Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bright and Beautiful Week!

We started letter "B" week with a review of big "B" and little "b". I really have been surprised at how well Ronan can do these activities. He separated all the bananas without much help!



Then we did some banana smashing and cutting...


and used our bananas to bake banana bread!



While our bread was baking we went on a bike ride around the block! Ronan doesn't pedal much but he enjoys being on his big boy bike! We tried the bikes out a few more times this week.


On Tuesday we began with some block play and practice spelling our names.




Then we did button "B" and practiced balancing buttons while walking around the house. 
 



On Wednesday we began the morning with a color-by-number butterfly.


Ronan's was really just a "color-by-whatever"


That afternoon we had friends over. Our neighbor Kylee was over a lot this week... sadly we had her over to help her parents while they were packing...Kylee is moving on Sept. 1st. So sad! 


We did the bounce house and had a baseball field set up. The kids had a blast!


That evening we did number tracing and read some bug books


That night we played a bug game with Kylee to practice colors and taking turns... and as it turns out, it was good practice for honesty and not cheating! :)


On Thursday we played with beans and balloons.



That afternoon/evening we made bracelets, did lots of bubbles outside!





Then we finished the week with letter b tracing, basketball, and bulldozer play. We practiced putting things in order from biggest to smallest and vice versa.





We made a trip to Hershey Park with friends that day as well!


Then on Saturday we had Kylee over for some water play and supper/movie night. The girls had so much fun! Ronan had fun following the girls!


Until next time...

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Amazing First Week of the Alphabet!

It's that time of year again... school time! Kieryn doesn't begin preschool until Sept. 8, but learning about the alphabet at the Copp household has already begun! I debated on doing it again, but the more I considered it, the more it seemed like a good idea. The kids have so much fun with it and I feel like they pick up so much! This time around, I hope to have Kieryn reading a few site words as well as improving her letter drawing, cutting, and matching/patterning. Ronan can recognize some of the letters already! Hopefully after this round, he can pronounce words better and spell his name verbally! Hopefully those aren't too big of goals!

So we started letter A week with some airplane activities. We did big/little "A" matching and some practice cutting. We then did name practice and made our own paper airplanes to try out!







Tuesday was a beautiful day! So, I decided to take our learning out doors! We practiced tracing names and then did some apple picking! We first sorted colors and then we sorted big/little "A" apples! The kids loved it. Something else I plan to add this year is some numbers tracing and more counting. So we did a quick sheet on number 1.







That afternoon was HOT so we invited our neighbor to come play in our pool. The kids played from 10a-1:30p and had so much fun!


Of course we had icecream!


On Wednesday we did activities about animals! We did tracing, number matching/counting, and some animal songs. 




It had rained on Tuesday night, so we went outside in search of leftover puddles... but sadly we could only find this one lone puddle. The kids still splashed a little before we headed over the the playground.



On Thursday we did a quick lesson on angels and how we too can "be an angel." Then we turned on some music and did some aerobics! The kids each took turns leading the workout. It was great!








On Friday we finished with some letter A tracing, review, and then some ant marching/counting.



It was an amazing coincidence, but the Harrisburg Airport had their open house on Saturday so we drove over to see all the airplanes to end our letter "A" week. The kids had a lot of fun seeing them up close and sitting in a few.






Great start to the alphabet! Can't wait to see what the kids will learn this time around!