My Quivers Full - Tot School -- Week 2

Aug. 14, 2009 - Tot School -- Week 2

I'm still geting used to filling the boxes every day, though it is helping me greatly to make detailed plans for the week. I jot down in my planner what I'm putting in them at the beginning of the week, then I just need a few minutes to fill the boxes for the following day. Wondering what other families are doing for Tot School? Click on the Tot School link above, or visit this week's post HERE.

Monday: We're calling this one "Migraine Monday". Ugh! No Tot School today!!

Tuesday:

wooden beads threaded onto a pipe cleaner (o.t. work)
Math U See page
Letter B page, paint blue
Color naming & matching with color snap blocks (o.t. work)
Pouring little beads into jar with funnel (note to self....make sure beads can easily pass through opening of funnel before giving to Peanut!!!) (o.t. work)

Pictures from Tuesday:

You can tell from his expression....uh, mom, these things aren't going through!!

Wednesday:

Feed the Seals letter matching game (favorite activity this week!)
Color snap blocks, color naming & sequencing two colors (o.t. work)
Math U See page
Stickers on a number page (thanks Casey for the idea !) (o.t. work)
ABC-123 number 2 page
Snipping strips of paper (o.t. work)

Pictures from Wednesday (Yes he's in his pajamas! He didn't want to wait to dive into his boxes):

Best game ever: match the letter on the index card "fish" to the letter on the front of the seal (envelope), then feed the seal. This week we had the letters A, a, B, b. The book I got this idea from is Carol Barniers book: The Big What Now of Learning Styles.

Thursday:

Kumon coloring book
Letter B sand letter & build with blocks from How to Build an A book
Handwriting Without Tears page
Same or Different page
Clip number page w/stickers (from yesterday) onto clothesline (o.t. work)
Butterfly Craft (thank you Crunchy & Green for this idea!)

Pictures from Thursday:

These turned out remarkably well, especially considering Peanut went crazy with the spray bottle!

Friday:

Math U See page
Paper punch shapes (found these last year at Big Lots for a dollar each!!) (o.t. work)
Little Hands to Heaven letter B hide and seek page
File Folder game: Ice cream color match
Kumon Tracing page (o.t. work)
Umbrella toothpicks in styrofoam (o.t. work) oh my goodness he loved these!

Pictures from Friday:

Peanut enjoyed these paper punches, but they were just too hard for him to do all by himself. We'll work more on finger muscle strength and bring these out again later in the year.

Playdoh wasn't planned, but he asked. I'm not about to turn down an opportunity to break out the Playdoh, especially since his Occupational Therapist wants him to work even more on strengthening the muscles in his fingers!

Again, we also read oodles of books, this week focusing on things that start with the B sound. I'm thrilled he remembered his sound from last week (A), and has picked up the sound from this week (B). Two weeks in, and Peanut's doing great with school (shhhh, nobody tell him it's school!!) Peanut also had lots of fun making balloons fly through the air while everyone else did a physics lesson with balloons, and we saw a gorgeous double rainbow after a thunderstorm. You'll have to look very close, I don't have the best camera and the second rainbow was fading fast!