As y'all know Ann Peyton is in school now- she goes twice a week to a little homeschool supplementation program in the area. She takes dance classes, Kindermusik, and gymnastics there, but they also focus on basic pre-reading skills. One thing I have loved is that they focus on a different letter each week.
I decided that it would be fun as part of our homeschool routine to pick out a couple of words that begin witht that letter, find books on them and then do a (very small) activity to go along with it. The do little crafts and activities at school, but I decided it would be fun to do on a couple of the days that she's at home, as well.
A couple of things:
I should be clear- I'm SUPER laid back about this. I really try to make it a priority, but we've missed a couple of weeks already and it's not something I'm going to let stress me out. But it's also been a good way to help me think up a few focused activities to do with her- something I've been trying to do with varying degrees of success for MONTHS. For some reason, the way my mind works, I just do better if I have a "prompt". Like it's easier for me to start with a letter, then pick a topic, get a book, and then formulate an idea for a craft or activity rather than just browsing Pinterest for "toddler/preschooler activities at home" or whatever.
The second thing is that I didn't realize how much Annie and I would both *love* the weekly library aspect. I should have because we both adore books, but I didn't. I'll probably do a whole post about that one here soon, but it's just been something really fun and neat and I've enjoyed it so much.
Anyway, here are a couple of our weeks so far (like I said, we haven't been diligent every week).
We read Immi's Gift which is an adorable little story about a little girl in an Igloo and also a nonfiction book called The Green Iguana. I'm going to do a separate post about my favorite library books so far and Immi's Gift I'm sure will show up there. The Green Iguana was a little more advanced than I realized, but AP still sat through it and I think absorbed a little. We'll probably mostly stick to stories from now on unless she displays a strong interest in something specific.
For our activities that week, we made an "igloo" in Annie's room and I told her that she could stick out her tongue and lick these "ants" of the "log" like a green iguana would!
The next week we did L (notice they don't go in alphabetical order).
We read The Apple Pie Tree, The Grouchy Ladybug, Leaf Man, and Wee Little Lambs.
These are such fun ideas! We might "borrow" some of them :)
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