Alphabet Fun: Letter C

We had SO much fun with "C Week"! Our main theme was CUPCAKES! Who wouldn't have fun with that? LOL!

A funny thing happened this week and on the days I took pictures Rylee was wearing the SAME outfit. If you look closely though you will notice that it is a CUPCAKE outfit! She was SO excited about her cupcake outfit (also known now as her "C outfit") and wanted to wear it EVERYDAY that week! Well, I wouldn't let her wear it everyday but I guess the few days I took pics of what she was doing that is what she was wearing. I promise she has more than 1 outfit in her closet ;)

BOOK



WORDS THAT RYLEE READ
Lots of progress again this week! I cannot believe how fast she is catching on to reading! YEAH!!!

Here's her CVC word list for this week:
Cab
Cat
Cap
Cob
Cot
Cop
Cub
Cut
Cup

I made a "C" CVC word flip chart for her! She LOVED this!! You can download it from here








ACTIVITIES

C Blends: I put magnets on the back and put them on the fridge. We go through them while I'm cooking or working in the kitchen. She reviews on her own or I will say a blend and ask her to bring me the right card. She LOVES this! You can download them from here


Color a large letter C


Sign Language


Letter C Magnet Page (page printed from Making Learning Fun; Used with magnetic Pom Poms)


Dot 2 Dot (printed from Making Learning Fun)


C Puzzle (You can download from here) I was afraid this wouldn't work well as a puzzle but it ended up working great. I cut the bottom of the cupcake off as 1 of the puzzle pieces and then cut the top of the cupcake into 3 pieces (in different direction and cutting in a 'curvy' line)


Make a C out of playdoh


Make a C Book (printed from enchanted learning)


Match Light & Dark Colors (You can download from here)


Lacing Cards (Download here)


Do a cartwheel (of course we had to make this a part of our C week... Rylee is obsessed with gymnastics! LOL)! Bad pic, she was moving to fast and I forgot to adjust my settings...



MATH
Rylee started adding this week! She worked on the +1 addition facts and did GREAT!!! You can download the cupcake addition cards from here!


Count Coins (she counted pennies)


Patterns (you can download from here)


Letter C Search (I can't find the pic of this, but I just make them in microsoft word really quick...)

SCIENCE
Color Mixing! We have the Color Mixing Instant Learning Center that we used for this activity. Rylee LOVED this! You use the color paddles and follow the guide and put the different paddles together to form colors. Like the first one, you pick up the red paddle and the blue paddle, hold them together and you get purple. So you put the purple crayon at the end. This is such a neat set!


WRITING
Guess I didn't get pics but she worked on writing her C's and 4's (used Abeka writing sheets)

GAMES
Lots of games of candyland going on during "C" week!



LETTER C FUN NIGHT
We had cupcakes (of course... lol) and afterwards we cuddled up on the couch and watched "Cars" :) :)

For more preschool activity ideas head over to the Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations!! There are tons of WONDERFUL preschool ideas and resources there! Make sure you link up and share what you are doing with your preschooler each week!

ALPHABET FUN BAG


Activities I made to go in the *Letter C* Fun Bag include:

* Cupcake Puzzle
* Letter C CVC Word Flip Chart
* Cupcake +1 Addition
* "c" Blends
* Cupcake Patterns
* Light & Dark Color Matching
* Lacing Cards
* Bag Label

Bag Label

Alphabet Fun: Letter B

BOOKS


WORDS THAT RYLEE READ:
Yes, she's still progressing with her reading and I am SO proud of her! During B week she read these words:

* Bat
* Bag
* Bed
* Bit
* Bib
* Big
* Bug

We have not covered all the letters in pre-k yet but Rylee knows all her letters and sounds already. We do a quick review of the sound and then move on to blends! She is doing SO great too. She sounds out a word and the smile on her face is just priceless! Every. Single. Time. She gets so excited! I love it!


ACTIVITIES

* Put the Letter B on the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree!

* Color a large letter B


* "b" blends I made (printed on cardstock, laminated and I put magnets on the back so we could put them on the fridge. While I'm cooking or working in the kitchen I say a blend, have her find it and bring it to me. She also will go through them on her own)...


* Letter B Dot 2 Dot (printed from making learning fun)


* Letter B Magnet Page (page printed from making learning fun; used magnetic pom poms on it)


* Capital & Small Letter B Matching game I made...


* Sign Language


* Build with Blocks


* Stringing Beads


* Lacing Cards I made (printed on colored cardstock)


* Letter B Search


* Words that start with the letter B book (printed from enchanted learning)


* Puzzle


* Baking ~ Rylee helped me bake cookies this week. She LOVES to do that!


