School update

Friday night we did an outdoor lesson. We played with sidewalk chalk as a family and worked on letters, shapes, colors, and numbers. I think everyone enjoyed this one!!

We took yesterday off since our new supplies was arriving tonight. I got three tot trays ready for tonight.



This is the first try I did. I ordered foam letter stickers. When I received them, they were much smaller than I thought. I decided to put them on construction paper and make letter "patches" instead. (This could easily be done with puff paint and I think I will in the future.) On another sheet of construction paper I wrote out the letters in the same colors. The object was to match the letters, work on what the letters were, and the colors. Sydney liked this tray, matched a few up, and new all the colors!



The second tray I put together was lacing. This one did not go over well, but we will keep trying.



The last tray was counting, sorting, and colors.



Sydney enjoyed the sorting and colors on this one. (super blurry pictures)





When we tried to count she started crying and saying "my toys". I am not sure who taught her this phrase but it will not stand in our house. I explained that we share our toys and she had to take a break several times. (Taking a break here is pretty much time out) I am hopeful that the phrase will pass and she will be my sweet sharing girl again soon!!

4th of July

For the 4th of July we went over to some friends' house. We had a fun time hanging out and Sydney was able to play with her friend too.


She quickly ruined her 4th outfit Nana got her by playing in the sand and water, but she enjoyed every second of it. We ate some great food and had a lot of fun until Sydney was warn out and ready to head home.

We made it home thinking this was another year that Sydney would go without seeing fireworks, and then we heard our neighbors! They are really nice, and from Iowa, which makes me feel "at home" a little. We all ran outside and watched their fireworks.


Sydney really enjoyed them. They were great with her and she kept offering to "help" Mr. Kevin with the lighting. We had another neighbor who had some much larger and louder fireworks. Those were a bit scary so she wanted her silencing headphones.


This is Mr. Kevin and Keagan setting up the next round of "kid friendly" fireworks.

So on her 2 1/2 birthday Sydney finally got to see fireworks. She was even up past 9. It was a fun day for our family, heat and all!

Clarification

By guilted I mean inspired. Sydney loves her letters and deserves to learn. We cannot take her to a preschool program during the day since we both work. This leaves the teaching to mommy. At 8 1/2 months pregnant, I currently consider inspiration for extra projects as "guilt". School is great for both Sydney and I and we are grateful for the tot tray inspiration!!

Preschool Begins

Well I have been guilted into Homeschool preschool for Sydney by my bestie Brittany at Learning in Grace.

Sydney is super into her letters right now. So tonight when she saw me prepping we had to start school. I found some free printables online while we are waiting for the rest of our supplies.


We started with the letter "A". She did really good on this one and would color inside the lines when asked. I started with markers thinking that would be a fun "treat" but she was not impressed and switched to crayons. (Which by the way it is almost time to stock up on crayons and markers for free with coupons during back to school specials.)



Next we worked on the apple tree. Sydney got tired of coloring and wanted some help. She handed me crayons telling me the color and saying " you help". Girl is already great at managing others. :)



The managing continued during A is for alligator. She did great with this and new it was alligator, not crocodile. I was impressed!


The lower case "a" was a struggle. She kept calling this "D" and I couldn't really argue with her, it did look like a "D". That was my bad on selecting this one.

She had a great time tonight. I asked if she wanted to put school away and take a bath and she lost her mind. She loves to take baths and anything involving water, but school won out! I hope that continues. :)