Preschool-Tot-School week 3 Jan.15-21

This week we have not been so organized. Why?? I am not really sure but we did get somethings done it was just a little of this and a little of that. Hopefully next week I will be a little more organized.

Time for Tots Learning Kit



We just received our first learning kits from time for tot and we love them. This week the boys made patterns and sorted beads and did square puzzles. Both boys loved this activities and I know we will use them a lot. You can find them
here.

Handy Manny Uno



The boys got a Handy Manny Uno game for Christmas and I bet we have played it 100 times already. They love, love, love it!!!! It is a great game that they both can play together and it reinforces color and number recognition.

Sensory Bin


Our sensory bin only has a some different size noodles and red pom-poms in it right now. I am hoping to create a more of a Valentine theme for next week. B. loves it. He loves to scoop and pour. I had a funnel in it and the pom-poms would not come out of the bottom of it so C. made up his own game of blow the pom-pom. He would stick a pom-pom in it and then try to blow it out and land it in a little cup on the floor. For some crazy reason I did not get a picture of this but I am sure he will be doing it again so I will be sure to take of picture of him playing his new game.

Thomas Painting and Addition workbook


B spent some time painting pictures in his Thomas coloring book again this week and C. started working in his new addition workbook. It is a Disney Cars book that we got at Barnes and Noble. He loves it and wanted to work in it several times a day.

Easel--Chalk and Markers




This week the boys used the easel to draw with chalk and Markers. B. drew Grandma and he actually drew a head, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, arms and legs. C. made a gorilla and he sounded out the word gorilla to label his picture. He is just now getting into sounding out words so we will be doing a lot more activities like this one.

Little Gym -- Big Show









C. just finished up a semester at The Little Gym had his big show. He loves going to The Little Gym. Next semester he is taking a sports class and he is soooo excited about it.

Preschool-Tot School Week 2 Jan. 7-14

This was a wild and crazy and snowy week. We missed preschool the entire week due to snow so we had lots of time at home. We spent a lot of time working Legos, playing games and reading books. We also managed to get in some sledding and snow play too.







Easel Painting





Both boys were really into easel painting this week. They made tons of pictures. They both made snowman pictures and B. made a picture of his Grandma and gave her a head,eyes, nose, hair, mouth and arms and legs out of the head part. This is only the second time he has made a person and he was sooooo proud. Since he was so interested in the easel I took this oppertunity to have him paint some unpper and lower case letters. You can see the Bb that he made. I wrote it on with a pencil and then had him trace/paint it with the paint.

Singing and Guitar



Both boys got guitars for Christmas and Charlie also got a stand up microphone. Both have been a big hit. C loves to sing and dance so he has been doing a lot of musical shows for us.

Polasr Bear ABC



Fine motor and math
Both boys had a great time fishing for letters and making words with this game.







C worked on a what number comes next sheet. He is getting so much better at forming his numbers the correct way. He also worked on laminated sheets to practice writing his first and last names and numbers. He has been writing his name for about a year but this is just good practice to help him form the letters correctly. He also finished up a math work book that we had picked up at Barnes and Noble. It was Disney and Mickey Mouse. It focused on recognizinf, counting and writing numbers to 10. He is excited to begin the next book which is addition and it has a Lightning McQueen theme.

Legos


It seems to be Lego central around here. We have Lightning McQueen Legos, Thomas the train Legos, and Toy Story Legos plus some of the smaller ones that Charlie has just started using. The boys LOVE them and have been creating some very interesting things with them. Great for problem solving and creative thinking.

We had a great week. We hope to be doing a little more academics next week but we will still be having lots of fun!!!!!

Preschool-Tot-school week 1 Jan. 1-7

After I had my accident last year Tot-school and preschool got pushed to the back burner but now we are slowly getting back in the groove. This week we really did not have a theme we just enjoyed some of the things the boys got for Christmas. I did not get a lot of pictures of the boys in action but I will do better next week.

McQueen Car


The big Christmas present this year was the McQueen car and both boys LOVE it. The only problem is our weather has been terrible and our garage is too small so they have not gotten to enjoy it much yet. We did sneak out on a cold, windy day for a few minutes so they could take a quick spin.

Snowmen


The boys made snowmen with cotton. C got creative and had to add arms and legs to his.
Marshmallow snowmen




The boys made marshmallow snowmen. C put his glue on all by himself but I had to help B a little. He had trouble squeezing the glue and getting it where he wanted it. B loved eating the marshmallows as much as he enjoyed making the snowman.


Thomas Water Color

B got a Thomas Coloring book for Christmas and the boys had a great time this week using watercolors to paint the pages.

Sand Art

C got a Lightning McQueen sand art set for Christmas and he actually let his brother have Sally. They had a great time doing the Sand Art and they really did not make a big mess.

Moon Dough



B got a moon dough set for Christmas and they had so much fun creating the farm animals using the dough.

Christmas

We had so much fun celebrating the holidays this year. Both boys are so into it and they were both so excited for an entire month. They both now really do understand the true meaning of Christmas and they really enjoyed reading many books and Bible stories about the birth of Jesus.


This was our Advent Calendar this year. Each tin on the sheet had a number written on it and each day we would open one tin and read what was inside. Some were free activities that we could do around town and some were baking and doing things for others and some were Christmas crafts we could make together. The boys could not wait for each morning to arrive so they could see what the Advent calendar said for that day.


We all had so much fun spending time with family. The boys had a blast hanging out with all of our family especially the cousins the young one and the older ones.


Our good friends Adriana and Michelle hosted a Christmas pajama party. It was so much fun. The boys got to play with their friends and they got to watch some of the movie Nemo. Michelle had a wonderful breakfast for them and then we topped it off with each kids getting their own little cake with a candle in and we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. It was such a great morning.



We did a lot of baking. We make treats for our neighbors and friends and we make cookis for Santa.


We visited the Grove Park Inn and looked at all the great decorations and the wonderful Gingerbread houses.


We had our first white Christmas in YEARS so we got outside and enjoyed it!



We had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends celebrating
the birth of Jesus.