For the last two weeks we focused on the Letter R. We had some minor interruptions and a massive fort (blankets over our kitchen table) that kept Mikayla busy and occupied so we extended our learning into a second week.
We started the week by coloring the letter R to look like a rainbow. I highlighted around different sections of the R and then she colored them in. She is getting pretty good at staying in the lines. In the last couple of weeks she has started showing more interest in coloring.
Rock letter match. I gathered some rocks from around our house and labeled them with the letters of the alphabet. The she matched them up on her letter puzzle. She enjoyed this game, so I think we will keep it around for a bit. I might even make some lower case letters for her to match to the uppercase ones.
Her pencil grip is getting much better (as long as I help her initially) and she is improving on her fine motor in relation to her pencil strokes. I was proud of her "R’s" here, especially since she didn’t trace them and wrote them on her own.
Rainbow number match. First she glued on the numbers to the rainbows and then she counted the dots and matched them up. I only had to help her with a couple of them. So proud that she is finally starting to recognize her numbers.
Trash rainbow. On Friday when Ben was sick we walked around the mission picking up colored trash. When we got back home we first sorted the trash by color and then I drew out a rainbow outline. She glued the trash to make a rainbow. The extra pieces that didn’t match colors were used as the clouds.
Finished product.
As you can tell she was really excited about this project. As we were walking around picking up trash she would tell everyone that we passed what we were doing. And she continued to look for colored trash the rest of the day!
We made it rain on different letters by using a squirt bottle and wearing our rain boots!
Letter R in the shape of a rabbit.
Rabbit lunch! For the record, unlike usual, she ate every single item on her plate! Incredible!
Other R related activities include: making a name rocket ship using squares for the letter of her name, watching Ratatouille, having races and practicing running. All in all it was a fun two weeks or Letter R! This week we move on to the letter S.
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