Preschool Corner: Letter A

Well, we started up school this week and got off with a good start. I am using Hands on Homeschooling Age 4 with the big boys and they are loving it. Plus I tend to supplement quite a bit with other things that I find online. So, started off the year with the letter A. Here are a few of the things that we did:

Our theme was air travel. So, we got lots of books from the library about airplanes. We made paper airplanes to fly, which they LOVED! For our dramatic play, we pretended to take an airplane ride. It was quite funny because we they got into a dialogue about a plane trip that we took last year that was, ummm, rather interesting...to say the very least! (Be sure to read it...if you want a good laugh...or cry...if you are symphathetic!) {smile}

We played an ant file folder game that I made. (If interest in the game is expressed, I will post about it and how to make it...just let me know.)

For our Bible lesson, we learned about Ananias and Saphira from Acts 5:1-10. (Ananias for letter A). I took out the kids piggy banks and dumped all the money out. I then put it into a bag and asked them if they wanted it back. Of course they said yes. So, I gave each of them a handful of money and I kept the rest, which they were not happy about. This was a great to tie into the story of Ananias and Saphira not giving all their money and how it made God unhappy.

I took it a step further and decided to turn it into a math lesson. We separated the coins in stacks based on their value and talked a bit about it. Then, since I had been meaning to empty their piggy banks and wrap the coins to deposit into their bank accounts...I had them do it. This was great to work on hand-eye-coordination. They did a few and I did end up doing the rest. Then I had the bright idea to take a field trip to the bank next week...you know for the letter B. {smile} I love it when I come up with stuff like that on the fly! So, the bank is on our "to do list" for next week.

The boys also started their Alphabet book, which is simply a pronged folder (orange for DC and blue for JJ). Each week they will add two pages to their book. The first page is a collage of pictures that begin with the letter of the week. (I go through all the magazines and sales papers that we get and clip pics that I think could be used for their books. I keep them filed away alphabetically so that when we need some pics, I can just grab the file with the letter we need.) The second page is sheet where they practice writing the letter of the week and color a picture starting with it. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I use page protectors to put each page into. That way their "books" are a bit more durable...especially when the carry them around to show off their work to everyone!

Finally, we did a few other things that didn't really pertain to the letter A. They played with the color file folder game that I made for them to help with spelling the color names. Yes, it does say, "reb." JJ had a little bit of trouble with the "b" "p" and "d."

Oh, and the best part is that they discovered the Where's Waldo? books at the library. They had alot of fun trying to find Waldo. We used them at home and at the doctors office. It was a great way to occupy them and keep them quite for awhile!

So, that is a little bit of what the big boys did this week. We are looking forward to next week!

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