We began our first homeschooling year with two 3-year-olds, a 6-year-old, and a 7-year-old! Our “preschool” activities are pretty simple! There’s a lot going on in Mom’s homeroom class! 😉 Now our twins are 4 years old and our big kids are 7 and 8! We are nearing the end of our year, and things have worked! Whew! The littles have been learning a letter a week, and they love their 30 minutes of preschool with Mom each morning! This post is a wrap up of the last half of the alphabet. Don’t ask me where the first half is… I guess I was too busy to snap pictures!
We learn a letter a week using A Beka animal flash cards and language development posters. We needed some language development! 🙂 Jack is reading, and Mary Sorrels is not far behind! I have also loved using Early Education at Home: A Curriculum Guide for Parents of Pre-Schoolers and Kindergarteners. I got a used copy! It is a simple book giving letter activities for each week, character qualities, snack ideas, field trip suggestions, and Bible characters beginning with each letter.
A Beka
Early Education at Home
I keep this handwriting saved on my desktop. I change the letter each week, print it off, and cut it in half so that we can practice writing our names and letters.
We practice writing our names and letters.
Now for the {very simple} last half of the alphabet wrap up….
Ll is for ladybug!
Mm is for monkey, moon, mouse, and macaroni! You can see our Mm post here.
We also made easy, delicious Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese! You don’t even have to cook the noodles first!
Nn is for nest and Noah’s rainbow!
Oo is for octopus.
Pp is for pink putty, purple play-doh, and peanut butter! You can see our Pp post here!
Qq is for Queen Esther and quilt. You can print Queen Esther, Vashti, Ahasuerus, Mordecai, and Haman masks here!
cracker quilt
Rr is for reptiles!
Ss is for smiles, sticks, S-shaped hotdogs, and spiders.
Tt is for toes on Ts.
Uu is for underground and umbrellas! We used a package of umbrella straws all week and put little toothpick umbrellas in our food! Fun!
Vv is for vegetables! (We also painted vegetables last summer and used okra to paint part of our Psalm 1 artwork! )
Ww is for water! Playing in the water {with permission!} is fun!
Xx is for X-ray!
Yy is for yarn and yellow! We found a lot of Y-shaped sticks!
Zz is for zipper and zinnias! We made zipper bag ice cream and planted zinnias.
It wasn’t until the very end of our letter weeks that I found these ABC Bible Printables! There is one for each letter of the alphabet!
As much as the twins love their preschool time, they love learning with their big brother and sister even more.
One of the most beautiful things about homeschool is the opportunity we have to learn as a family. I love seeing my children play and learn and work together! It fills my heart with JOY!
HAPPY LETTER LEARNING!
(Some of these pictures are from our fun on the first day of summer and our pumpkin party! You can click to visit.)
Fun on the first day of summer!
We had a fun week of pumpkin lessons!
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