A Mom and a Pre-School: T for Triangle Day

My Goal for the Blog

Ok...well I'm not going to "homeschool" for kindergarden and up but I also don't think "pre-school" is something we need. So... I am preparing my child for kindergarden at home. I call it home pre-school (creative I know).

I would like to help other moms doing the same and hopefully create a "village" of moms who are doing this so we can all help each other and create outings etc... Now my kids are 2 1/2 and 4 so I am trying to make my activies range for those ages - there will be different options availble on most days :). Example Kyler is still working on 2 where as Kaden is working on 20 so "2 day" works on both. There will be easy pages and harder worksheets.

I will post our monthly themes, any pre-kindergarden info that I find. I do only 3 days of themes a week. I like to leave days open for grocery shopping etc... I would love any and all reponses that anybody cares to share.

***Update*** I have stopped posting the everyday lessons, just becuase that's a lot of time. But the themes are listed below in the monthly calendar. If you want more info on a specific day or theme just let me know, I would be happy to share :)

September 2009

Ofcourse I have this all in a Power Point presenation and would be happy to e-mail it to you if you want. But.. here is the basic thoughts

Week 1
Let’s Get Messy

Red, Blue, Yellow (primary colors)
Dirt vs Mud (clean vs dirty)

Make Color Wheels.. large paintings.. mud pies :) etc...

Use the color wheels you make to i.d. the colors for the rest of the month.

Random Ideas: Frosting on cookies…. paint on paper plate …rainbows…. food coloring in cups of water (pour to make new colors).

Week 2
Flag Week

Red, White, Blue, Stars and Squares Number 911
Good Guys - Fire Fighters and Police vs bad guys (strangers)

Discuss 911
5 points on a star
4 corners and sides on a square

Practice dialing on play phone.
Go visit a police station or fire house.
Good people vs bad people.
Get out the map! Show were we live.
Our country America… our flag…we are Americans.

Remember Sept 11th!

Week 3
Apple Week

Red & Green, Circle
Aa, Rr, Gg Whole vs Half (measurements)

What can you make with apples?
Focus on measurements whole vs half
How do they grow?
What color are they?
What shape are they?

****NOTE*** I have an apple tree in my backyard. We will be happy to share it :)

Week 4
Fall Week

First day of Autumn on the 22nd
Red, Orange, Yellow
Ff, Oo, Yy
Focus on Nature
Sticks, leaves, pinecones, etc…
Nature walks... make a bird house out of pinecone and peanut butter. etc...

Week 5
Review

Clean up this months stuff.. mail the drawings to friends, grandparents etc... get ready for a new month with. I would keep the things that work for you kid.. ie.. the color wheel as you continue to work on colors, advance it by adding the letters that each color starts etc... :)

Monday, February 23, 2009

T for Triangle Day

Today is very simple

Todays's Color - red
Shape - Triangle
Letter - Tt
Number 3 sides :)

Make triangle, draw triangles, what can you make with lots of triangles? How
many sides?

Also Tt. Write it, Sound it out...

And of course listen to this wonderful Song about triangle from James Blunt
and Telly the Monster on Sesame Street. It's AWESOME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z6tDSb6c8

Katrena Shirley
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My phil. on home pre-school

Yes... a lot of my links listed on here are for worksheets. That is only becuase I as a mom found those to be hardest to find and wanted to share. However, we do most of our learning by playing! I really belive that most learning is done by doing, playing, drawing, and running :). So... don't just do these worksheets or buy pre-school books. Those are great for about a 1/2 hour everyday but spend most of your energy talking about and playing about what you want them to learn. It's more fun for everybody that way.

Mommy Tip

Do you have subscriptions for magazines like Parents etc...? What do you do with it after your read it? Throw it away? What if there was something in there that you wanted to keep for later? Do you keep the whole thing? How do you remember which book it was in?

Problem Solved!!! I call it my "Mommy Binder". It's regular 3 ring binder with sheet protectors. When I find a great article or a good craft idea... I tear it out and put it in my book. Then I recycle the rest. That way... I go to one source and get the info I want!

Learn to write the ABC in a new order!

A different order of teaching a child to write the alphabet.Most children are taught to write the alphabet in chronological order, ABC…etc.

But try this different approach. Progress from the simplest to the most complex characters. I hope you find this method of teaching profitable.

But before you begin go to the "UPPERCASE animated alphabet" to show the child the characters being formed.

First, practice writing characters which contain vertical and horizontal strokes, the E, F, H, I, L and T. You can click on each of these characters and a printable worksheet will appear.

Second, move on to characters formed only by diagonal strokes, the V, W, and X. Third, practice the characters having vertical and diagonal strokes only, the K, M, N and Y. Fouth, practice the character having horizontal and a diagonal stroke only, the A, and Z. Fifth, practice the simplest of characters formed by circular strokes, the C and O. Sixth, do the G and Q. They are only a C and O with a tails on.

Seventh, Now comes the combination of vertical and curves strokes, the B, D, J, P, and U.

Eighth, the R. It’s a P with a leg on.

Finally, the S. Think of the first part as a C and the last part as backwards C.

You can find more alphabet sheets for additional practice.

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T for Triangle Day

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