Mommy School ~ Nn is for Night and Nest

Nn is for Night

To start off our Nn week, we read Goodnight Moon in both English and Chinese.  As we read the book, Kai matched pictures found in the book.  I created vocabulary cards in Chinese and Kai placed counters as I call out each word.  We did this a few times so that he is exposed to the Chinese words.  He also did one tracing worksheetand counted stars.  We didn’t do a night craft because he did one in Gymboree last month.

Nn is for Nest

We read Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest yesterday.  Kai enjoyed this book and actually “retold” the story in his own words.  He worked on some nest printables and we made our nest craft today.

Mommy School ~ Mm is for Moose and Muffin

Our letter Mm week was spread over three days.  We started off by reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and followed it up with our letter crafts.

For math, I placed numbers 1-10 in a muffin tin, and let Kai count and put the corresponding number of counters into each muffin cup.  For literacy, Kai did an ABC match-up (with the help of his big brother!).

We baked mini muffins yesterday.  Kai loved helping out and of course, gobbling down the muffins!

Mommy School ~ Ll is for Ladybug and Leaves

Tuesday, September 2^nd and Wednesday, September 3^rd

We read The Grouchy Ladybug and made a craft to go along with it. 

 Kai worked on tracing Ll’s and a ladybug puzzle.  He still can’t do a 6-piece puzzle independently so I hung a copy of the completed puzzle for him to follow.

Kai also counted felt ladybugs, worked on sequencing ladybugs from smallest to biggest and made a ladybug pattern.

 

Tuesday, September 9^th and Wednesday, September 10^th

We read The Leaf Man and made our version of leaf man as a craft activity.

 Kai practiced tracing Ll using felt leaves, worked on patterning (a skill that we still need to work on), sorting leaves by colour and leaves printables from Teaching Mama.

Mommy School ~ Kk is for King

~Kai is {almost} 41 months~

We read My “k” book yesterday and Kai learnt new words like kingbird, kaleidoscope, kitten, kettledrum, kid (baby goat), katydid, keg.  He did a bit of math yesterday night because he wanted to “study” like Belle & Keefe.  Here he was circling sets of 2 objects and 3 objects.

One of his preschool teacher's goals for Kai was for him to independently write his name by the end of this year.  We have been practicing writing his name at home through tracing.  Yesterday, he told me he didn't want to trace and wrote his name independently.  Hooray!

We made our king craft to complete our Kk day.  The glitter was messy!

Mommy School ~ A-J Review and Kk is for Kite

We reviewed the letters A to J yesterday.  Kai can confidently match the uppercase and lowercase letters, and pick the correct letter when I say the letter sound.

Today, we read Follow Jo's Kite and Kai enjoyed finding Jo's kite on each of the pages.

We followed this up with a kite craft.  

Kai also worked on some kite printables (and being his playful self most of the time!).

Mommy School ~ Jj is for Jungle and Jacket

Since we just came back from summer vacation, I decided to take it easy with Kai for the letter Jj which we did over a few days.

Jj is for Jungle

We read “Walking through the Jungle” on the first day.  I put out felt animals found in the book and gave them to Kai to use as retelling pieces.  We also made movements like what the little boy did in the book.

We followed this up with a “who lives in the jungle” worksheet and a jaguar craft.

On the second day, Kai did a dot-marking page and a letter identification page.

Jj is for Jacket

Today, we read “The Jacket I Wear in the Snow”.  I placed the sequencing cards in the pocket chart and Kai picked the matching card as we read the book.

We made a jacket craft afterwards and called it a day!

First Day of School 2014-2015

It’s hard to believe that summer vacation is over!  Where did time go?

I now have a 2nd grader and a kindergartener.

I managed to get a glimpse of Belle’s class this morning during drop-off.  She was thrilled to have one of her besties to be in the same class as her.  

Here's her first day of school interview and awesome self questionnaire: 

Keefe seemed comfortable with his teacher and classroom.  I think it’s because he has the same kindergarten teacher as Belle!

  This was the book that they read in class today:

Keefe completed a first day book after school and I helped him complete his first day of school interview.

We're off to a good start so far so fingers crossed for a great school year!