As you know, we tried preschool for Isabelle last week {Isabelle's First and Last Day of School} and it didn't work out for us. With that on my mind, I have been thinking of ways we could learn at home. I have tried to teach her things already. Here are some of the things we like to work on.
Art...We love to paint, color, cut, paste, and sticker allll kinds of things...
A picture she colored me for my birthday
Working on a Halloween project
Doing some free hand drawing
Painting rocks
Painting fun with cookie cutters
Finger painting
Making a puppet show theater
Working at her easel
Cooking... Isabelle loves to help me cook and this gives us plenty of opportunities to talk about healthy foods, colors, shapes, measuring, counting, and of course kitchen safety...
Stiring up some muffin batter
Making a peanut butter and jelly
Rolling out cookie dough
Making her own pizza
Cutting up some lettuce for salad
Icing Halloween cookies
Projects... We like to do things like putting together crafts, making play dough, making crayons, growing plants etc...
playdough
Field Trips... We like to try to find opportunities for learning during our family outings and trips...
Digging for Dinosaur bones at the Miami Metro Zoo
Learning about mining at a cave in Indiana
Finding shells at the beach
Checking out local art at a Palm Beach courtyard
Learning about fish
Making friends with animals at a petting zoo
Learning how to milk a cow at the South Florida Fair
Learning that bears stink while at the zoo
Imaginative play...Isabelle learns a lot of things by playing with her many toys...
Loves Dinosaurs
Setting up her animals for a show
making forts
Tea party with Mr. bear
Playing with daddy
She loves to play games
Dressing up and pretending
Responsibility....she has been learning how to help with chores, take care of her baby brother, do things for herself, and pick up after herself...
Cleaning the windows
Brushing her own teeth
Sorting the recycling
Helping to dress her baby brother
Feeding Jude
Gotta brush those teeth
Giving Jude his pacy
Reading, writing, colors, and numbers...Isabelle likes to work on making letters in her various workbooks, have books read to her, play matching games, and even try out some computer activities...
Reading a book
flash cards
working on letters
Daddy, reading a book
Playing with her TAG reader
Playing a computer game
Outdoor Play...We try to get outside as much as possible and like to play with outdoor toys, swim, take walks, ride bikes etc...
Riding her bike
Lots of swimming
Playing at the park
running at the beach
Taking a walk on the golf course
Playing soccer
Getting a lesson on butterflies
Baseball
Taking a walk with dad
More swimming
Out on her 3 wheeler
Climbing at the park
Cruising on her bike
She has learned so much from all this, but I would like for her to have a few more things to do that are closer in line with a real school. So, after combing my new best friend pinterest, I came across the website Oopsy Daisey. The blog features printable themed lesson plan packets that have a letter, number, and color of the week that correspond to that weeks theme. There are activities, songs, games, snacks, and worksheets provided that you can use to fill your week with things from that theme. So, I downloaded a few and we are going to give them a try. I will then report back our progress each week on what I am calling, Mommy School Saturday. Starting Monday we will take on Z is for Zoo. Stay tuned or check out the website if you would like to follow along and share your journey with your little one.
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