Letters F-J

Another fun week of preschool in the books! Monday was F for Farm. First, she cut out all the farm animals. (I was going to cut them out but she wanted to do it!) And then I drew a barn, field, and pond on a paper and I asked her what each animal was, what sound it made, and where each of the animals would be on the farm.

Then she created her own farm and drew all the different places and then glued on the pieces that she wanted for her farm.

Tuesday was G for Gingerbread Man. She cut it out and then decorated it with sparkly markers and pom poms.

Then she did a gingerbread matching.

Wednesday was H for Halloween. The craft for the day was jack-o-lanterns that she made out of paiting an apple that was cut in half. Then once it dried, she drew on the cute faces.

We also did a fun Halloween memory/matching game.

Thursday was I for Iceberg. First, she created an iceberg out of cottonballs and I showed her some pictures since she really didn't know what an iceberg was.

Then I had some ice cubes with little toys frozen in them. Then she melted the cubes and played in the water.

Friday was J for Jump rope. The craft was coloring the letter J and then created a jump rope for the J.

Then we played with a jump rope. She told me multiple times that she couldn't jump rope but I told her we would play different games with it. She walked on the jump rope in a straight line, then she jumped over the jump rope, and then we did follow the leader.

Letters A-E

We started the alphabet over for preschool. It was a little confusing to McCall but she figured it out after a few days that we change letters every day. I have a plan all figured out so that we can do all the letters one more time by the end of the school year for Baylor and Paige. It was a fun week!

Monday- A for Astronaunt. First, she did an astronaunt coloring page and I was super impressed with how long she stuck with it. She was very detailed in her coloring and took her time.

Then we made some moon sand to play with. It has been out all week and almost everyday one of the girls will play with it for a bit.

Tuesday- B for Bike. First, she made this cute bike craft out of cupcake liners.

Then I asked her about the different parts of her bike and she knew all of them- the wheel, the seat, the handlebars, and a helmet. Then she rode her bike for a little bit. I even drew one very long line/loop for her to follow. She has started to truly love riding her bike and asks to ride her princess bike almost every day.

Wednesday- C for Cat. She made this cute paper plate cat.

Then we talked about how to care for a cat and we pretended that this was food for a cat. I cut out different hole sizes in a box and then she put different sized pom poms in each of the holes.

Thursday- D for Dragonfly. I first showed her some pictures of dragonflies and then we did a dragonfly craft out of coffee filters, markers, spoons, and pipe cleaners. 

Then we went on a dragonfly hunt. First, we walked over to the Soos Creek and wandered along the creek to see if we could find any. We had no such luck but we had some fun with some dandelion puffs, throwing sticks into the water, and McCall making the cutest faces and poses for the camera.

Then we knew where to find some dragonflies! Nona loves dragonflies and she has them all over in her yard and in her house so we went and found some there.

Friday- E for Earth. I first showed her some pictures of the Earth and where we live on it. It is kind of a hard concept for a 3 year old to understand but she just went with it. We made an Earth out of a coffee filter using green for the land and blue for the water.

Then we enjoyed the beautiful Earth and went on a nature scavenger hunt. McCall called it a treasure hunt and I couldn't agree with her more. The beautiful things on this Earth are for sure a treasure!

Letter Z

Last letter of the alphabet! McCall has learned and grown so much as we have done this very simple at home preschool. I have decided that I want to finish out the school year so that we are done about the same time as her sisters, so I came up with doing a letter a day. So we aren't quite done for this school year, but we made it through a letter a week!

Letter Z! Monday we started with doing a zinnia craft. I first showed her some pictures of zinnias. Then she clipped the green paper for the grass. I drew a line for her to cut to. Then she finger painted the flower.

We didn't buy zinnias but we planted some flowers together in the backyard for our activity for the day.

Tuesday was all about zig zags. First, she cut on some zig zag lines.

Then she followed zig zag lines all throughout the house.

Wednesday's craft was a zipper.

Then for our activity we made some chocolate zucchini bread. She always loves to help me bake and she was a fan of taste testing the batter until I put the zucchini in it, and then she didn't like the texture after that but loved the bread once we got it all bake. The whole family got to enjoy it for the day!

Thursday was such a fun filled day with the focus of the zoo. First, she did a zoo craft and while she was coloring, I surprised her and said we were going to the real zoo.

I packed us a lunch and then we went to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma. It was such fun McCall and Mom time. We took our time and tried to avoid the school groups. :) My favorite moments were just sitting with her, watching in awe as we watched the sharks and sting rays swim right by us and above us and that she was brave enough to touch the star fish and sea anemone and was so proud of herself. She enjoyed just sitting in the stroller, looking at the map, and seeing what was next. She was very content and happy to see whatever we could.

Then since we had some time, we made a quick stop at Owen Beach. I was so close to the beach so even if it was only for about 20 minutes it was worth it. I love the sound of the water, we saw a seal pop his head up, and I enjoyed the gorgeous view of Mount Rainier while McCall kept busy throwing sticks and rocks in the water and even put her feet in for a bit.

Friday, I was gone for most of the day with Baylor as a chaperone for her field trip so I wasn't going to do preschool, but while I was cooking dinner, Baylor decided to help McCall do her preschool craft for the day. It is such a cute Z zebra!