Letter A (Lesson 6)

Today is our last lesson for Letter A. We have a really short lesson as we were rushing for time.

I started the lesson with some sponge stamping on the paper. This finished work will be used to make into airplane for the boys to play.

Next we proceed to our sorting of Uppercase and lowercase A. Javier was not interested in this activity at all, might be due to he is still not too sure of the letter. But Jayden is very keen to help him.

We end the lesson with the I spy 'A' Activity.

As the paint was still wet, I only make the airplane on the next day.

This is the simple airplane which I have make.

The boys playing with it.

But after playing a while, Javier find that my airplane not very interesting leh, cannot fly very far. So he went to take another real airplane to play with.

Letter A (Lesson 5)

We continue our lesson on letter A today. I make a apple tree using felt cloth. The main intention of this tree is to teach Javier numbers and also sing a song on number. But my little boys more interested in plucking the apples from the tree and hear me sing silly rhyme songs.

The boys playing with the apples
Next, I let Javier do some pasting of apple and alligator.

He enjoyed playing with the glue.

I drew some apples for the boys to colour

For this craft, I was intending to make a 'Apples in the basket', but the completed art don't look anything like it. :(

I drew a basket for putting the apples

After the boys have completed colouring the apples, I put it inside the basket. Next I put some glue on it for them to stick the sticks on the apples to make it look like the apples are inside the basket. (Sound complicated?????)

This handprinting craft is rather messy but fun. First I make a hand print of Javier hand on the paper.

Next, I dipped the shower sponge onto the green paint for Javier to make the tree leaves. Follow by printing the red apples using his little fingers.

Our Apple Tree

A sticking activity.

The tree stem using the tissue roll

Our completed Tree
We played a game of colour sorting. Next, I showed Javier the card on the apple before and after cutting. After which I took a real apple and show it to him and cut and show him the inside of the apples.

Yum, Yum Yum... Enjoying his apple

We read the book 'Chicka Chicka abc'. Both my boys like this book alot. They can ask me to read this book over 10 times a day.

Letter A (Lesson 4)

Our Lesson today consists of doing a Alien Craft, a lowercase apple craft, counting, yummy coco crunch letter and story session.

First we started with the lowercase apple craft. I let Javier colour the letter A, then I cut it out and let him paste the leaf.

Javier pasting the leaf on the "a".

The completed craft
Next, we did a Alien craft. I pass some round stickers for Javier to paste on the Letter A.
He is adding the mouth for the alien.

Adding the atenna to the alien head
Mr Alien A

We have a maths activity today, which I teach him number 1 to 5.

First I read out the number to him, then I let him puch out the mini apples to paste onto the chart which I have make.

The mini apples

Javier is pasting the apples and punching the mini apples from the red construction paper

The is counting chart which we have make today.

I have also include a worm puppet for today activity. I make a apple from a foam board and cut a hole. I let Javier put his finger inside the hole to act as worm. However, he keep putting the dinosaur head into the head. He say the dino wants to eat the apple.

The last activity is the one Javier enjoyed the most. I used the coco krunch to arrange into Letter A and showed it to him. But he is more interested in eating it.

Our yummy activity

Cheeky boy showing me his mouth full of coco kruch
We read a book on counting, Javier like this book very much. He like to take this book for me to read to him. Actually there is no words for me to read. But I like to make up story from the picture and tell him.

Javier enjoyed most of the activity today. I am glad that he is keen to participate in the activity which I have prepare for him. To me, whether he really learn the letter to me is not important as long as he enjoyed the lesson and have a fun time. This a also a great bonding time between us.

Letter A (Lesson 3)

Today we continue our Lesson on A. I try to include more hands on activity for Javier as I realise he is more interest in doing craft.


I put glue on the whole area of the A. Then Javier and I put the red beans on top of the glue area to form the A shape. Javier like this activity alot, as he keep pouring the red beans on it. I think it looks like bee hive in one of the photo.

The red bean activity

Next, I explain to him about the life cycle of an apple, I was expecting him to be uninterested in this. But surprisingly he sat and listen to me explain the life cycle wor. I am not sure whether he understood what I am trying to tell him, as I find it is abit too difficult for him to understand now. But I am glad he is interested in listening to my boring theory lah.

The picture showing the life cycle of an apple

Look at the contented expression when I talking about the life cycle of the apple

Next, I let him colour the picture of an apple, after colouring for a while, he start to fool around. Putting the marker cap inside his mouth.

After the colouring, I show him the pictures of the individual objects which starts with A. He quickly walked into the room where I kept my craft and told me he want to get something. I am not sure what he intend to get. So I just waited for him to come back. I never expected him to get the 'suprise box' which I show him yesterday. He was trying to relate the stuffs inside the box with the pictures which I was showing him. (Kids are really creative, I never thought of doing this with him, he think a step further than mummy)

He puts the felf cloth apple on the picture of the 'apple'

Putting the toy airplane on top of the picture of the 'airplane'

The toy alligator with the picture of the alligator.

Next we have craft session. Today we are doing a apple tree craft. For this craft, we need construction paper, green paint, paint brush and 6 red pom poms.

I drew a tree on the construction paper and prepare the green paint for the painting of the tree.

Javier painting the green leaf for the tree.
Using a black marker to colour the stem of the tree.

We let the green paint dry put before we glue the pom pom onto it. The red pom pom is like the apple on the trees.

The last activity before Javier nap is the stamping of the apple. He practically stamp the apple all over the place. Luckily I covered the whole table with paper, so that I don't have to worry about him stamping paint all over the table.

His apple stamping activity.

Of course, so much talking about apples, I got to have a tasting session of the apples for Javier. He look so happy and enjoying his apple alot.

We also read a book 'Snip Snap' by Maria Bergman. When I first read this book to Javier, he was not interested at all. He would run away when I have only started a few pages. But today, he was able to sit beside me and let me finish the whole book.

I find that this book is probably a bit too long for very young children or very active ones. But Jayden enjoyed this story alot, he ask me to read it to him quite a few times.

The inside of the book.

The activity went well today. Javier enjoyed most of the activity which I have planned for him.