Tot School

Prereading

 

 An alphabet bingo game.  We took the letter tiles and matched them to their upper case. So easy, Bear got bored quickly, but wanted to keep playing because she loves the buttons.

 

Using the Melissa & Doug Alphabet Puzzle Book to find "what sound does lion start with" and so on.  I love that the pieces are magnetic.  I find the book aspect of this puzzle to be a bit of a frustration factor though; hence the cookie sheet.

 

Spelling using Boggle Jr.

 

Math

 

Don't know why this picture won't center.  More of this fraction puzzle.  She asks for it daily.

 

I made a snowman counting game for her, focusing on numbers 1 through 5.  She flips a number tile then places the corresponding number of buttons on the snowman.  Notice she "helped" decorate the snowman with her markers before she started with the buttons.

I posted about the above game here, but we did two variations.  One where we played with buttons instead of pompoms, and another in which she sorted Cheerios, Goldfish crackers, Cornflakes, dried blueberries and raisins.  You could play it with candy, but Bear isn't allowed candy.

Art

Painting and oil pastels.  You can see her star project here.

Science

We made crystals and explored solids and liquids while making chocolate fondue.

Fine Motor Skills 

Grating soap to make soap balls.

 

Transferring water by squeezing it out of a sponge.  Great for finger and hand muscles.

 

Her Melissa & Doug Latches Board.  She spends lots of time with this one.

And building "chateaux" with her Melissa & Doug Unit Blocks.  The fairies have moved from their tree stump.

To see what other's are doing in Tot School, visit Carisa's blog.

I feel that the activities we are doing are more advanced and address preschool learning objectives; therefore, I will be moving on to join Jolanthe's Preschool Corner the first week of January.    This coming week will mark the last of our Tot School posts.  We hope you continue to follow our learning activities over at the Preschool Corner.