More learning of shapes and sizes with Pooh and friends. Enjoy!
Oval.
Crescent and star…again both pages have minimal coloring in the areas that need to be colored.
This was a matching and pasting project.
I cut out all the shape for her because they were so small.
Shape recognition.
Smallest to largest.
Her number writing skills need a bit of work since her 2’s look like 1’s and her 3 on the honey pot is backwards. But she did it!
Follow that pattern.
This was so fun to watch her do; the large gift on the top in colored because “it has paper on it so no one can see what’s inside”, she says. The short gift on the bottom is a bit big but it has a smiley face in it! She really enjoyed this one and I enjoyed watching and listening to her do it!
Last one…follow the pattern.
She drew each correct shape/color but then had to color each one in.
(Each shape is completely colored in compared to when we first started the book…)
Great job Isabel and congratulations for completing your shapes and sizes!
Last year for Isabel’s “almost 3″ party in January, my parents got her some early learning workbooks with Pooh bear and friends. I’ve pulled them out over the past year and worked with her on colors (which she already knew but was good review), shapes and sizes, letters of the alphabet, and numbers and counting. Along with those skills, she had to follow directions, and do some cutting and pasting. These past few days marks the end of 2 of the books; shapes & sizes and colors. Enjoy!
Circle.
To get her started, I did the blue one.
Square.
Which if you notice…I actually did for her because at the time, she didn’t understand what to do…I should have waited.
Triangle.
Notice her coloring at the time we started; she never would fill in the area to be colored. In her mind, I think, she just needed to color the number 1 yellow, the number 2 blue, and the number 3 red – nothing more.
Rectangle.
Again, I did the dot to dot and I should have waited.
These last 2 pages are shape recognition review.
When Gino started working on Isabel’s table, we decided in secret that he would also make a cutting board for Gabbi for Christmas. Enjoy!
Cherry and maple blocks being glued together.
After the first drying, Gino cut them, flipped them with the end grain facing up,
and then…
…glued them together again.
Then he rounded the corners, planed, sanded, and then sealed it with a salad bowl finish (which means it’s safe and non toxic!).
The finished cutting board top.
The finished cutting board bottom; it has rubber feet to keep it from slipping.
Christmas Day
Gabbi with her new cutting board.
Isabel is getting excited for Christmas this year; tonight she was enjoying playing with her k’nex while I was making dinner.
I’m surprised the “non slip gripper” stars on her socks are facing the right direction (down) usually she likes them facing up!
“Stars on top, Momma.” she says.
Well, it’s been 14 years since I last seen her. She’s gotten married, has moved around the county (not as much as I have though!) and she’s even traveled the world a few times! She was my maid of honor when Gino and I got married and today I got to see her and introduce her to Isabel. We had an awesome time together and hope to get together again soon…maybe even a cruise! Enjoy!
Carla, Isabel, and I along the beach in Edmonds.
It’s Christmas time!
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It’s almost Jesus’ birthday, for this is the Christmas season.
We know he came on Christmas day and in a manger lay.
So “Happy Birthday, Jesus!”
Is what we’ll sing and shout; for we all know that
Jesus is what this season is about!
“When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about the child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Luke 2: 15-20