MATH

* Size Order: Biggest to Smallest; Smallest to Biggest


* Number Matching (match numbers to the butterfly mat with the correct # of butterflies); I also had her put the numbered butterflies in order from 1 - 10


WRITING
Abeka Letter "B" workbook pages and writing #3...



GAMES
* Balance a bean bag on your head


* Walk backwards (or what Rylee is doing... the crabwalk backwards... lol)


SONGS
* Baby Bumblebee
* Wheels on the bus

LETTER B FUN NIGHT
We had butterscotch pudding and watched Barbie Thumbelina (one of Rylee's favorites)

For more preschool activity ideas head over to the Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations!! There are tons of WONDERFUL preschool ideas and resources there! Make sure you link up and share what you are doing with your preschooler each week!

ALPHABET FUN BAG



Activities I made to go in the *Letter B* Fun Bag include:

*Butterfly Blends
* Lacing Cards
* Puzzle
* Number Recognition and Order
* Capital and Small B Matching
* Size Order (Biggest to Smallest; Smallest to Biggest)
* Bag Label

B Bag Cover

1st Grade: Weeks 6 - 12, sort of...

Alexis is moving right along and doing SO well! I am so proud of her. She really LOVES school and looks forward to it every day!

I will not be posting anymore 'weekly reviews' for Alexis. Instead I will post more specific posts of things she is doing (with pictures) throughout each week. I think this is going to be a lot more fun and allow me to post about more of what she is doing in a little more depth (and include more pictures of her and games I made). I keep a record of everything she is doing. Sitting down and posting a big review post of everything she had done that week was kind of time consuming. Which is why I haven't posted one for a long time ;) LOL!

It's very hard to do one 'general' catch up post for Alexis. She is doing SO much! She LOVES spelling, her reading is improving everyday, she learns new phonics rules and special sounds FAST (as in she remembers them VERY quickly and is ready for the next). Math, well... math... she is moving along SO fast. I can't even begin to write about everything she is doing. She is keeping up and doing WONDERFUL though... so we just keep going. We have slowed down some with the heritage studies and astronomy. She will still finish it, maybe a few weeks late, but that's just fine :)

More specific posts throughout the weeks will work SO much better for her. I am just amazed at how much 1st graders do! LOL! She loves it though!

Kindergarten: Weeks 6 - 12

WOW... it's been a LONG time since I've posted. I'm attempting a quick catch up post on what Austin has been up to in Kindergarten. It's been a while since I have updated. I was doing 'weekly' posts and thought about doing that again, however, I think from now on I'm just going to make posts about more specific things he does throughout the week. I keep a record of everything the kids are doing so I guess I really don't need to do weekly reviews on here too. I'll just post the fun stuff, with pictures (and links to games I make... lol).

But here's where he is now...

First... we scrapped the Abeka K5 curriculum. Well, I'm still using the worksheets as they are needed and the reading books, but all the curriculum guides I am done with. Austin is ahead of the 'curriculum' and for a while there I was kind of feeling like I HAD to use it and go in the exact order it said. It's not working. He is seriously BORED!!! BTW, that's not a good thing for a 5y/o boy ;)


Phonics....
Austin knows all the letters, their sounds, capital/small letters and the blends. He is ready to read and easily reading small words. I have introduced the two vowel rule and he is marking vowels and sounding those words out to. He is working through the list of sight words and really making AWESOME progress!! I have introduced a few of the special sounds and he is also quickly catching on to those.

Math...
No need to keep going over and over the 1 - 50 numbers, he has it. He understands families, can tell me what numbers to use to make different numbers (like 72 or 89 or 199... lol), recognizes numbers easily, etc... He can do simple addition and simple subtraction and is working on counting by 10's (counting by 5's will be introduced soon). He understands bigger, smaller, greater, less than, patterns, putting numbers in order biggest to smallest (vice versa), ordinal numbers, before and after numbers, etc...! He is also learning how to measure, tell time, count money (we have done pennies and are working on dimes, nickels will be introduced next)....

He LOVES math so it's not a surprise to me that he is doing SO well with it. I figure we'll just keep going....

Writing...
This is an area where Austin can really use the work. But that's okay. I just have him work on it daily. He is improving a LOT!

I am very happy with Austin's progress over the last few weeks. ESPECIALLY since throwing out the guides and just going for it. He is doing SO great.

From now on I will post more 'specific' things he is doing instead of one review of it all. This will make it easier for me. I can just post things as he does them and as I have time.

Where do you get all your 'graphics' for your printables?

I have been asked this a few times so thought I'd take a moment to answer this question... and it's a very important one.

