5 Senses: Sight Day 2

Another successful day!  When I told her we were done today, she pouted for a second (until I said it was "quiet time" and she perked right back up!).

So today for our number practice we once again practiced counting to 2 using pictures, objects, and 10 frame cards.  Then she practiced drawing 2s.  She even did a few on her own!

 (Ok, so a few of the 2s weren't so good.  Hahaha)

We then moved onto our "B" practice. We reread the book we colored on Mon emphasizing the sound and words that start with B.  She is still confusing a's and b's, which tells me she can recognize that we've learned these two, but isn't solid on which is which.  Ok, that's a lie, she's INCREDIBLE with identifying a's.  She finds them in the store, in our books, on objects in our house, she even pointed one out to me on a truck that we were driving by.  For whatever reason, she can't remember what a B is called.  So we just did more recognition practice today.  We started using stamps and paint (I don't have an inkpad).  I printed off a "b path" page here.  We started at the top and she had to stamp each "b" we saw, following a path to the bottom.  She had a hard time grasping "find a b near that one" and instead just wanted to find one anywhere on the page.  She also had a hard time distinguishing b's and p's, but once we talked about how the stem goes up, she did just fine.  Towards the end she was going crazy finding them so quickly!  (And of course, we had to change colors and stamps every couple of times...)

 Then we took the big b's I had made as a reference and I let her cover them in noodles.  :)  I've read about using these kinds of crafts just to help them get used to the "design" of the letter.  Plus it was fun.

 Then on to our "sight" activities.  Today we did an "I Spy" theme, starting with an "I Spy" book from the library.  This one, "I Spy a School Bus" was very simple since it included a picture reference and not just words of what to look for.  It made it easy for her to go back and check herself or remind herself what she was looking for.

 Then we did an "I Spy" I made out of a diet coke bottle, rice, and small objects I found around the house.  I took pictures of all the objects before I put them in and made little cards so she could tell what to look for.  She kept wanting to open the bottle and take everything out to find them, so she kinda missed the point.  Haha.  But she eventually did find them all.

 Lastly, I made little cards with a type of thing to find and we went out in search of that thing in the house.  I let her put the card on the object and take a picture of it when we found it.  Here are a few.

 (Triangular was really hard, I may have assisted with this one)

I also had cards with all the colors (I spy something red), but my camera battery died, but I think you get the idea).

All in all, so much fun!  And now she's watching Monsters, Inc for quiet time.  :)  I love quiet time almost as much as she loves school!