U is for Umbrella Bird- Tot School

Tot School- Cowboy is Currently 44 Months Old

Letter U is for Umbrella Bird

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This Weeks Trays

Trays Include:

Up, Up, and Away! Book

The Umbrella, 

My First Steps to Reading Books Letter U

Umbrella 

Childs First Bible

Up, Up, Down 

AlphaTales Box Set Letter U

Alphabet Soup Sorters

The Ugly Duckling

Bible Memory cards

Sorting Tray with Utensils

Color Cookies

Wooden Blocks

Melissa & Doug Shape Sequence Sorting Set

Letter U Playdough Mat

Boggle Junior

Dry Erase Center

Weather Puzzle

Rainforest Toob and Frogs and Turtles Toob

Megabloks , Husker Du , and Cool Crazy Connectors . 

Bible Memory Verse

Understanding is a Fountain of Life to One Who Has It. 

-PROVERBS 16:22

Instead of Using my Pocket Chart, I started using my Felt Board to make it a little easier since I am not using all of what I used to on a chart. It was super easy going over Numbers with Cowboy this week since they were right next to him and he could just point to the number :) This week since the theme is kind of about Umbrellas too... I put up a weather chart... to start learning more about the different types of Weather. 

Intro to Letter U using Starfall , Letter School and ABC's of God. 

 Finding letter U on our Alphabet Wall

Talking about this Crazy Bird... Umbrella Bird using the Discussion Page from Letter U Animal ABC's 

and matching Shapes in his Tot Book.  

Reading Alphatales Umbrella Birds Umbrella

Lou is Currently Learning about the Human Body, and so is Cowboy, Since he kinda has to listen to me teach it to her. This week, I traced her body for a project she is doing... So of Course he had to get his body traced too.... He is so excited about doing this Project along with his sissy! 

Playing a matching game Called Husker Du  It is so neat, its like the typical card game memory but on a wheel- It makes it kinda "new" when I pull this out since its on a wheel and looks different that regular old card Memory... which we love, but its nice to have a change up sometimes!  

Tiny Tot Butter.... Currently 22 months old!! 

I can not believe my baby is old enough for tot school... well sort of... I am taking a slow approach as I am trying to ease him into it since he is not 2 yet... he still gets a whole lot of Play! Which even at 2 it will be the same but I don't want to introduce him to too much "paper" stuff just yet... since hes still my baby... :) and there is no rush for this Momma!! This was the very first week I gave him his own Tray Set up- Right next to Cowboys... He didn't really care honestly, but Cowboy.... I'm not sure he is ready to share the spotlight just yet... and of course everything on Butters Trays, even though he has played with them a million times, are way more interesting in his! HA 

Butters Trays Include : 

Little People Let's Go to School 

My ABC Book

ABC FlashCards 

My First Brain Quest 

Block Sorter 

Animal Activity Puzzle

Fisher Price Nesting 

LittleTouch LeapPad

For Example... Here is Cowboy Being the First to play with the Fisher Price Nesting cars before Butter comes out to school.  

Trying to Figure out this Nesting Idea... I just want to roll the Cars Mom! 

Cowboy doing Umbrella Sequence Cards, Puzzle, and Shadow Matching 

Butter Exploring all the buttons and Animals on the LittleTouch LeapPad just love some of those faces!!

Cowboy Sorting with Utensils, and also using a plastic Clothespin for picking up and dropping into sort tray. I used Gems, Pinto Beans, and Spike Balls for this activity. He learned how easy it is to use a spoon for most things, but you cant pick up many things with a fork... and that it takes great skill to try to use a knife for anything other than cutting! 

Tracing in Tot Book and Letter U page in Dry Erase Center ... Look at that Umbrella he colored!! This kid hates coloring... and this is the first time I have seen him color a whole object, and in the lines--- Very exciting moment for me! Its so... Beeeyoouuuuteeeefuuullll....

Mid week we finished using Childs First Bible the bible we had been using, and started a new one called The Beginner's Bible  

Butter Loves this Animal Activity Puzzle, each piece makes a different sound or moves...

Weather Vocabulary Cards- We talked about different kinds of weather and then looked up videos of each kind to watch such as Blizzard, Hurricane, Tornado, Tidal Wave, Avalanche  His favorites to watch were the Tornado and Avalanche.. Hes such a boy...

He also Put together a Weather Puzzle

I tried something new this week, I guess it could be categorized into the Living Books Category... I am still confused on what that term actually means, but to me... here is my definition, we have a ton of books on tape which are just audio, but other times we can find a Youtube of someone reading the actual book while we see the pages.... Like you know... a Living Book.... I decided to do this with the Book The Ugly Duckling . 

He watched the Video, and then I found a lesson plan on Scholastic to give me a guide on questions to ask etc... you can find it HERE. It gives you ideas for Discussion, a worksheet, and you can also print your own mini book if you want to. 

My sweet mans picture of what the "Ugly Duckling" Looked like after it became a beautiful Swan... 

Butter Pointing to Pictures as I tell him the Letters

Lacing umbrella, and Coloring, cutting and gluing Umbrellas.

Cowboy making words using Boggle Junior  

Building with Cool Crazy Connectors  

Utensil Painting

This was super fun!!! I had some plastic utensils and thought it would be fun to paint his Letter Craft using them, Since its a Letter U word!! He thought this was the best thing ever!

It left such a cool Design but.... Boys will be boys... He of course had to rub it all in with his fingers :P

We also did another Living Book - Up, Up, Down by Robery Munsch. I followed this Lesson Plan from Scholastic. We also have a copy of this Book, I read it first, then had him watch it and listen to it online. He really liked this book, and the activities. After we read and watched, I had him look and study the objects on a page, then I closed the book and asked him a question like the ones listed below- and he would give me his answer... I was totally amazed at what he remembered !! I will be using this same approach in the future!