Where do I get all my graphics for the printables I make?

Well, I make them. After doing a lot of research and looking at copyright laws and all that I decided to hand draw everything and then use my paint shop pro program to finish it all and create my games. It's easy, but time consuming!

I am very against using a picture or graphic that someone else has created and calling it your own or 'making it' your own. When I have used something from another site I always give credit where credit is due.

It is time consuming to create everything. But it's the only way I can do it and feel okay with sharing my printables with others :)

Vowel Song

Rylee basically knew the vowel song by the time she started preschool considering Alexis and Austin have both learned it over the last two years. HOWEVER, she still LOVES singing this song so I thought I'd share her singing it :)

Alphabet Fun: Letter T

I'm WAY behind in posting. LOL! We have just been so busy. And this week I managed to miss getting a few of the pics... well, I thought I took them but they are not on my camera so I may have accidentally deleted them :( Oh-well, I still managed to take a few pictures ;)

I do have some EXCITING NEWS .... Rylee read her FIRST WORD this week!!! I am SO excited for her. Since we did the "L" blends last week this week once we reviewed the sound T makes we put a 't' on the end of "lo" and "li" for her to read. She DID IT no problems! YEAH! Way to go Rylee!!!!

BOOKS


CRAFTS
* Color a large letter "T"


* She made an adorable Turtle, but I can't find the pic now.


ACTIVITIES

* T Blends
I made these as magnets to go on the fridge. I say the sound a blend makes, she picks the right train car. She really loves this and it's really helping her to learn those blends!


* Capital and Small Tt Matching


* Sign Language


* Puzzle


* Telephone Practice
I used the telephone page from dltk kids I printed it on paper with our numbers and the emergency number for her to practice. I put magnets on the back so we could put it on the fridge. I also made magnetic number that she used to put in the correct order of our numbers.


* Letter "T" Search


* Magnetic Letter Page (printed from Making Learning Fun; Used with magnetic pom poms)


* "Words that start with T" Book


* Lacing Cards ~ Can't find my pic :(

MATH

* Telling Time
Match the clocks with the correct time cards. Then set the correct time on the big clock. She LOVED this!


* Put train cars in order by number; Put correct number of triangles (and color) on each car


WRITING

* Abeka Writing Pages


* Learn to write the number 2 (perfect for this week since two starts with a T... lol)



GAMES

* Pretend to be a train



SONGS
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


LETTER T FUN NIGHT
We had taco's and watched teenage mutant ninja turtles :)

For more preschool activity ideas head over to the Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations!! There are tons of WONDERFUL preschool ideas and resources there! Make sure you link up and share what you are doing with your preschooler each week!

ALPHABET FUN BAG


Activities I made to go in the *Letter T* Fun Bag include:
* Train Blends
* Lacing Cards
* Puzzle
* Number Train and Counting
* Train Large L and small l matching
* Telling Time
* Bag Label

All the Letter T documents can be found here

Bag Label

Alphabet Fun: Letter L

BOOKS


CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM
Every week Rylee REALLY looks forward to reading her "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" book and adding a new letter to the tree!!



CRAFTS

* Color a large Letter "L"


* Rylee made a "ladybug" hat! She LOVED this!




ACTIVITIES

* Dot 2 Dot:


* Puzzle:


* Capital L and small l matching:


* Letter "L" Search


* Magnetic Page (printed from Making Learning Fun; Used with magnetic pom poms)


* Sign Language



* BLENDS
This was the first week for Rylee working with blends. She did very well with this! I made up these blend "lollipops" for the letter "L" and put magnets on the back so I could put them on the fridge. I would say a blend (la, le, li, lo or lu) and have her bring me the correct one. She LOVED this!!


* Lacing Cards


* "L" book (printed from enchanted learning)



MATH

* Patterns:


* Counting & Number Recognition (count the lollipops and put the correct number on page... I used our magnetic numbers for this activity)




WRITING

* Letter "L" Pages from Abeka K4 Writing:


* She started writing 1's this week too:



GAMES

* Follow the Leader

* Left and Right


LETTER L FUN NIGHT
The kids had lollipops and watched Lassie :)

For more preschool activity ideas head over to the Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations!! There are tons of WONDERFUL preschool ideas and resources there! Make sure you link up and share what you are doing with your preschooler each week!

ALPHABET FUN BAG

Activities I made to go in the *Letter L* Fun Bag include:
* Lollipop Blends
* Lacing Cards
* Puzzle
* Pattern Cards
* Lollipop Large L and small l matching
* Counting Lollipops & Number Recognition
* Bag Label

Pictures used were all made by me.

All the Letter L documents can be found here

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