Time For Playschool: Face Day 1 and 2

My computer is about to die. The charger is broken and I have 7% battery, so I have to do Mon and Weds real quick! (Ok so I uploaded all the pics on the computer, then it died. So I'm trying to edit it on the iPad but apparently that doesn't work either. So I will come in tomorrow and fix it so it Ll makes sense...)

Monday was our typical letter stuff. She colored her book and we read it several times to practice words that start with "f" and the sound it makes. Then we did our "f path" page, where she had to identify which letters were F or f. We used stickers this week to cover them. (Probably not my most genius idea because we then couldn't see the fs for the rest of the week). We then worked on drawing big and little Fs.

Then on to our number, 6. We practiced counting to 6, making six with our fingers, then writing/drawing some.

Then on to the face stuff. We read a book called Bug Faces we got from the library. She enjoyed pointing out the face parts and asking questions about all the gross bugs. :) Then we used paper plates to make some faces. I would ask her what a face had, she would tell me, and we would find something to use to make it. For the eyes, we used googly eyes. We used pom-poms for noses. She wanted to color the mouths, then we used yarn for hair and eyebrows. All in all, they were pretty awesome. :) (The idea came from here.)

Finally, on Sunday, I used some felt and cut out a bunch of face pieces so she could assemble different faces. (Idea found here.) So Brooklyn got to use all the pieces and build different faces. We just made sure that every face included all the right parts. She loved it! (And now, I have a quiet church toy! I am thinking I'll make a whole bunch of these little felt sets, maybe like a food set, a doll with clothes... put them all in a binder and she can use it at church!)

Today we did a couple of new things.

For our letter, we started by using Q-tips to paint the letter F. I drew Ff and filled them with little circles. She used a q-tip, dipped it in paint and put a dot in each of the circles. The original idea uses actual pictures to paint, so we might try that on a another day. Then we reread our book and practice drawing some Fs.

We then played memory again, including the letter F. I think it is still her favorite game.

We then took some spoons. I used white spoons and drew capital letters on them. Then we used clear spoons that had lower case letters. She had to match the upper case to the lower case letter. She did awesome! And although she's not 100%, she's probably at like 90% (we only did up to F). It was fun! I put the spoons in a cup and in her little school station so she can practice whenever she wants. (She already pulled them out again tonight to show daddy how she can do it!) Idea found here.

Then we worked on counting. I decided to include a little bit of adding this time. So we used the cards, some legos and modeled some addition problems, counting the whole time. We only did this like 3 times and she was ready to move on, but we'll probably try to do a problem or two each time.

Then on to the face. Today we read the book by Jamie Lee Curtis about emotions. I can't remember the title (and I'm down to 3% battery so I can't go look), but it goes through all the different emotions she might be feeling. (Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day). So we read that, then made our own feelings book! I wrote out 6 feelings and had Brooklyn trace them, then we took a picture of her showing me each of those emotions with her face. We printed them out, then cut out some pretty paper (of her choice), matted it all, assembled it, and bound it. Now she has the coolest little book! She carried it around pretty much the rest of the day. And I gotta say, I'm pretty proud of it. :) This is where I found the idea.

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