Week 3: Cc is for Chicago!

This week we are heading to Chicago! What a perfect week to learn about the letter C!

In preparation for our trip, we checked out some books from the library:

W is for Windy City: A Chicago City Alphabet

Larry Gets Lost in Chicago 


And printed out some coloring pages:


Greetings from Illinois
50 states

Week 2: Bb, green/jungle, 2

(basic curriculum from Letter of the Week.)


Letter A, number 2, and color Green and jungle vocab.

Monday

Normally I don't focus on a vocab word or color, but we're going to see "The Lion King" tonight at the movie theater, so "jungle" and "vines" just seemed too perfect to skip!

Color jungle animals, cut out, and hide in (construction paper) vines

Elephant Rhyme:

Elephant
(to the tune of "Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush")

This is the elephant's tail so thin,
Tail so thin, tail so thin,
This is the elephant's tail so thin,
Swish, swish, swish.

These are the elephant's feet so huge,
Feet so huge, feet so huge,
These are the elephant's feet so huge,
Stomp, stomp, stomp.

This is the elephant's nose so long,
Nose so long, nose so long,
This is the elephant's nose so long,
Blow, blow, blow.

These are the animals all around,
All around, all around,
These are the animals all around,
Run, run, run!

by Iram Khan

Tuesday

Color in letter B for banana
Bb (boat) color by number

Alphabet book B for blue and bubble painting

Bat Rhyme (w/ printable bats):

Five Little Bats

Five little bats came flying in the door,
One flew away and that left only four.
Four little bats hiding in a tree,
One flew away and that left three.
Three little bats looking down at you,
One flew away and that left two.
Two little bats hiding from the sun,
One flew away and that left just one.
One little bat hanging all alone,
He flew away and then there were none.

Wednesday

Add 2 stickers to index card

Color 2 cats
Number wheel
Tag 1, 2, 3 Dora book
Read Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever / El mejor libro para contar de Richard Scarry

Thursday

Color sorting wheel
Bake banana bread
Build with various building blocks

Friday


Scavenger hunt outside for "B", 2. and green items



{reminder: I want to try the color matching wheel and jumbo number clips} 

A Square Day

Today was square. I admit I didn't do much planning last night, so I really wasn't prepared with many fun activities today.

We colored by number:

And practiced our fine-motor skills:

Here's a glimpse at our week so far:

Then Millie tired of squares (and scoffed at my suggestion of searching the house for square items) and went off to feed her dinosaurs some lunch. 

While the dinosaurs ate, we visited our local library and took advantage of their book sale! 20 books for $20! 

Teach Me To Do It Myself

I received this book as a gift from my husband earlier this year (or late last year? ugh! I have really been so lazy about this whole learning thing!). The book is full of Montessori activities to do with your children. 

"This fun and practical activity book will guide you as you work and play with your child. Montessori principles focus on teaching children essential life skills and giving them a greater understanding of the world around them." - from the back cover

It also reminds this mama that my child should probably know how to put a button through a button hole by now. Or should have at least attempted it. But she can use a zipper! She really has no interest in dressing herself at all. Hmm.

My goal this week is to choose at least one activity to do with Millie, and to read the entire book myself!