Letter C (Lesson 3)

Our theme for letter C today is caterpillar, most of the things we do is related to caterpillar.

Letter C pasting

I let Javier paste on red pom pom on the 'C' which I have drawn on the construction.
I added in one cat inside the C, but upon Javier special request for me to add in more cats. The C ended up with so many cats.

Counting with caterpillar

For this number caterpillar, I only focus on teaching Javier from 1-5. He like to remove the number and sticking it back again.

Sorting

I teach Javier between big and small

Example of foods and vegetables that start with C

This activity is fun, cos Javier got to touch the real object and also smell it. Instead of just looking at pictures.

My little boy keep hitting the carrot and the corn on the floor. He feel that it is very funny to do it.
I will introduce one things to him at a time and told him to feel and smell it. Next I would ask him to find the cards of the item and put the vegetables on top of it.
Finally, I show him the chocolate flashcard and the bowl of 'chocolates'. I know he will be distracted if I put the chocolates with the other vegetables. Thus I leave it to the last.


Caterpillar craft We paint the egg carton green for the caterpillar body. Mostly is paint by mummy, as Javier is not very keen to do painting today. :(

After the paint dry, I put on the attenna and the eyes for the caterpillar. Both my boys like playing with it. But I feel that it look abit scary and ugly. :(-


Storytime

We read 2 books on caterpillar, namely "The very hungry Caterpillar" and "The crunching Munching Caterpillar. The very hungry caterpillar is Javier favourite book, he like the part where the caterpillar eats alot of different food and got a tummyache. He like to flip to that page and told me the different kinds of things that the caterpillar have eaten. I guess from the countless time that I read that book to him, he had already memories the story... Towards the end of the story, when the caterpillar is inside the cacoon, I would ask him what happen after it???? He will immediately exclaimed " Butterfly"!!!!! haha.. it never fail to make me smile when he say it.

For this book, Jayden like it better. I think it is too wordy for Javier, thus he lose interest halfway thru the story.

Javier really enjoyed the lesson today, bcos he likes Caterpillar!!!!!

Letter B (Lesson 2)

Our 2nd lesson on letter B. Jayden would be joining us for today lesson.
As the boys woke up early today, thus I decided to have the lesson in the morning instead of our usual afternoon after Javier came back from school.

Pasting stickers on 'C' & Cat activity

I print the activity sheet from here

The boys pasting the stickers.

Our finished work

Cat Craft

I print the cat craft from here.

The big fat orange cat

Cat Mask

Javier colouring on the paper plate.

Looking at the completed mask.
Opps.. Seems like the mask is abit too big for Javier and Jayden face!!!!

Counting

I make this counting card using a cat stamper.
Javier like this counting chart alot, might be because he likes cat alot.

Snack

Since we are onto cat theme today, I was thinking of making cat face sandwich for the boys. For the face and ear, I use plain bread and apply some peanut butter, 2 chocolates for the eyes and 4 gummies for the whiskers. Its a hit with the boys. Jayden like the cat sandwich alot and wanted me to make some for him to bring to school as snack. Whereas for Javier, he is only interested in the chocolate and gummies.

Storytime

We read the book " Have you seen my cat" by Eric Carle. It is a very simple book but the illustration is very colourful which captivate the kids greatly.

Homeschooling Letter C

Today is our first lesson on letter C. We have a short and fun lesson.

Tracing Letter C
I started with introducing Letter C to Javier, next I guide him how to write by holding his hand
At this young age, it is still too early for him to write the letters. So most of the time he is just scribbling on the paper which is also a good hand muscle exercise for him.

Our 'C'

A wooly Cotton C

Since we are on letter C, I was thinking of letter Javier paste the cotton wool on the C which I have drawn.
Javier like playing with cotton wool, he keep pulling a whole lot of it and paste it on the paper.
Chicken Craft

I print the chicken craft from here.

Our completed chicken.

Example of animals that start with C

Javier like this activity alot. He kept playing with the figurine and the huge garfield.

'C' for Colour

First, I added food colouring into the water and teach Javier about colour.

I also let Javier use the springe to transfer the water from one bowl to another. By doing this, it can also help him in his fine motor skills and concentration. It take some practices for him to gaspe the technique of pulling the springe to take up water and pressing the springe to release the water.

StoryTime

We end our lesson by reading this book ' The incredible cake'.

Stickers fun!!!!

Kids are really easy to satisfied, I just a bought some stickers for them. They treat it like gem and spend a long time playing with it. I told them the 2 of you look like 'xiao ding dong' leh... paste until your whole face with stickers, but they find it funny and keep laughing. :(

Phonics Matching game

I have printed the phonics matching card some time ago. But I only started cutting it and showed it to Jayden today.

He enjoyed the game alot.

From the picture, he have to find the beginning sound of the picture. For example, 'spider' start with 'sp'. He managed to match most of the cards himself.

It is also the same of this set of phonics matching cards. He sound the words first and look for the picture to match.

For example, bath... then he will sound out b-a-th, even though he has never seen that word before, but by sounding out the word, he would be able to read it.

The last set of phonics matching cards is pictures starting with 'ch'.

Letter B (Lesson 7)

Today is the last lesson for Letter B. We have a fun and short lesson to sum up our learning for letter B.

Tracing of Letter B

I hold Javier hand to trace the uppercase of lowercase b.

We have a few practice for writing letter B

Matching Flashcard with things starting with B

I gave Javier the banana and told him to put in on top of the banana flashcard.
We did the same for all the items.
The things that start with 'B'
Javier enjoying his biscuits after the matching activity

Bunny hat

First, I write letter 'B' on the construction paper and then let Javier design the hat.

I let Javier paste some cotton wools for the bunny ears.

It took sometime for the paint to dry up and the cottol wools to stick onto the paper. But the end work is so cute. Javier like to wear it so much.

Numbers

I use the bear to teach javier about numbers and colours.

He is not very interested to do this activity, mostly is done by me. But I will explain to him as I arrange the bear on the card.