Love Bug is currently 32.5 months
*I have a feeling that this will be my opening statement for the next several months....*
We had a busy week and didn't get as much tot school in as we had hoped to!
This week we redid our Princess unit- find it here, and added a bit of Knight from here. These two ladies have some of my FAVORITE tot blogs.
I didn't get any pictures of Tot school alone this week. Love Bug did a LOT on her own. Our big move this week was taking all the toys- save the doll house, scooter, and Buddy Bear, out of our family room. Our toy bins are now full of tot school items, as that's what Love Bug asks to do all-day-long!
This week we also had only one friend join us for Tots together. Everyone else was sick or their mom's just had babies.
Tots Together
(Tots Together is a day each week a few parents of "home preschooled" tots get our kids together to socialize and practice being in a group setting while learning.)
(Tots Together is a day each week a few parents of "home preschooled" tots get our kids together to socialize and practice being in a group setting while learning.)
I made crowns out of felt, and Love Bug decorated them with jewels.
We built castles
Used our number floor mats (Love Bug used these EVERY day!)
Practiced pre-writing skills
Matched words to pictures
(side note: One evening while I was making dinner, Love Bug got these out again. She would bring me a word and ask if it was - Carriage. It was, so she matched it up. Then wand...it was....this happened for all four words. No one was helping her. I can personally declare that my 2.5 year old is NOT reading. She can read the letters, and maybe she figured it out by the first letter, but I've yet to hear her identify beginning sounds. AND since both castle and carriage start with "c" I call it luck. Unless she memorized what the word said from previous times playing this week. But I truly doubt it.)
UPDATE: After a comment from a reader, I pulled out our cards again to see if Love Bug really could recognize them. I showed her just the words and she only picked out tiera. She kept saying "um...just a minute". I could tell she was really thinking though. So I got out the pictures- and sure enough, she could tell me what every word was and which picture it went to. So yes, she memorized what the word looked like that went with the picture. I'm definately going to run with this one :)
UPDATE: After a comment from a reader, I pulled out our cards again to see if Love Bug really could recognize them. I showed her just the words and she only picked out tiera. She kept saying "um...just a minute". I could tell she was really thinking though. So I got out the pictures- and sure enough, she could tell me what every word was and which picture it went to. So yes, she memorized what the word looked like that went with the picture. I'm definately going to run with this one :)
Practiced "K"
Decorated and ate cheese and bread crowns
And worked on AB patterns- which Love Bug is really getting the hang of.
Love Bug absolutely love to use her magnets on her do-a-dot letters...and she really loves the letter K. I'm sure you can guess why ;)
If you want to see our previous Princess Unit, go here.
Where did you get the magnet boards she is working on? The whole word approach to reading would suggest perhaps she is memorizing the words by sight would be interesting to see if this trend continues. Just like when children memorize a book and can "read" it back to you word for word. It is all beginning reading:)
ReplyDeleteI am anxious to see if she can "read" them again. The blue board is one I picked up from Michaels. I am not thrilled with it as it is pretty thin and bent easily (still usable though) I just picked the white magnet board from Walmart a few weeks ago and have been really happy with it. it was in the office supply area, and I believe it was around $6.
ReplyDeleteAww they are such cute little princesses!
ReplyDeleteAnd even if she isn't really reading the words she is definitely getting the idea that the print is a word and a thing! Sounds like she is definitely on her way to reading!
I love the princess theme. So perfect for a little girl. The little crowns turned out so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the adorable princess crowns and a great theme for little girls. I am planning one in a few weeks too! Thanks for some great ideas.
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