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immediately after i took claire's picture, mya jumped into place.

alphabet floor puzzle from  bx
i say it jokingly, but i do feel as though i have a third job as a private preschool teacher. ha. i was feeling more torn now that claire is three and not enrolled in a preschools. i decided to provide a bit more structured support at home to compensate for what she may be missing. here are some of our little lessons and activities. my focus is strictly on helping her become more aware of letters and their sounds. she is solid on her vocabulary use and understanding, conceptual use and understanding, counting, etc., but has limited ability to identify letters and know what sounds they make. i do tie writing into our lessons, but i could care less at this point if she actually write the letter 'f.' i simply do it because writing seems to mean 'school' to her.

i can't seem to place a caption on some of the pictures, so i'll just give the details here. this week was fire prevention week, so i used that theme to create our lesson. i read the book, then created the fireman hats, moving on to making a firetruck picture out of 2 different shapes--rectangles and circles, and finally working on writing /f's/. mya does all the activities as well, but i obviously have to help her.
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Anonymous said…
What a creative momma...You are so wonderful with those girls. I love projects wish you lived closer and those kids could really have some fun.

Love ya,
J
October 9, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Anonymous said…
My goodness, next thing you know you will homeschool. ha!
Lisa
October 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM
April said…
Love IT!! We should live closer, as our lives seem to frequently parallel. Rory is great at the letter recognition, sounds of letters and which letter begins which word but doesn't always want to do the writing of letters.
P.S. I love the fire engine! And I know I say this all the time, but Claire looks like a little lady!! She is growing up so much!
October 14, 2010 at 4:27 AM
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