So much to do, so little time...

Last week I decided to do more structured teaching with Dani. She had learned a few favorite letters (O,T,P,B) and started noticing them in her environment, so I figured it was time to focus more on teaching. I'm trying to emphasize one letter a week, but I am also introducing other letters slowly so that I don't get too bored of the same letter games.

Last week was the letter A. We played with her ABC zoo animals and searched for her plastic 'A's which I hid or she hid for the animals to find. We put a piece of masking tape on her play pen so the animals could find that A as well. We sang a song about the alligator and the monkeys swinging in the tree but changed the "monkeys" to the 'A's and acted it out with her toy Alligator. We took the plastic letters and stood them upright on a chair to see which ones would stand and then we blew on them to watch them move or tumble. We talked about things that began with A and ate applesauce.

Despite these activities that Dani sure loved, by Thursday I needed more variety and more things to do. I had been at home all week and needed to get out and talk to someone. Luckily, Sunday I met a few of the girls in my Ward and this week has been much more productive and fun. Fun enough to return to blogging.

We just returned from the Ward's monthly kid's craft activity and I decided to research more craft and teaching activities online. I am very excited to have found some websites with many fun learning and craft activities for preschool and kindergarten children. It will be much easier to not have to come up with all the activities myself. I cannot wait to get started!