Working on R

J is learning in spite of me. I went into the upstairs where we do "school" and this is what I found. J had been playing with her magnetic letters and she placed her name on the easel. Okay, so she used a b instead of a d (this is a difficult task for any four year old) but she knows her name.

We began by sorting objects into two categories - Real and not real. Okay, so the unicorn is a bit of a stretch.

We made our garden/dirt bin. I am not sure she is going to like this. I found some flowers and flower pots, a digger tool from Ikea, some glass rocks in different shapes, some beans for seeds, and some plastic egg cups. She can "plant" the flowers and make little flower arrangements. The dirt I found is literally dirt from the ground with plant roots and all. She loves her rice bins and beans but the dirt, I am still unsure. We will see.

R is for roller coaster. I found this printable roller coaster game and I programmed it with the letters of the alphabet. In order to stay on the spot, J had to say the letter and the sound it made. The game is found here.

J is sewing her letter R.

J is working on her name. After she placed the letters in correct order, I covered her eyes and took a letter away. She had to "find" the missing letter.

A while ago in 'Merica, I found this flower game. It had flower cards for each letter and several games you could play with them. We are matching the pictures. These go well with our new garden unit.

Our world map is getting full. Each week, we read about an animal that corresponds to the letter we are learning and we place the animal picture on the map where they would live. At the beginning of the year, we placed pictures of our family and connected them to where they live. J remembers that her big brother lives by the flamingos. We added a reindeer this week.

As promised, photos of DH driving a backhoe. Yes, that is J inside.

And some funny photos of Kaleb eating a noodle. He sucked it in until it was gone. What's coming this week, the letters S and T (we have to combine a couple since our time is running short), more garden items, and I have only 9 more days for this Internet class!