Tot School

Hunter is 29 months old.

We were back to our regular Tot School activities this week and had a good week.

Letter T activities:

(Printables for the letter T are from 1+1+1=1.)

Hunter started the week out by coloring his letter T paper. I’ve noticed lately that he actually colors the objects on the paper, rather than just coloring all over the page.

Hunter loves using the do-a-dot markers.  He used them to stamp the letter Ts on the train.

T is for Train

Shapes:

Our shape this week is the square.

Hunted used blocks to stamp squares onto his paper.  He really enjoyed this and asked to do it again later in the day.

Hunter glued squares onto a square to make a face.

We did some puzzles to practice shapes.

Sensory:

I put grass seed into Hunter’s sensory bin this week.  He really enjoyed this and played with it for a long time!

I put soapy water into the water table and Hailey and Hunter played in it and used sponges to scrub it clean.

Other:

Hunter used his rainbow pegs to make a vacuum- he pretended to vacuum the floor with this.

I love finding Hunter taking books off the shelf to read.

Hailey read Hunter his Highlights magazine.

Hailey studied worms for science, and of course Hunter wanted to join in the fun.

Hunter and Hailey created little worm habitats so that we could observe our worms.  I was surprised that Hunter actually picked the worms up to put them in his jar because he is not usually a fan of things like that.

Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots were up to this week.

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Week In Review

We have been busily preparing for a trip to Disney World by studying the various countries at Epcot, learning about Walt Disney, and about how roller coasters work.  We left on May 9th for Disney World and we came home on the 20th.  We had a fantastic time!!  Here is just a tiny peek into some of the educational things we did while we were there.

We visited all of the countries we had studied:

Hailey in Mexico

Hunter and Hailey in Norway

We ate lunch in America

Hailey in Japan

Hailey in Morocco

Hailey and Hunter in France

Hailey in Canada

Hailey in China

Hailey in Germany

Hailey in Italy

Hailey in the United Kingdom

We stopped and colored at the various Kidcot stops and learned some more about the countries.

While we were at Epcot we also visited the butterfly garden.

Hailey even had a butterfly crawl on her hand.

While we were at Hollywood Studios we visited One Man’s Dream- a museum all about Walt Disney.  Hailey wasn’t too excited about going in at first, but she ended up loving it.  She was stopping and reading everything and was excited when we would see something we had read about before our trip in Who Was Walt Disney?

Part of our day at Animal Kingdom was spent doing the Wilderness Explorer program- very fun and educational.

Hailey and Hunter worked on matching up dinosaur teeth.

Hailey searching for various animals.

Trying to figure out a code in the Wilderness Explorer book.

Of course, we also saw lots of animals:

Hailey brushing a goat.

Hailey was very interested in this macaw.  We stayed after the show so she could ask some questions and get her picture taken with it.

She was brave enough to touch this snake and also asked several questions about it.

On the safari ride, we saw crocodiles,

giraffes,

zebras,

a lion… and so much more!

And of course, we studied how rides and roller coasters work, so we had to get some real life experience with those too 🙂

Hailey on her favorite ride at Magic Kingdom- Splash Mountain.

Hailey’s favorite ride at Epcot- Test Track.

Waiting to go on Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Hailey’s favorite ride at Hollywood Studios- the Tower of Terror.

We had a wonderful trip, and of course, we can’t wait to go back!

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Week in Review

Here is a little bit of what we’ve been up to lately:

History/ Language Arts:

We have been preparing for our upcoming vacation to Disney World, so we read Who Was Walt Disney?  We really enjoyed reading this book, it was so interesting!  Even Hunter sat and listened to it most of the time.

After we finished reading the book, Hailey did a book report in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head.  On one ear she wrote the name of the book and who the author and illustrator are.  On the other ear she wrote when and where Walt Disney was born and when he died.  On the other papers she wrote 3 adjectives to describe Walt Disney, a question she would like to ask him, her favorite quote from Walt Disney, and a timeline of his life.

Science:

Hailey has been learning all about roller coasters and how they work.  We used an Amanda Bennett unit study all about roller coasters and had a lot of fun with this unit!

Hailey drew some pictures of different kinds of roller coasters.

We did one test where we used 2 different ramps- one long…

…the other short.  We checked to see how far the car would go after it came off each ramp, and which ramp would send the car further.

 Hailey used several different websites for fun roller coaster activities.

We did another experiment.  This time we used the same ramp each time.  First we put one book under the ramp, then 2 books under the ramp, then 3 books under the ramp and finally, 4 books under the ramp.  Hailey predicted what she thought would happen, then we tested it to see what would happen and measured the results.

We finished up the unit by making this roller coaster lapbook that covers everything Hailey learned about.

Other:

Hailey and Hunter made some little clay bowls for Mother’s Day.  First they shaped the bowls, and while the clay was still wet, they added beads and sequence.  Once it dried, they used water colors to paint.

The completed bowls, they turned out cute.

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Week in Review

Here is a little bit of what we have been up to lately:

Language Arts:

Hailey has been busy reading “The Littles.”

Science:

We wrapped up our landform unit last week.  We played this fun game from Around the Kampfire.  We took turns spinning to see which land form or water form we would land on.  Then we had to tell what it was called, if it was a land or water form, and then give an explanation of what it was.

Hailey had a great time playing the game!

As an ending project to our landform unit, Hailey mixed up some salt dough so she could create her own island.

Her island had to have 5 different land forms or water forms that we had learned about.

She included a volcano, a water fall, mountains, valley and a plain.

After it was dry, Hailey painted her island.

The completed island.

She drew a map of her island.

Then she wrote a little story about how she found the island and what happened after she discovered it.

This was a super fun unit!  Most of the activities came from the unit at Around the Kampfire– and I highly recommend it!!

Other:

Hailey completed her first sewing project!  She had a great time and is already working on her next one.

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