Jackson is 27 months old.
For the letter F, we focused on fire trucks and fish!
We read: Rainbow Fish
by Marcus PfisterFireman Small
by Wong Herbert Yee One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. SeussJackson played with his fire trucks.
Jackson and I played with his fire truck stickers (another re-positionable set. I love these and wish I had bought more when they were on sale!)
Tuesday we went on a field trip to the Fire Station with Jackson's preschool class.
Wednesday we switched gears and started doing our fish activities. We played with the magnetic fishing game that I made.
We sang the 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive song.
We made this fun fish handprint craft. When the paint dried, Jackson glued blue paper onto the plate to make it look like water.
I made Jackson this sensory bag using blue aloe and colored goldfish. I used the goldfish because I couldn't find gummy fish, but as you might suspect, they disintegrated after a few minutes of Jackson squeezing the bag, but he liked it anyway.
And we did this sand art. I drew fish onto the paper with glue and tried to get Jackson to pour sand over it. He didn't care for this activity (he hates most sensory things, you may have noticed, but I keep trying to get him used to them) but I managed to get him to get a bunch of sand on it anyway. I think it looked pretty nice in the end.
Life Skills
I just wanted to update some of the things that Jackson is doing as far as life skills. Right now he:
- cleans his own tray after eating
- brushes his teeth
- helps me put clothes in the dryer
- picks up his dad's clothes off the floor and puts them in the hamper
- puts away all of his toys before nap and bedtime
He's also sort of obsessed with hugging his friends, only he doesn't want to let go! They don't usually like this very much!
He has also adjusted really well to preschool. He still cries when I drop him off, but he does well while he is there. He seems to be getting along with the other kids and he loves the teacher. He is also doing well in speech therapy- he has even started going into the session alone (for the last year he has always depended on one of us to go into the room with him).
10 love me:
I remember playing with repositional sticker sets like that as a kid, but they never seem to be for sale anywhere...
You can usually get fish gummies from IKEA, if you live near one =)
Those look like fun activities! :) I need to be better about doing things (craft things) with Marlee...
That's awesome that he is going to speech by himself! YAY!
Cool trucks!! :)
your doing a fabulous job with Jackson..lots of projects getting done!
What a wonderful and coordinated letter unit. I like the wide variety of activities, lots of fun learning going on. I'm also happy to see you stick with the sensory activities. I know it's hard when they don't like that kind of thing but it's important to keep giving them the opportunities! Thank you for joining us at Show & Tell on ABC & 123: A Learning Cooperative!
I'm sure you've given Jackson a great head start with all the activities that y'all do.
What a fun week learning! The fish activities look fantastic. Even though the cracker fish didn't work out, the idea was great.
You can never go wrong with firetrucks!! :D
Looks like lots of fun and sounds like he is doing well!!
I have an award for you over at Coming Alive in Christ Have a great weekend!
my toddler is right around your little mr.'s age! (born may 7, of 08)
He's doing many of the same things around our house too - he get's so excited to 'help' with house hold tasks like laundry.
I'm so glad you linked up with Tot School so I could read up on them too - looks like they've got some great ideas!
~h
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