First Week of School 2012

We had a great  first week of school. I had planned things to go very slow, taking our time and starting at the most simple of simple things, but my girly had another idea. She wants to write and read so badly that she was making leaps ahead of where I had planned to start. Since I wouldn't want to frustrate her, I am changing to meet her where she is so we can catch that joy and excitement of learning! We are doing lots of things to help small motor strength and endurance. Play dough, Light Bright, and coloring all can help small motor development. Lil Princess was so proud of her rainbow alligator letter A. Lil Dumpling was more traditional with  a green alligator but also had a lot of fun. I got the Animal Alphabet from http://www.education.com/ Today we used plastic C clips to sort colors and make chains and learn about patterns. After that we used play dough to make letter A. I just use a plastic page protector on a piece of construction paper where I had written the letter A for them to press the play dough along the lines. They love it and it doesn't stick at all. Best of all? School only took about 30 minutes a day!