DJ has been all about math lately. He is really keeping me on my toes because I didn’t expect to need to be prepared for these activities for another 6 months or more! The following activities in this post have been done over the past 2 to 3 weeks. One of DJ’s favorite games right now is called “Touch it quick!” We set the sandpaper numbers out in a random pattern and I call out numbers for him to touch…
As we’re winding down the first year of DJ’s preschool, the work is all about letters and numbers. He still occasionally chooses cylinder blocks, geometric solids or lacing cards but those seem to be more like downtime for him rather than real, challenging work. In addition to the official school time work, I hear DJ counting his toys during playtime and he’s analyzing the sounds in every word throughout the day… t-t-tiger, scared-d-d-d. The letter sounds we have left are…
Geography: I presented the USA puzzle map last week. This is a BIG work for DJ. In this photo he’s pointing to the state where we live. I showed him the states where his dad & I was born and all the places we’ve each lived. I also showed him where his grandparents live. We then placed all the pieces on the control map and he replaced them as I named them for him. For some reason he insists on…
I’m terribly late in writing this post. It should have been written at the end of last week but I just didn’t feel like it. So thank you for waiting patiently! Since there wasn’t anything new on the shelves last week, DJ selected some old favorites. The Land & Water forms hadn’t been touched for months but he started off the day with an eager “let’s do these!” I was impressed with how much he remembered. He still can’t say…