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Tot School – Letter J

April 13, 2013

This week was a week of jellyfish and jeeps!  John is now 32 months old.

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Every week, I put out six tot trays out for my son and I try to be intentional with activities that correlate with each of the four Montessori learning categories: Language, Sensory, Mathematics, Practical Life.  Our Tot Trays are out on our shelf all week.  I’ll take one out intentionally for us to play together, but he can also play wiht them at any time. DSC02841

A Melissa & Doug lacing fish.

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J is for Jellyfish magnet page with pom pom magnets.  (This is a sweet girl-friend.)

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Matching Teddy bear counters to the Jellyfish number cards 1 through 5.  1:1 correspondence.  He really got the hang of this this week!  So proud of him :)

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Lauri capital letter stackers with pegs.

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He loved these from last week’s Ii theme: Some awesome instrument shadow matching from Memorizing the Moments.

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And matching flowers to their stems.  I made this simple activity as a busy bag.

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I made this schedule to organize our Tot School time, according to the Montessori principles: Language, Mathematics, Sensory, and Practical Life.

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You can read my post about it and download the free Tot School Planning Form here.

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Bible verse of the week:

I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God,

in the God of my salvation.  Habakkuk 3:18

We use the ABC bible verse songs from Songs for Saplings.  These songs are so catchy, beautiful, not “children’s music annoying,” and I find myself singing and learning and memorizing the bible verses along with John.  Carisa at 1plus1plus1equals1 has made coordinating ABC Bible Verses posters which have really helped with his memorization as well.  

Letter of the week: Jj

Our curriculum consists of 1plus1plus1equals1‘s Tot School ABC’s. Do-A-Dot markers on his J is for Jellyfish pages.

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Tracing left to right in a straight line!

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Matching the jellyfish with their shadows.

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Stamping J (and cows) onto his Jellyfish.

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I presented the color cards like this last week and John loved it.  I cut them out and put them on his tray with the corresponding colored crayon. He loved it again this week!  We have these Crayola triangular crayons which I love and are worth the couple extra cents : )

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Book of the week:

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

DSC03176 We love this goofy book about five sheep who are all riding in their jeep! We got out some of our jeep toys and worked with the simple Jeep pages that I made.

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We also went to the library and checked out some Jellyfish books to learn about those crazy creatures : ) DSC03230 math

We did some Jeep size sorting and number counting with his Tot Tray manipulatives.
And John loved his pattern blocks and the free pattern block puzzles that I downloaded and printed from PreKinders!
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A split pea sensory bin with his vocabulary pictures from Tot School ABCs.  I laminated one set and cut them out and hid them in the peas.  John had to find them and match them to the page in a sheet protector.  He loved this and we played it several times.  And I am happy to report that this bin gave us the best success with “throwing everything everywhere” problem : )
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Had to stop sometimes — as you can see — he is beginning to fling everything across his room.DSC03007

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Gross Motor

I have been doing yoga with John about 2 or 3 times a week.  I love Rodney Yee of Gaiam and have his AM yoga dvd.  When we went to the library, I found a Baby Yoga dvd. He had a lot of fun with it.  There is a different move for every letter of the alphabet : ) — including a jabberwalking jellyfish!!!
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Care of Environment

“Sharpening his knife.” DSC03162Opening the cheese seal.DSC03115 weeklycraft

We made a cute jellyfish (and learned about the bell, tentacles, and lobes!) from our trip to the library! DSC03195

His work for the week on his clothesline in his room. DSC03196

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Comments

  1. Nicole Kavanaugh (@NicMKav) says

    April 15, 2013 at 8:40 am

    Wow! What an awesome week! We’re doing J week this week and I’ve been struggling, so thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 16, 2013 at 7:36 am

      Thanks Nicole! I love all the ideas you come up with too ♥

      Reply
  2. momsquestions says

    April 16, 2013 at 8:55 pm

    Wow, I’m impressed that your little guy is so good at tracing already. My toddler won’t do any kind of tracing yet, but he loves his sensory activities and tot trays, so I guess we’re good. :) Also, I love those care of environment activities. I always have such a hard time thinking of things to do for that, but your activities are perfect! Thanks for the ideas.

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 17, 2013 at 10:33 am

      He can do it somedays and not others…. It just depends! I love your post on the ages of development — because they do things in their own time and they will be successful as long as we give them the tools and encouragement they need :)

      Reply
  3. Michelle says

    April 18, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    Neat to see John’s tot school ~ he is a little older than Bo, and he is a boy! Very fun week!

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 18, 2013 at 10:09 pm

      Thanks Michelle ♥

      Reply
  4. Angela @ Teaching Mama says

    April 19, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    You do such an amazing job with your children! Wow, I’m impressed! Great job covering every aspect of learning and staying so organized. Your kids are blessed to have you as their mama!

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 19, 2013 at 11:38 pm

      Thank you so much Angela — but remember that I only have pictures of the cheery parts ♥

      Reply
  5. Rebecca says

    April 20, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    Just stopping by to let you know I’ve featured this On The Sunday Showcase:

    http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/04/20/learning-letter-sounds.html

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 20, 2013 at 6:44 pm

      Thank you Rebecca ♥

      Reply
  6. Hannah says

    April 22, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    So may great ideas! Sheep in a Jeep is a favorite around here. Thanks for sharing it with use at Eco-Kids Tuesday. Hope you join us again tomorrow!

    Reply

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