Daily Work and Feeder Fun!

We had a great week. We have been busy working, and playing and Reno's way has been something I look forward to daily. He's a re cap from our week

Daily we go over our numbers. To work on fine motor skills too Reno clips the right amount of clips her number card.


Daily we sing (Reno is now insisting on singing herself) "these are the letters that I know" Reno points and says the letters on the line she knows. Then she sings "this is the letter that I am learning". She points and sings the letter that she is learning for the week or day in the pocket chart.


Alice Loves these letter of the week projects. WE focus on other letters all week but we do a project on one or tows a week.



Snowflakes and our tree. In the Fall we erected a tree in the basement. We had fall leaves on it now it is covered with snowflakes. Kgirl, Reno's 5 year old sister, loved this! WE had white scraps for MONTHS... Reno liked it too. She loves to cut now so this was right up her alley.



Marbles is something I had fun with as a kid. I got them out for the girls and Reno made a snake! Scary:)


We have been stuck inside a lot lately do to illness. Even though it was cold we had to get some fresh air once we felt all better. Reno loves her scooter


Uno is another family favorite. We play and then Reno must organize. I have to say I was impressed with her ability to stack em all up!




Our special project this week was making bird feeders. I read the book "Stranger in the Woods". It is photographic journey into the forest when two children decide to feed the animals for winter. After the book we decided to make bird feeders, since although we live in CO we don't see any "wild" animals in our area. Reno and Kgirl loved this. I didn't realize that they would have to most fun spreading seed.



(sorry for the blurry pics.. I didn't realize Reno slimed my camera this morning!

Updating

So we are still here... I promise... we have been doing Tot School but it has been mixed in with a lot of "life school" as Carisa calls it. Alice is learning a lot of new things. I love the Tot School site. You all have so many great ideas! I love "stealing" them.

Here is what we have been up to recently. I will post older pics later

We have this cute little caterpillar that is more than a toy. It has a snap, button, zipper, laces, velcro and a button. Reno is very into getting herself dressed now and I thought the caterpillar would be some fun practice for her.



I got this great learning toy for a Teacher Store in our area... US Constructive Toys and Playthings. There are so many reasons I like this one: great for sorting, color recognition, fine motor skills, creative play...it was soup just the other day!


Reno knows most of her letters, but I am determined to do a little art project for each one... thanks Carisa for featuring No time for FLashcards. I love that site as well and am loving the letter of the week projects!


We have been going a lot of Valentines Projects. This one is for Reno's Pipo. His birthday is on Valentine's Day.




Reno is all about cutting right now. We tried to a few months ago but it was just too frustrating for her. But she has it now. I could hardly get her to stop cutting to glue on her zebra stripes. We will be doing a lot more cutting!




Life School

Ski School~ in Renos's words "my best time ever!"


Renos decided, with help from mommy and daddy, that it would be a great idea to have her friends bring in donations for her doggy friends at the local shelter in lieu of presents for herself. She was so proud to take the donations to her doggie friends.