Handwriting, Counting & Eggs

This week I didn’t plan anything except our daily resurrection egg’s lesson and activities.  We did however throw a couple of random activities in because the boy wanted me to print him some activities.  I’m definitely not going to stand in the boy’s way of wanting to learn, so I quickly found some non-prep activities.

 

Language Arts: One of the things the boy wanted to do this week was write letters and even though I didn’t think he would stick with it I went ahead and printed Confessions of a Homeschooler’s A-Z Handwriting Worksheets.  I picked out a few that I thought would be easier for him.  He was really excited and proud when he wrote a U, but this was the only sheet he ended up doing. He tried the W next and got frustrated.  I don’t really push him when it comes to hand writing for this reason and he has plenty of time before he really needs to perfect it.  At the homeschool convention that I went to I really liked some of the activities that I saw with Handwriting Without Tears and I may try some of those at some point.

   

 

Math Concepts:  Another activity we did from Confessions of a Homeschooler this week was Egg Counting, which can be found with her Easter Lapbook. 

  

Extra: Like I mentioned at the beginning we started our 12 Days of Easter plans that go along with our resurrection eggs. So, far the boy has been enjoying the lessons and additional activities.  Here’s some pictures of the extras we’ve been doing with our resurrection eggs:

 

For the first egg, he helped Jesus get to Jerusalem by coloring in palm branches.

 

Then with the second egg, he counted how many coins Judas received for betraying Jesus.

 

 

Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures from day 3.

 

My Favorite: To find out why this picture is my favorite this week, make sure and check out my post, Praying for Worms.

So, there you go.  Don’t forget, you can download all the 12 Days of Easter printables (not all seen here) for FREE at 2 Teaching Mommies. 

 

We’re linking up to: Preschool Corner, 1+1+1=1, and Weekly Wrap-Up.

Praying for Worms

When we were playing outside the other day, we found an earthworm on our patio.  We decided that we should move him to the garden, since earthworms like to live in dirt.  Once we put him there, we watched him wiggle and squirm until he disappeared beneath the soil.

While we were saying our prayer before dinner the boy interjected. “And, and, and we have to pray for the worm because he went into his crack home.”  Yes, yes we do.

I’m linking up to: Tiny Talk Tuesday

Easter Activities

Life has been crazy!  Last week were taken out by spring allergies.  Then I headed to a homeschool conference.  Unfortunately, I didn’t stick around as long as I originally planned due my head cold, brought on by my allergies.  What I was able to see and hear was very informative, but I’m sure glad that I still have time before I have to make any decisions on curriculum.  I figure we will be set until Kindergarten and that is a few years away.

 

We did do a few things this week and I’m looking forward to starting our 12 Days of Easter activities next week.

 

Language Arts: Even though Lil’man is getting better at tracing dotted lines, he still gets frustrated easily.  He prefers the writing practice with the solid boxes. 

 

 

He really enjoys the alphabet match.  A matter of fact he did this activity twice this week, using a different color marker.  I usually have him find the matches before starting to draw the line.  Otherwise, he lines are all over the place.

 

 

Math Concepts:  Another favorite this week was the Easter Egg roll and cover.  This day we played it together.  He would roll and cover and then I would. 

   

Extra: The weather was beautiful this week so we got outside and played.

 

 

We also got to learn about taking care of a pet.  We took care of my niece’s fish, while they were out of town.  The boy loved just sitting up at the table watching them swim around.

 

Finally, here are some of the books that we've been reading:

Don’t forget, you can download all the Easter printables (not all seen here) for FREE at 2 Teaching Mommies. 

 

We’re linking up to: Preschool Corner, 1+1+1=1, and Weekly Wrap-Up.