Sep. 1, 2009 - Tot School -- Week 4
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Monday:
- spooning beads into egg holder
- twisting lids on jars
- colored clothespins on pipe cleaners
- lace beads on pipe cleaners
- math game: What's the missing number:
Pictures from Monday:
The missing number game: First, lay out numbered cards. I did 0 - 10
Next, have him close his eyes. Flip 1 (or more) cards. He opens his eyes and needs to figure out which card(s) is flipped over. He got the hang of this game after a while. He really enjoyed it & asks to play it again.
Tuesday:
- Shape squencing match (ooo, this was a hit!!)
- Umbrella toothpicks in styrafoam
- Kumon stickers page
- Number matching puzzle
Pictures from Tuesday:
I can't remember which blog I saw this on, but I thank you whomever you are :) Peanut picked up quickly what he was supposed to be doing. He had to match the bottom shape first, then the shape on the top.
Wednesday:
- Seal game: A, a; B, b; C, c
Aaaannnd....that's it. Okay, so here's the deal. My darling hubby, whom I love with all of my heart was home today. He wanted to help out, and considering our house isn't all about Peanut (meaning there's other educating of children to do) he would do Peanuts "boxes". So they layed on the floor together and did a box. They had fun. Then daddy had something to do for a few minutes, told Peanut he could play the Star Wars game he loves so much, thinking he would pick up another box in a while. Yeah. Right. So, to avoid a cataclysmic explosion erupting from Peanut, he was done with boxes for the day. Now my hubby understands how we work the boxes around here. :) He felt bad, but it really wasn't a big deal. We had an eye appointment to get to anyway.
Pictures? I only have a picture of a field trip we took later that day. There was a big WWII ship in our town this week. We went on a tour, which even Little Monkey (7) said was "Really Cool!" Anyone who knows Little Monkey knows this is high praise. Peanut was not thrilled with the big ship until we got on. Then he was so distracted by the maze of the ship, and guns, and being up on the main deck, etc. that he forgot he was afraid the ship would "wake up" and start moving. Here's a picture of Peanut, Big Man (9), and Little Monkey (7) in front of one of the guns they were allowed to try out.
I have a couple more pictures from this trip which I'll post in an update of our other boys. Really, I'm getting to it! Hopefully it will be done by Sat. morning!
Thursday:
- Playdoh
- Jello powder in tray, make letters & shapes (Woah. Biggest hit of the week!)
- Math U See page
- Kumon tracing page
- Same or different page
Pictures from Thursday:
Holey Moley was he excited about this one!! This kept him busy for about 15 minutes. Here he is about 5 minutes into it.
Meet the powder monster. Not bad really. If you look closely you may be able to see his face coated up to his eyes. Notice the spots on my picture? That would be all of the powder floating through the air!
Friday:
- Book on tape
- Tangrams
- Name Card matching
- Math U See page
- Water Color Paints
- "Jump to Shapes" game
Pictures from Friday:
I was able to make name cards for the rest of the family. He LOVES this!
C is for Colors!!
We also did the Jump to the Shapes game & I tried to take pictures, but you couldn't see the tape shapes on the floor. Basically, I just took masking tape & laid it down in different shapes spread around the floor. I called out which shape to jump to next. He enjoyed this very much. In fact, between boxes he would run over and jump through all of the shapes himself, calling them out as he went. 
Gripe of the week: So Peanut went to the developmental opthamologist this week. We had been referred there by both the Neuropsych & the speech therapist. Both said he seems to have either a) a tracking problem, b) a visual perception problem, c) a visual processing problem, or d) all of the above. All I found out at this appointment is that he has problems seeing the difference between blue and purple. DUH! Oh well, at least we can prove now that we're not imagining things. Now, we have to go back for the specialized testing he was supposed to get at the last appointment. Grrr. Believe me, I had typed out a huge rant about this visit, but I've cooled off a little so it's been deleted. More waiting to find out what's going on with Peanut. 
Comments
Sep. 7, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Cute ideas! What website did you print the letters off of to make those name cards? Because i have those same bath letters and would like that idea :)
Sep. 12, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by barrellfullofmonkeys
I just took a piece of cardstock and traced around the letters, very high tech indeed ;) I then printed a picture of each family member and taped it to the appropriate card.
That's the same way I made the shapes for the foam animals that came in the jug of letters. It helps him with his visual discrimination.
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