Learning In Grace: Letters A-D Review Week

Tot School- Cowboy is Currently 40.5 Months Old

This week I decided to review the letters we have covered over the past few weeks before moving on to another set. The theme for this week was 4th of July so I decorated the school with stuff relating to the theme. We started Monday with Aa is for Alligator and here is a look at the trays.

Letter Aa (more letter A fun HERE)

Included in these trays: (Left to right top to bottom)

Letter Aa Alphatales Book

My "a" Book

2 Alligator Books from Library

Tot time Book filled with letter A worksheets (Fondue the Alligator prop)

My Favorite Bible Storybook for toddlers

Stamping with Melissa and Doug alphabet Stamp set With Alligator printable

Letter D tracing printable on our Crayola Dry Erase Center

Letter A is for alligator craft

Clothespin Alligator Craft
Wooden peg puzzles (from walmart)
Foam Shape Magnets and Cookie Sheet
Lincoln Logs

This week we also started Calendar time in which I do with both Cowboy and Lou. I will write a stand alone post about it in detail, but for now its where we meet all together and sing songs and talk about a topic and fill out sheets in our Calendar notebook, or in Cowboys case he just uses his Tot Book because he isn't quite old enough to do the Calendar notebook yet. Although he thinks he is so I just use his Tot book to make him feel included as far as the writing activities are concerned.

On the front of his tot book I put his Alligator discussion sheet which has a picture and simple questions talking about the picture just to get your little one talking and thinking. If you notice I added a prop with his trays today, the mini alligator, better known as fondue. I don't know why but that's what Cowboy named him and for the rest of the day, fondue joined us in all our activities.

My son is such a boy and so NOT a draw or color kinda dude, but he did great with tracing the letter :) Having Lou next to him did have advantages!

Reading his books on alligators, stamping with letter A&a Stamps, Clothes pin Alligator, Cutting and pasting Letter A craft.

Chart Time: Practicing shapes, and numbers

Tracing Letter Aa, Shape Magnets and looks like he is using Fondue as a spoon to eat and octagon :/

Letter Bb (more letter B fun HERE)

Included in these trays:

My "b" book

My favorite Storybook Bible for toddlers

Alphatales Letter Bb

Bear books from Library

Tot Book

Letter Bb printable in Crayola Dry Erase Center

Letter B craft

Bear Pattern Cards and Bear Counters

Nugget the Bear Prop

Letter Bb Stamps

Dress the Bear Puzzle

Honey Bee Game

Melissa and Doug lacing beads set also on the tray are different assorted balls I found around the house and some sensory light up ones I found in the $1 section at Target.

Talking about the Bear picture and coloring the color of the day in his tot book.

He put the bears on the correct color and would tell me what color they were as he was doing it

Dress the bear puzzle is fun because you can dress him in anything therefore the puzzle pieces don't have to go in a specific spot. He cut and pasted his Bb craft. Then we read about Jesus and Zacchaeus. It was funny hearing him trying to say his name. Then he found the balls and his favorite I put out were the sensory balls that lit up as you bounced them. I don't even think he played with the others.