Letter of the Week- Letter L

Sorry that I have disappeared for the last week- we have been really busy! We are in the midst of selling our house and that can be a pretty time consuming process. I am going to try to post more regularly- but I just can’t promise that I will be able to.

Our letter of the week this week is the letter L.  We made a Letter L with Lines on it.

Here’s what you’ll need:  letter L on a piece of construction paper, another piece of construction paper, paint and Q-Tips.

Paint some lines on your letter L.  I showed Hailey how to make a line and then she took over.  She did pretty well making some lines and then asked me to help her finish.

Here is our finished Lined Letter L.

Tot School- Week in Review

Hailey is currently 28 months old.

Last Sunday we were busy enjoying my parents visiting us and I never got around to putting up our Tot School post.  So, this week I am covering the last two weeks.  Since we are in the process of selling our house I have cut back a bit on the amount of activities we have been doing.

Our letter of the week during the first week was J and since Hailey love The Veggie Tales we made a Junior J.

Our theme for the week was transportation and we started our week out by making this Shape Truck.

Hailey sorted these different vehicles from smallest to largest.  She surprised me when she was able to do it without any help.

Hailey really enjoyed wheel painting.  She was so excited to see the tracks she was leaving on the paper.

We also worked on retelling “The Little Engine That Could” and did this sequencing activity.

During week two we focused on the letter K and we continued with our transportation theme.

We made a King K.

Hailey loved making this fun sail boat.

Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots did last week.

Let's Go Sailing

We are still focusing on transportation as our theme this week and today we made a sail boat.

Here’s what you’ll need:  construction paper, hot glue gun, clear contact paper, straw, scissors, the bottom of a soda bottle, paint dobbers.

Cut a triangle from the construction paper and decorate it with the paint dobbers.  This will be your sail.

While your child is decorating the sail, you can cut a slit in the straw about 1/3 of the way down.

Use the hot glue gun to glue the straw into the bottom of the soda bottle.  Glue the non-cut side into the bottle.

Once your child finishes the sail- cover it with contact paper to keep it from getting ruined when it gets wet.

Slide the sail into the slit of the straw.  Add a thin line of glue with the hot glue gun to the side of the sail to keep it from falling out of the straw.

Put your boat in the water and play!

Add some people and enjoy your boat.

Letter of the Week- Letter K

Sorry that we went missing for a few days.  If you read Livin’ With Me then you know that we are preparing to put our house up for sale and we have just been really busy.  But I really need to work on doing at least a daily craft with Hailey because she needs her routine and loves doing crafts.  So, we are back!

This week we are focusing on the letter K and we made a King K.  Like many of our letter of the week art activities, I found this idea at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: a large letter K on construction paper, two other pieces of construction paper, colored pencils, some sequins, glitter and (not pictured) glue.

Color the letter K.

Add a crown to your K.

Decorate your King K.  We added sequins and glitter.

The finished King K.