How many cats are under the carpet?

How many cats are watching Anna climb?

How many boxes of cereal are on the kitchen table?

Where is the ball of red yarn?

After I asked him all the questions on the lesson plan... I gave him the book, and let him quiz me :P He remembered a LOT more than mommy!

We Ended our week watching Peter Pan and having a Pizza Party in the Schoolhouse.... we never have lunch in the Schoolhouse... So this was a First and they loved it...

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Tot School - Letter R for Raccoon - Cowboy is Currently 47.5 Months Old and Tiny Tot Butter is Currently 20 Months Old 

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This weeks Tray and Chart Set Up

Included on trays: (Links included)

Alpha Tales (Letter R: Rosey Rabbit¹s Radish) (Grades PreK-1)
Disney's Pocahontas (A Little Golden Book) 
My "r" Book The Baby Animal Books (A Golden Shape Book) 
The Kissing Hand [With (Audio)]
A Pocket Full of Kisses
ABC Scripture Cards 
Childs First Bible Play & Discover What Goes Together?
Stacker Pegs and Pegboard Set
Lakeshore Learning Gems in a Treasure ChestCounting Game
Tot Book 
Playdough Bucket Melissa & Doug Shape, Model and Mold
Playskool Mr. Potato Head
Dry Erase Center
Melissa & Doug Magnetic Bug Puzzle
Golden Frame Tray Puzzle Spring Discovery
Puzzle Patch Shapes and Colors Puzzle
Dot Paint
Playdough Mat
Letter R Dot page
Letter R Maze
Magnetic Gems 
Chart Set - Animal ABC's

Something New! I made a ABC and 123 Board ... ok Door... The purpose of this is to have the little ones every morning start out with their pointers and point to each letter as they say their ABC's and count. So far it is going good, and I hope this visual tool helps my boys :) and they feel big standing in a big chair, pointing and teaching mommy what they know !

 I pulled a new Bible to start reading from, Childs First Bible so far, I really like it. It is just long enough to make the point of the story without the little ones drifting out in to space ... or losing their focus. Its also very colorful and has lots of pictures, to keep them entertained while I read them the bible story.

I also started using our ABC Scripture Cards again, oh man, after this week, I dont know why in the world I STOPPED !! Well I guess because when I first started, Cowboy was still a little young and since he could never really remember the verses, I didnt want him to feel as if I was trying to force him to learn, So I would read them here and there from time to time, but I recently have brought them back into our routine and Cowboy LOVES doing his Bible Memory Verse! He is thrilled that he can remember - and it truly melts my heart!!! I love it and cant wait to hear him recite next weeks scripture by memory! This is the one he learned this week, and he knows it word for word... So Proud!! 

Talking about Raccoon's, using our letter R discussion sheet- and tracing and Drawing in his tot book using printables from Animal ABC's

 I had Disney's Pocahontas (A Little Golden Book) on our trays this week well because of Mikko the Raccoon of Course! We read the book a few times, and watched the movie =} I also read the book that Lou writes for him every week for whatever letter he is doing, this one was titled- The Red Rocket....

Enter Tiny Tot- Butter watched, sorted and tried to eat the Gems from the Counting Game Gems in a Treasure Chest. He also tried to play with us, we helped him count them and told him the colors that he had in his treasure chest. 

I loved watching these two learn and try and play the game together - and Cowboy trying to teach Butter "Da Rules" 

Cowboy worked on his Worksheets, while Butter colored in his Notebook. 

 Reading Alpha Tales (Letter R: Rosey Rabbit¹s Radish) (Grades PreK-1)

These Play & Discover What Goes Together? puzzles were fun to do, you match up things like toothbrush-toothpaste, car-gas, boat anchor- etc. and only 2 pieces each, he liked that ! 

Making Letter R with Playdough using his Playdough Mat tucked inside his Dry Erase Center.

Moved to floor for more room and so Butter could play too. 

                         

Cowboy, working on a Number Dot to Dot 1-10 Rabbit while Butter learned about Colors playing with the Crayola Beginnings Baby Bob and Color - He would do the Touch Down Arm Raise, everytime a color popped up !! 

         

Stacking rings with FisherPrice Rock-a-Stack

Cowboy having some free play and learning how to build towers with the Stacker Pegs and Pegboard Set

  

One of my Favorite things we did this week, was Read the The Kissing Hand [With (Audio)] and A Pocket Full of Kisses- all the kids, Even Lou loved this book- its a family fave. I also have it on Books on tape version and this is cowboy listening to it and reading along, as he learns how to turn the page when the bell rings. 

We also made Kissing Hand Cookies you can see the full post and how to version HERE. 

I am absolutely loving our ipad! My hubby got me one for Christmas and it is the best present ever!!! I love it :) My kids prob use it more than me but that is exactly why I wanted it - Here Cowboy is reading Toy Story interactive book- He is really starting to enjoy books in any form and this momma loves that!! Butter playing another day on the Crayola Beginnings Baby Bob and Color

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Butter playing, while Lou works on some Science, with Letter and Farm Magnets - as I point to the different letters - Its so fun to hear him say the letters back !! 

Reading about Raccoons and other animals in The Baby Animal Books (A Golden Shape Book) this book was so cute because its shaped like a raccoon on the cover :)

Letter R Craft - he decided to paint it Green- then cut the raccoon's and then glued them onto his Letter R

Fishing for bugs and Letters- Concentrating on Letters he has already gone over, and the ones he knows past Letter R. We just used the net magnet from Melissa & Doug Magnetic Bug Puzzle to fish for Magnetic letters :P 

      

 Dot painting ...

Reading the Kissing Hand using the Kissing Hand App, in which I totally recommend getting because it is FREE!! 

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