Tot School- J and K

~E is 32 months old~

This week was our first full week back at Tot School.  (We did some learning last week but it wasn't enough to post about, so I'll include it in this post.)  We were very busy and did lots of fun learning.  We tried to play catch up on several of the letters we had started but not completed over the weeks surrounding Christmas.  We ended up talking about I, J, and K.   

Playing with his new Automoblox cars.  He is really enjoying these :)  He likes to create extra long cars.

Putting K stickers on our "K" paper.

We have decided to supplement the material E is learning at CBS with activities at home.  This week we talked about how Jesus grew bigger and bigger and had to learn lots of things just like Ephraim did.  One of our activities (in addition to reading the story in several different Bibles) was to put stickers on a yard stick to indicate Ephraim's height when he was born, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and at 2 years old.

I recently bought a wonderful book called "Teach My To Do It Myself" that lists numerous Montessori-type activities to teach children.  This week we started with learning how to wash his hands by himself.  I demonstrated the method first and then he had the chance to try.

He did pretty good with the activity though sometimes he got a little too carried away with the soap.  And sometimes he wanted to put his hands right back into the water before rubbing his hands with the soap, but he's learning.

Playing "Go Fish"... or rather, matching. 

Making Jewelry for "J" with beeds.

We made kites with a potato stamper and painted clouds for "K."

We painted with food colored ice cubes.  This wasn't a great success because his fingers were getting too cold, but we tried.

We used "Hotch Potch" letter cards from Colonial Williamsburg and tried to copy for the shapes and forms with our CW doll.  Here he is doing the letter "L."  We even tried to make T,Y, I, B, K, and R with our own bodies.

Playing with legos.  We made houses, garages, airplanes, trees, and towers.

Drawing with chalk

Learning how to draw a person.  (The faint green on the left his his man.)