Faythe and her Letters

Faythe and I continue to work on her letter recognition during school time.  On Monday I will introduce a new letter and do an activity then during the rest of the week the other kids take turns working with her.  Sometimes they will do something that goes along with the letter of the week and sometimes they will come up with their own fun activity.  I love that they are willing to help Faythe learn and it is a great opportunity for them.  Over the past few weeks Faythe has been introduced to the letters Kk, Pp, Cc and Hh. 

We made a kangaroo that I thought was pretty ugly, but Faythe loved. 

We mixed red and white to make pink and painted a plate, then Braedi helped Faythe make a face for her pig.

Faythe took this paper cat to bed with her for a few nights. 

I love the humming bird we made.  We used cardboard, coffee filters, tin foil and markers. 

I love seeing my kids learn new things.

Lots of Letters--Dd, Oo, Ww, Ii

For the letter Dd, Faythe made a dinosaur pillow.  She colored 2 pictures of a dinosaur, stapled them together leaving a small opening, cut paper into small pieces, stuffed the paper into the opening and stapled it shut. 

For the letter Oo she made an octopus.  She counted and cut 8 legs and attached them to a body, then curled the legs.

The activity for letter Ww is a favorite.  Faythe got to play in the water.  She experimented with things that float, she measured the water in different containers, and she made a wet mess. 

She also made a pair of walruses getting married.  She named them Auntie Kosette and Uncle Matt.

For the letter Ii, Faythe learned about insects.  She read books, counted legs, made a bee and a ladybug and made a counting book.  These are pictures of her book.

It sure is fun teaching Faythe her letters.  Pretty soon she will be reading!

Letter Uu

There are some letters that are harder than others and Uu is one of those.  For our first activity I hid a Unicorn Under an Umbrella.  Each umbrella had a review letter.  Faythe had to guess where the unicorn was hidden.

Then we made Ugly boats,

 found things that are Up in the sky,

 and stood Up-side down.

The Letters Nn, Ll, and Tt

I'm a little behind in my blogging, so instead of doing all these letters as individual posts I'm going to combine them. 

Faythe has been slowly working her way through the alphabet--though a little out of order.  The curriculum I use teaches the letters by the frequency they appear in the English language. 

For the letter Nn, she made a Noodle Necklace.

 I LOVE her face in this one!

We also talked about Nests and made a Nest out of play-doh.

For Ll, Faythe made some Ladybugs.  We counted the legs and the spots. 

She also played with Legos

made a Lion mask,

 and did Leaf rubbings.

For the letter Tt, I told the story of The Little Train that Could (instead of Engine) and we made a Train that carried Tt things.

Then I told the story of the Tortoise and the Hare and we made a Tortoise.

Lastly, we had a Tea Party for 3 guests.  Faythe had to give each guest 1 cup, 1 plate, and 1 spoon.  She didn't invite herself to the party, but invited her baby doll, her "Eyering" doll and her Tortoise.   

The Letter Mm

Faythe had a lot of fun learning about the letter M. 

She played with magnets,

made 5 little monkeys,

made a mouse mask,

made a monster puppet,

and made a monster counting book.

The Letter Ss

September brought a new school schedule to our house.  Part of it includes some one-on-one time with each kid learning about what interests them.  For Faythe it's her abc's and 123's.  Each week she is learning a new letter and number.  I am following the order given by the My Father's World curriculum, but using a lot of my own ideas and ideas from this site. 

For the letter S, we looked in the letter bucket for things that start with S.  (The letter bucket is something I created when I taught kindergarten.  Each letter has a bucket filled with things that start with that letter.)  We made an S headband and decorated it with star stickers.

We also made sand pictures.

Braedi helped Faythe make a spider using her hands.  (What a great opportunity for Braedi to tutor one of her siblings!)