No school today due to the weather. Bummer!… and the sun was out too (but it was very cold!)!
Since we had to miss school, Isabel wanted to play school. I was the teacher and she was the special helper for our class. I thought it was a great idea since we haven’t worked on numbers, letters, and writing small words in a while now. So I got out the easel and we sat in the kitchen to work. Enjoy!
Isabel has actually been working on her own writing and leaving messages on her easel. This one is from yesterday that I found after we got back from soccer. It should read, “Isabel (shop) is closed for a nap (she went to soccer). No. But After (soccer)” She did very well sounding out all the words on her own.
This one I found this afternoon before we started playing school. She almost has it! Way to go sounding out the words.
To start off with I had her write numbers in sequence, like write the numbers 5 through 9 or 12 through 15. Then I did that with the alphabet as well. We did this for a bit and then I had her write her name (written at the top of the easel). She can get through her first name really quickly but her last name, she sounds it out and works over each letter. Its fun to watch!
Then I got the words that we were having her learn 2 years ago and had her write them on the board. She did a very good job. She had a little trouble with the word “you” but we worked on it together and hopefully she’ll get it next time! After she would write the word on the board, I would have her tell me what the word was; like what is a pig? what do you do with a hat? what is a rug? what is a lip? She thought this was fun. I also used it in a sentence several times and would make up silly sentences as well…
My lip can run on a rug.
I saw a bat out the window at night.
You can use a bat to play baseball.
The pig sat on the boy who wore a hat.
Where does milk come from?
We will have to work more on word building in the future as it gets closer to kindergarten in the fall. We had a lot of fun!