Eli wrote his very first story a few weeks ago called The Lonely P. I thought I’d post it for my new friends Kim Kautzer and Debbie Oldar, authors of WriteShop. They were our wonderful, WONDERFUL booth neighbors at the Midwest Homeschool Convention last week. They are such sweet mentors! Be sure to check out their writing programs!
The Loney P, by Eli, age 4
Once upon a time there were pools that the lonely P swam in. Some kids and dads and moms swam there, too.
The P made a friend, the number 2.
The P swam in one pool and the 2 swam in another pool.
Whew! The letter Q was hard to plan. It was a good thing we had a service project scheduled and the weather cleared up for one of our first big nature walks of the season.
A crown fit for a queen graces our alphabet wall.
A quarter toss was a fun way to practice motor skills.
My little army guy has a softer side - he makes quilt squares with pattern blocks. Thanks to Confessions of a Homeschooler for the printables!
Q-tip painting is a fun way to introduce the term "pointillism".
Again, thanks to Confessions of a Homeschooler for this quilt-square Q.
Eli was exploring a silt deposit in the bend of a dry stream bed. Have you ever played with silt? It's great fun!
Eli and Caleb loved preparing bags of food customers at the food pantry.
After reading a book about penguins, Eli colored a picture of a polar region.
These pattern puzzles were made with foam animal stickers and cardstock.
Eli filled the letter P template from Confessions of a Homeschooler with pom-poms.
We talked about the parts of a plant and played with the life cycle cards again.
Making patterns with pattern blocks bores Eli, but I made him do it anyway.
Have you ever played penny drop? It's fun, especially when your pk'er is better than you!
Puzzles - and lots of them.
Eli loves painting with watercolors.
Equal parts flour and water + a little food coloring made a very simple finger paint. Freezer paper is perfect for fingerpainting.
Eli completed some purple pages in his Dollar Tree workbooks.
A popsicle hangs on our alphabet wall.
Homemade puppets were the hit of a puppet show.
We found turkey prints during a nature walk!
A windy day called for "playing" with the wind.
Way back when Eli was a baby, I got a free subscription to Parents Magazine (I think). Anyway, they sent along wonderful little Sesame Street workbooks. This one was on the theme of pets.
Sorry, I had to include this photo even though it has nothing to do with the letter P. Eli said he was headed to his grandparents house a 1/4 mile away. He didn't get far.
The letter N didn’t seem as boring as this post might lead you to believe! lol
Eli placed number stickers on the N template from Confessions of a Homeschooler.
We did lots with numbers this week. This is a matching game that came from my co-op's Preschool Activities in a Bag exchange.
We did more number practice on these felt and sandpaper trees I found for FREE at a curriculum sale. They look easy to make - cardboard backs, felt tree tops, construction paper trunks, sandpaper tracing numbers placed on the trunk, and felt apples to count and place in the trees.
We also played with a number puzzle from the game closet.
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