F

We talked about Foxes (our F below- it's a stretch I know!) on day 1. We read a couple of books about them and we played Pin the Tail on Swiper (a printable from nickjr.com)

On day 2, we read a couple of "Rainbow Fish" books. and made a lower case 'f' fish. You can't tell from the picture, but he has several shiny scales (tin foil)

*The alphabet ideas were from Totally Tots**

Day 3 we talked about Families. We worked on spelling our last name, and talked about Family relationships (aunts, uncles, cousins...) We made a family tree, which I thought turned out too cute! It was especially appropriate this week because one of the Great Grandma's died this week and it was a great way to remember her and talk about Eternal Families. Do you like our stick figure great grandpa's?? I didn't have pictures of them because they died before I was part of the family.
Day 4 we talked about Firemen. I discovered a wonderful thing called Lapbooks recently, they are a brilliant way to teach different skills. Here is the fireman one I blogged about a while ago.

Front Cover, it's a puzzle that we glued on.
Back cover. It's a shadow matching game, in the top left is a pocket for the pictures, the shadows are glued on.
The inside. It has a patterns game, spelling my name game, counting game, colors and fireman word flash cards. So far it's been a hit!


I've done as much as I could to reinforce the 'F' thing, but he still can't remember what letter it is to save his life. So we'll probably have to work on it some more. I'm not in any big hurry though. I know it will come.

Police or Fireman Lapbooks

Homeschool Creations posted this on their blog. It is an awesome idea, especially because my kids love Police and Firemen! This is a copy of her blog post about it. I included the link for the pdf file at the bottom, and also the link for the fireman.

This is made with a regular file folder. The front cover is a coloring sheet of a policeman that is part of the full lapbook file. On the back we put the P for Policeman letter tracing sheet that we worked on {included in the lapbook file}.

Inside the Lapbook

~ Count the Fingerprints: 1:1 counting up to 10. I’d highly recommend using a washable ink ~ I’m just saying.

~ Shapes in Signs: A look at signs we see all around us and the shape that they are.

~ What Color is the Police’s Hat? A coloring book to identify color words.

~ Police Patterns: Make simple {or more complex} patterns using a police officer and a magnifying glass.

~ Sign Matching: Play a fun game of memory together with street signs {I recommend printing this one on cardstock}.

~ ABC Matching: Uppercase and lowercase letter matching cards {print on cardstock and laminate to reuse!}.

~ Catch the Robber: A tracing activity to use with your preschooler {I would recommend printing this on cardstock and laminating so you can use it later}.

Policeman Lapbook

Fireman Lapbook