~Punkin is 27 months old.~Well, this week I still didn't feel 100%, and Punkin came down with a nasty cold. So needless to say, neither of us were in great moods for much "formal learning." But we managed to get a few things done...
Theme: Ladybugs
Letter: Ll
Number: 5
Shape: Oval
Color: Red
Verse: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind."
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TOT TRAYS
Ladybug file folder game. (I got a whole box of file folder games this summer at at garage sale for $2!)
Pom Pom magnet page from COAH. (Don't know why this is sideways. I can't get it to turn for the life of me!)
Hi Ho Cherri-o
Chinese Checkers
I found this mini bowling set at Dollar Tree a few weeks ago. She loved it!LEARNING ACTIVITIES
More Kumon pages
Tracing our letter Ll.
This was an activity that we didn't get done last week that I wanted her to do, so we did it on Monday. This was the first time I've had her match pictures (beginning sounds) to letters. She did pretty good for her first try.
Ladybug size order from COAH. I only gave her 4 at a time, though, instead of all the ladybugs. She did great with just the four. We did it big to small, then small to big. Then, I got out 4 different ladybugs and we did it again.
Our letter Ll collage page for our abc binder. She loves doing these.
I had her do this lowercase abc assessment page from Making Learning Fun. I called out a letter and she had to find the ladybug with that letter on it and stamp it. She did awesome as always with this. The only problem we found was that there were two letter f and no d.
Punkin really enjoyed this. I printed out these number words pages from Making Learning Fun. She looked at the letters of the word, and found the scrabble tiles to match. (This time, the letters were not in the boxes, the word is just written under the number.....it's hard to see in the picture. She did great still spelling the word in order without the letters in the boxes themselves.) Then, she counted out that many beads to put on the ladybugs as spots.
Finding all the letter Ll's on the page.
Counting magnetic pom poms onto ladybug sheets from Making Learning Fun. I wanted her to use tweezers or tongs to do it, but she wanted nothing to do with that.
Punkin picked a number out of a basket, then counted that many beads (spots) onto the ladybugs. (Can you tell we were working a lot on counting out a specific number this week versus just counting a set number of objects already in front of her?)
This patterning necklace activity was a huge hit, and the biggest accomplishment of the week. I made the little ladybug pendant beforehand (see directions HERE), and then had her lace beads onto each side in a pattern. This type of lacing has always been hard for her, but this week, she just....did it! Like she'd been doing it forever as an old pro. I was shocked. She even did the pattern on her own without my help (once I explained what I wanted her to do).
Ladybug graph book. She counted the number on each page and then stamped that many boxes. The pages say childcareland.com on them, but for some reason, I can't find them on the site now. I had printed them awhile back.
Matching shapes clip cards. The matching part is super easy for her, but we are still working on getting the hang of the fine motor skill of using the clothespin clip. Once again, I got these from Making Learning Fun. (That's one of my "go to" sites when I need stuff quick and easy.)
I printed out this sheet from Making Learning Fun and then cut some red circle stickers in half for her to make the wings. I had to really guide her where to put the wings, but it was great fine motor work for her to get those little stickers off the page and then off her finger onto the paper.
CRAFTS
Punkin enjoyed making this little ladybug out of ovals. Then, I had her use an unused pencil eraser to dip in black paint and make the spots. Then, she used the marker to draw six legs and 2 antennae. 
We made a ladybug finger puppet that I saw on Making Learning Fun. Punkin painted a toilet paper tube that I cut in half and we let that dry.
Then, she helped me use a paper hole punch to punch out black spots and glue them on, as well as googly eyes and antennae.MISC. FUN
I found this fun idea somewhere last week, but I forgot to document where, so let me know if it was on your blog so I can give you credit. Anyway, I printed out shapes on ladybugs and set them around on her floor. Then, I played some upbeat music and had her dance to it. When I stopped the music, I'd call out a shape, and she had to stop dancing and find the shape. I made it a bit more interesting at the last minute by having her throw it into her crib, which she thought was so much fun. She really got into this and was tired by the end! 
Once again, don't know why Blogger is deciding to rotate some of my pictures...sigh. Anyway, she still loves playdough. She was making little balls to put on the sheet to make ladybugs.
And she spent a lot of time this week doing puzzles.Well, that was our week. Hopefully we'll all be much more into doing tot school next week....but then again, along comes Thanksgiving, so who knows. To see what other tots were up to this past week, check out 1+1+1=1.
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