A is for Ambulance

Stressful this week, tons of interruptions, but I was able to get some work done with Kaleb. He loved playing with the activities that I planned for him. Because of my lack of personal space, I placed all activities in large ziplock bags which I contained in a shoe box. This kept things down to a minimum and allowed for him to choose what he wanted to do.

I bought a small plastic bin and a large bag of black beans. I kept the sensory bin simple. I added several ambulances and letter A's to the beans.

I gave him some letter A stickers and the ambulance sheet from Royal Baloo's pack. He loves sticking stickers onto things.

In the course of the move, I lost Kaleb's safety scissors and he found J's scissors. He practiced cutting ambulances. He proceeded to ask me if he could cut his hair. (He has watched me trim my bangs, I think I will have to do that behind the bathroom door now)

Kaleb painted with watercolors the ambulance craft sheet that I included in my lesson plan.

This was my big splurge - transportation counters from the educational store. They were a bit pricey but I knew that he would have a ball playing with them. In fact, he played with them all week. Here he is "sorting" them according to color.

I found some cheap dixie cups at the Dollar Store and wrote the letter A on them. Then, I had Kaleb use some small balls to knock down the letter A towers. This can also be done using the ambulance vehicle. Boys love knocking things down.

Can you tell what shirt my tot loves? He is fascinated with Lightning McQueen. He would wear this shirt every day. I promise this is another day ;) I found some Melissa and Doug (love them) vehicle magnets. There are 20 in the set and they just about match the Zoomin' Movin' Alphabet series, so I just had to buy them. I only wish I had a larger magnetic board.

Lastly, Kaleb worked on a vehicle puzzle. I would hide the pieces to make it more difficult to put together. Our first week is finished. Now I am off to prepare for b and bus! See you soon.