Tot School: Doctor

*I am posting this early because we are leaving for Maryland to visit my sister tomorrow and wont be back until next week!

Doctor:

Brianna used tweezers to pick up cotton balls and q-tips. She had a hard time with the q-tips because she was able to pick them up but then they would slide out.

She then wanted to put each of the q-tips to sleep on the cotton balls :)

She made band-aid prints by sticking several band-aids onto paper,

painting over them,

and when it was dry we carefully took them off.

She sorted band-aids into small, medium and large,

read the Good Samaritan story from her Bible,

and played doctor with her stuffed elephant.

She needed help matching the doctor tools with the right body parts.

Like we have done before, we did a germ experiment with lotion and glitter:

First she rubbed lotion into her hands,

then i put a pinch of glitter (germs) in her hands and she rubbed that all in,

She tried to get the ‘germs’ off with just a tissue.

We talked about how using a tissue or towel to rub the germs off doesn't work. Instead we need soap and water.

Brianna loved painting with cotton balls and q-tips.

She made a thank you note for her pediatrician. (which we will mail out soon!)

We got these books from the library:

Froggy Goes To The Doctor by Jonathan London

Kiss It Better by Hiawyn Oram

Not-Theme Related:

She played with blocks alot!

At home,

and at the museum.

She made butterfly prints out of cabbage leaves!

We went bowling with our homeschool group.

She worked on pasting in her Kumon book,

and matched the numbers on this wipe-off sheet from our Lets Count set. She needed some help from me but she did alot better than i thought she would!

I will be posting about our MD trip when i get back! Have a good week everyone!

I will be linking to:

*I am using the Joyful Learning curriculum.

Cabbage Leaf Prints

I saw this cool idea here to make tree prints with cabbage leaves and we just happened to have some leftover cabbage that i was going to be throwing away very soon. So i knew we had to try it.

However… the cabbage leaves we had were alot smaller than hers because we were at the very end of the head of it.

But it ended up making pretty butterfly prints! (this one is Bri's)

Just cover a cabbage leaf with paint and press onto paper!

Voila!

(Connor says his are bat prints, not butterfly prints)

Although cabbage leaves are thicker, i bet this would work ok with lettuce leaves too. It’s a great way to use up some of the leaves if your planning on throwing it out.

Tot School and Preschool Corner: Valentine’s Day

*This is going to be a combined post of both Brianna’s Tot School and Connor’s Preschool Corner.

I’ll start with Brianna:

She practiced pouring.

She tweezered felt flowers, which was difficult for her because they were so thin. So i had to help her.

With my help she found the right number of Valentines objects and stamped the number with a bingo marker.

She practiced putting paper clips on and off a paper heart. I thought she would have difficulty putting them back on but she didn't at all!

Again with my help, she put the correct number of candy hearts into teacups.

I hid a few paper hearts around the house and she found them.

She bingo stamped a V is for Valentine sheet.

And put the correct number of candy hearts onto the squares.

She sorted paper hearts by size,

painted with red and pink ribbons and watered down paint,

and practiced tracing.

Connor’s Activities:

Connor made heart prints from an apple that looked like a heart.

He practiced tracing.

He did some Valentines Day math using our counting clowns for help.

He worked on the numbers 12-14.

We graphed candy hearts to see which color we had the most of.

He did some Valentines Day math.

He practiced his cutting skills.

Both Kids:

They wrote out valentines for their friends and family :)

Connor wrote the names and signed each one! I had to tell him which letters to write of course.

Brianna picked each card out and i wrote who it was to. Then she drew on each one with a crayon.

They enjoyed a Valentines Day muffin tin meal.

(yogurt raisins, pudding with sprinkles, yogurt with sprinkles, valentines day cookies and grapes.)

Non- V-day Related:

I am so proud of how Connor has improved with writing his numbers! It happened out of nowhere because he wasn't nearly this good even last week. Here’s a page he did this week from his Christian Liberty book.

Me and the kids played Cootie a few times.

And we worked on some 3D animal puzzles they got for Christmas.

Brianna sorted our counting clowns by color. This was very easy for her and she was done in less than a minute.

Connor worked on his tracing Kumon book,

and patterns.

He also worked on puzzles this week.

Oh and Connor has been doing awesome with matching uppercase and lowercase letters! It feels so good when hard work pays off doesn't it? Here’s another page from his Christian Liberty book.

I will be linking this post up to:

• Preschool Corner
• Tot School
• Muffin Tin Monday

 

*For Brianna i am using the Joyful Learning curriculum.