{"id":3283,"date":"2012-04-21T00:58:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2012\/04\/21\/toddler-schoolletter-l\/"},"modified":"2012-04-21T00:58:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T05:58:14","slug":"toddler-schoolletter-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2012\/04\/21\/toddler-schoolletter-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler School&ndash;Letter L"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week we learned all about the Letter L.&#160; After a few days of studying, I realized I completely skipped the Letter K!&#160; Oops!&#160; I guess we will make that one up next week!&#160; Here are some of our L activities.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 001\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-001.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>We collected leaves and then did some leave rubbings.&#160; She had a hard time with this because she is still not pressing down very hard when she writes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 004\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 004\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-004.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Then we painted with leaves!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 005\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 005\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-005.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>She had some leftover paint, so we practiced writing the Letter L using our fingers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 006\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 006\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-006.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Handprint lion!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 008\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 008\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-008.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Bead balancing \u2013 I made a mound of clay and stuck an uncooked spaghetti noodle in it and then she slid on the beans.&#160; Great fine motor practice!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 011\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 011\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-011.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>While she was working, I made a lady bug out of the leftover clay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 012\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 012\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-012.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>A special lion lunch.&#160; I served with a PB sandwich!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 015\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 015\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-015.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Letter L lion<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Blyde River Canyon 016\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blyde River Canyon 016\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blyde-River-Canyon-016.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Hand and footprint lobster.&#160; I goofed and put her footprint upside down, but you get the idea!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"More letter L, fire pit 005\" border=\"0\" alt=\"More letter L, fire pit 005\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/More-letter-L-fire-pit-005.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Ladybug fun.&#160; We made the paper plate lady bug and then rolled dice to see how many spots to put on him.&#160; When we were finished we just glued the spots on.&#160; This would be easy to adapt to addition by rolling a dice for each side, laying the spots on both sides and then counting them all together.&#160; Then we made a Letter L ladybug by coloring an L red and then gluing on spots.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"More letter L, fire pit 006\" border=\"0\" alt=\"More letter L, fire pit 006\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/More-letter-L-fire-pit-006.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Since Mikayla&#8217;s middle name starts with an L, I decided to work on spelling it this week.&#160; So, I made some letter cards and put them on binder clips upside down and had her put them in order.&#160; We will continue to work on her middle name in weeks to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Next week we will move backwards to the letter K, although I am still struggling with activities for this one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week we learned all about the Letter L.&#160; After a few days of studying, I realized I completely skipped the Letter K!&#160; Oops!&#160; I guess we will make that one up next week!&#160; Here are some of our L activities. 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