading.
Our worksheets included writing the letter "A" and working on circles again this week.
Exciting things this week... we added a second learning bulletin board to our learning space! This was great because we have more opportunity to put visual items up like the words and going forward in the future - one board will be more rapidly changing while the other will hold the calendar and weather activities.
Stay tuned for next week, when we introduce Wonderful Weather! And talking about weather elements will become a part of our weekly routine!
Since Cupcake already knows the 26 letters and order, I focused more on words and what the alphabet can become rather than learning individual letters. We did focus on "A" words, and made an "A is for Alligator craft" and added the "A" words "alligator" and "away" to our board. If I was doing this week with Peanut (who is only 14 months and taking part in activities in a less hands on way, around 18 months I will begin more hands on activities with her as well), I would focus on learning individual letters and alphabet order since she does not know them yet.
We also did a B for Bee and Butterfly craft, since we had the toilet paper rolls available and Cupcake was particularly curious about these:
Craft ideas came from Pinterest, follow my PreSchool Boards on Pinterest:
This week, we also added to our word focus the idea of thinking about the Dolch list of sight words for preschool, which is described more on this KidZone website and the Dolch Word website. Basically these are some of the most used words in the English language, and great sight words to begin with in early reading.
Our worksheets included writing the letter "A" and working on circles again this week.
Exciting things this week... we added a second learning bulletin board to our learning space! This was great because we have more opportunity to put visual items up like the words and going forward in the future - one board will be more rapidly changing while the other will hold the calendar and weather activities.
Stay tuned for next week, when we introduce Wonderful Weather! And talking about weather elements will become a part of our weekly routine!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Our Learning Space!
I've shown it in a number of YouTube videos on Being Mommy With Style and also on our Facebook page - but I thought I would take the time to share photos of our learning space here on the blog. (And share to Pinterest as well!)
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| Week 2 Learning Board |
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| Desk Area |
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| Playroom |
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| Week 3 Learning Board |
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| Artwork Wall in Playroom |
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Pre-School at Home Vlog - Week 2 & Week 3
Our activities from Pre-School at Home weeks 2 & 3!
For Week 2, we had the theme "Perfectly Polar" and the letter of the week was "P". Cupcake completed some adorable crafts, a cute little penguin made from the cut out of her foot (get the instructions HERE), and we also tried doing an "estimation station" for the first time ever.
Week 3 was themed "Captivating Colors", the letter of the week was "C", and the number of the week was "5". Cupcake completed a Valentine's Day themed window pane made of tissue paper and construction paper - and we read the book, Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobdovkina.
We're having a lot of fun working on our preschool projects at home and it seems like Cupcake is already showing some improvement in the different skills we've been working on like writing and reading!
Crafts we completed during week 2:
Crafts we completed during week 3:
For Week 2, we had the theme "Perfectly Polar" and the letter of the week was "P". Cupcake completed some adorable crafts, a cute little penguin made from the cut out of her foot (get the instructions HERE), and we also tried doing an "estimation station" for the first time ever.
Learning Board:
Week 3 was themed "Captivating Colors", the letter of the week was "C", and the number of the week was "5". Cupcake completed a Valentine's Day themed window pane made of tissue paper and construction paper - and we read the book, Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobdovkina.
Learning Board:
We're having a lot of fun working on our preschool projects at home and it seems like Cupcake is already showing some improvement in the different skills we've been working on like writing and reading!
Crafts we completed during week 2:
Crafts we completed during week 3:
Worksheets Cupcake completed:
Find out full details on crafts, newly uploaded videos, and more at:
Pre-School at Home: Week 4 Lesson Plan
Pre-School at Home Week 4!
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "A"
Number of the Week is 26
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 4
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "A"
Number of the Week is 26
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 4
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Last chance! Zoya 3 FREE!
Don't forget! The Zoya promo code for THREE FREE polishes expires tonight at midnight!
Code is ZOYA2013!
Receive 3 free polishes and pay online $10 s/h. Expires at midnight on January 13, 2013.
I ordered Addison, Sirena, & Kylie! I'm excited for some fun pink and neutral colors for Spring!
Code is ZOYA2013!
Receive 3 free polishes and pay online $10 s/h. Expires at midnight on January 13, 2013.
I ordered Addison, Sirena, & Kylie! I'm excited for some fun pink and neutral colors for Spring!
Pre-School at Home: Week 3 Lesson Plan
Pre-School at Home Week 3!
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "C"
Number of the Week is 5
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 3
Download the weekly theme header HERE
Our theme is:
Letter of the Week is "C"
Number of the Week is 5
Check out our full weekly lesson plan on google documents: Pre-School at Home Week 3
Download the weekly theme header HERE
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