Aug. 21, 2009 - Tot School: Week 3
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Alrighty another four day week around here, but it's for a great reason. FINALLY Peanut (4) has had his testing with the Neuropsych! Woo, am I glad that's done....and I'm sure Peanut is too! Next week will be his testing with the Opthamologist for vision issues, then we'll brace ourselves for all of the results. 
He had problems with the letter C this week...he keeps calling it T. We'll do another week of C next week, and review the letters we've done so far. Hey, at least he got through the first two letters before running into trouble. I'm happy with that! Here was our Tot School this week:
Monday:
- Name card with magnets (woo, he was excited about this one!)
- Colors!! Paints in baggies good for mixing, squishing, etc.
- Same or Different Page
- Clothespins on matching pipe cleaner
- Geo-board shapes
- ABC-123 page
Pictures from Monday:
This was a BIG hit!! I'll be making more of these for next week :)
C is for Colors! He had a good time with this one too...and so did his brothers 
A little O.T. time with muscle strengthening exercises. He really enjoyed this and wasn't happy about only having five of each colored clip. I eagerly went to the store to buy more.
Tuesday:
- Letter C, make into a caterpillar
- Felt button squares
- Handwriting Without Tears page
- Kumon coloring page
- baster with water
- Magnet number puzzle
Pictures from Tuesday:
Yes, back in p.j.'s again. I'm just excited about his excitement!!
Oh my goodness, do you see those C's??!! This boy was excited to make a recognizable letter....even if he did keep calling it T.
A little more O.T. for those hand muscles. He very much enjoyed this. Back and forth went the water. I'm suprised how little got on the desk!
Wednesday:
- Car shapes craft
- Handwriting Without Tears page
- Tweezers & puff balls in cups
- Book on Tape
- Melissa & Doug word puzzles
- snap, zip, clip puzzle pieces
Pictures from Wednesday:
More, more, more O.T. for those hands! This was pretty difficult for him. These puff balls like to spring away so you really need to squeeze hard to keep them in the tweezers. It was very tiring for his little muscles.
A book break: Froggy Plays Baseball
Trying to put together a car shapes puzzle. Pretty taxing for a little guy with suspected visual perception problems. He was able to complete it with a little bit of help.
Thursday: Testing day. That's enough work for a week! No school things today!! Let's go swimming!
Friday:
- Little Hands to Heaven Hide and Seek Leter C
- ABC-123 page
- Handwriting Without Tears chalkboard, etc.
- Thread blocks on shoelace
- File Folder Game: Pizza Party
- Stamps & Paper
Pictures from Friday:
Trying out a little Handwriting Without Tears sequence, since he was so proud of his C's from earlier in the week.
Oh how Peanut loves his stamps!
A little Pizza Number Party game. Big Man (9) complained it was making him too hungry to look at it.
Okay, so he was supposed to thread these blocks onto a shoelace for some O.T. time. He decided it was much more fun to stack them. Little Monkey (7) decides it's time to ham it up. I've really got to get a post together about what the big brothers have been doing so far this schoolyear! If only I could run on two hours sleep.......I could get so much more done!
Comments
Aug. 24, 2009 - How did you make that name card template?
Posted by The Fifth Street Academy
I have been looking to do something like this for my little boy. Just wondering what you did to make that name card.
Thanks
Sarah
http://fifthstreetacademy.blogspot.com/
Aug. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
You did alot of good activities. Thanks for sharing.
Aug. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by barrellfullofmonkeys
Here's how you make the name cards:
Take some cheap letter magnets like you find in a grocery store & some cardstock. Outline the appropriate letters on the cardstock. Print out a little picture of their cute little face, tape to the cardstock. Hand over the paper along with the appropriate magnets so they can be matched to the outline. Viola!! Cheap-O learning that enthralls for a suprisingly long time :)
Kathy
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