18th December, 2009
The Gingerbread Man and the Letter Kk (and one final Letter Mm)
Merry Christmas! We had such a busy week of lifeschool! We had not one, not two, but three playgroups this week. As always, I enjoyed meeting with my MOPS group, Wednesday was co-op, and Thursday we got together with a bunch of friends a a local inflatable indoor jump place. As always, we squeezed some school into Friday. Today will be our last post for a while. We’re taking the holidays off, and I have a date scheduled for little Spud to be born- Jan 13th at 2pm. I hope to squeeze in 2 IBB Units for the months of January and February. Maybe for the rest of the school year. IBB is designed to be year around, so we can pick and choose what we want to do. My goal is to work our way through the alphabet. We’re not quite halfway yet. Of course, we needn’t finish what we started, but we are working on an alpha book, and we’re into a nice routine. Starting in September, I’m thinking about bumping Tater to the kindergarten from My Father’s World, and continuing to do IBB, but using the curriculum designed for younger students for Cheezer with Tater joining us. But, that’s a long time off- and with a larger family!
This week we looked at IBB’s unit on The Gingerbread Man.
But first, we had to finish our M collage. I settled on doing money. I found a great printable from moneyinstructor.com. You do have to create an account to print the worksheets. Tater cut the money and glued it to her collage.
Before changing into our day clothes, we put on paint clothes and painted some great gingerbread paper mache boxes I got at Michael’s for 50 cents.
For the letter K- we did kisses. Tater wanted no part of the lipstick, but Cheezer was game, so monkey see- monkey do.
Hey Cheezer, you have lipstick on your teeth!
Cheezer- with a little help from Tater, colors our letter K clipart:
During Cheezer’s naptime, Tater made a gingerbread tree. I have not inherited my mother’s sewing or cooking abilities. Sadly to say- I did the ugly stuff with the bag decorator.
She’s getting pretty good at using a mixer. I made a mental note today to look into home ec programs for when she’s a little older.
Tater icing cookies:
Finished tree:
Back to our gingerbread men:
Yay!
And one last photo of Cheezer getting her tot school on:
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Happy New Year!
To see what other preschoolers did, please visit Homeschool Creations:
To check on other Tot Schoolers- visit Tot School.
Posted at 9:34 pm | Comments (7)
On December 18, 2009 at 11:20 pm Amanda said:
December 18, 2009 at 11:20 pm
The tree looks absolutely divine!!!
On December 19, 2009 at 2:55 am Jolene (South Africa) said:
December 19, 2009 at 2:55 am
I love the Christmas tree Tater made, she did a great job. Your girls are so adorable. I just want to pinch Cheezer’s cheeks
On December 20, 2009 at 1:42 am Ticia said:
December 20, 2009 at 1:42 am
I loved the lipstick picture. It looks like you had a really fun week.
On December 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm Kim Mason said:
December 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Love the lipstick kisses! Good luck with your new little one!
On December 23, 2009 at 1:17 pm Natalie said:
December 23, 2009 at 1:17 pm
This tree looks great. I am very impressed that your daughter can use the mixer all by herself – what a big girl!
On December 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm Heather said:
December 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm
The lipstick kisses are such a great idea
On January 5, 2010 at 2:22 pm Kim Mason said:
January 5, 2010 at 2:22 pm
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