Sunday, August 16, 2009

Week 2--Tot School August 10-14



This is Gabriel's bear sorting activity explained below.

He went on a hunt for RED items. Drake sorting beans.

lGabriel's bee!!
Gabriel LOVES his math sticker book!!



My first week to report our Tot School!!

I've been trying to come up with some fun activities for my littles. Gabriel (3) is easy. He wants to "do school" all day, everyday. After watching Drake put everything and anything into a clothes basket, bucket, cup, bowl, bag, dirty clothes basket (!), trash (!!)...I finally took the hint and have been putting together some sorting items for him. Now I wonder if my new I-phone that is now mia was placed in the trash by my little organizer....

Here is a look at our 2nd week of Tot School:

Drake LOVED scooping the beans from the bowl to the ice cube tray! I gave him a little spoon but he put that down and just used his fingers.

He *helped* me all week with the yard sale by rearranging everything on ground level in our front yard. He also *helped* by pulling clothes down to be put back into the storage totes. He greeted people as they came into our yard, and gave many great big Drake smiles. We spent the majority of our Wed, Thur, Fri, and Sat outside, and he loved spending so much time outdoors.

Gabriel's favorite activity of the week was this little sorting game. I just made rings out of pipe cleaners in red, blue, green, and yellow. Then dumped the bears next to him. He jumped right on it, already knowing what I expected him to do! He kept asking for help and I quickly realized he just wanted some one-on-one time with me like his older brothers. I sat down with him and talked to him about his activity. He said "where does this color go?" I said "where do you think?" He said "here!" =) He just wanted some Mama time!!

Gabriel also did a few crafts this week from our bible lessons plans. This week's letter was Bb. He enjoyed the tactile letter this week....BEANS!! We also made a little bee book (we have yet to decide what to put in it). He and Kaleb worked together on the bee mobile.

I think he has been most excited this week to sing the days of the week song to the Adam's Family tune!! lol He jumps up and down when it comes time to sing!! I'm not trying to teach him the days of the week, but his older brother Kaleb. Try telling that to Gabriel though!!

He loved being outdoors more too this week. He greeted everyone with a "We have more customers!! Don't worry. It's all for sale. It's our garage sale!" He also sent everyone off with a "hey! That's ours! You can't take that!" lol Everyone giggled at him while I apologized and tried (over and over) to explain the yard sale to him. I'm still not sure what he thought was suppose to happen.

I have loved doing more constructive things with Gabriel. He is so fun to be around in general, but his excitement for his own *school time* is such a blessing to see.

4 comments:

  1. What a cool idea for the sorting game! So creative! You have some fun ideas from this week I am going to have to remember to try with my two youngest.

    Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed post too.

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  2. Looks like fun! I love the bear sorting activity! :)

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