Schooling Char-"I want to do my maff"

Today when we started school Char quickly exclaimed that she "wanted to do my maff". So we got out the spoons.  We got this idea from a preschool swap and it has been fun.  The spoons are different colors and have letters on them.  I turned them over for her so that the letters did not through her off.  Right now we are just working on colors.

Then I put one of each color in a cup so that she could match them/

Then she matched them!'

She did this several times.  She had a lot of fun.  I tried making a simple pattern.  She recognized that it was a pattern but had a difficult time continuing the pattern.  That is something we will work on in the future.  But for now this is her "Maff". 

By the way..there are no pictures of her because she was completely naked and refused to get dressed for pictures.  So you will just have to look at her little hand! :)

Tot School-Tangrams

I have to first say that I do not go out of my way to teach Charlotte.  One of the reasons we like to homeschool is because it is work at your own pace and there is no pressure.  So I do not expect my two year old to do anything.  But we do however have fun educational toys that she can play with while I am working with the "Bigs".  That being said.  A few weeks ago I pulled out the tangrams. They are colorful and really I just thought she would like them.  This is what she did with them with no prompting:

They were in a pile and she started to separate them by color.  I know it wasn't shape (that is really for a much older child).  I was surprised to see that she would do that on her own.  (The lower picture is just of the pile).  I decided to pull out the sheets that have patterns on them and see how she would do with it.

She knew immediately what to do.  She matched the colors. Ellie decided to get in on the action as well.

This is a great intro to colors and shapes for Char and patterns for Ellie.  They were both very proud of themselves.  And I was proud of them too!

Tot School-Threading

We have been doing a couple of new things with Charlotte one is using buttons and plastic thread to practice her fine motor skills.  Here are some pictures.  She did very well with this activity and it kept her busy for a while. 

You can see that the shapes are all different.  Her favorite ones were the strawberries and apples.  We also talked about color although she could care less.  This activity was done in my lap and she was very content with that. I helped her only once before she had it down. 

Tot School

I ordered some new fun things for Charlotte off of Amazon.  I was looking for something fun for her while the big kids were having school time.  This what I got. 

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Stackable Nesting Blocks by GuideCraft

 

 

Bug Puzzle by Melissa and Doug

These should be fun for her.  She has already played with the puzzle.  She did really well with it.  We are working on the names of the bugs.  We can also talk about the colors of each one.  I have a video of her putting it together but I need to work on it before I can post it.