Continuing along the The Alphabet Path we've completed C and D weeks.
C is for Cat!
Drawing lesson
After reading Cat's Colors and The Color Kittens we had to try painting cats.
Kateri Copies a Cat from Cat's Colors
C is for Cow!
We read Click, Clack, Moo and watched videos of cows being milked on Youtube (homesteaders, no laughing!). We only watched clips of hand milking, as Eliza was terrified by the sight of the milking machines. :-) Then of course we had to paint cows. I asked Lydia to draw these outlines for the girls-
And they obviously had a grand time painting them. I thought they'd paint alike but Eliza was thinking outside the black box and asked for brown paint. She loves her picture so much she sits at the easel and pretends to milk the cow. :-)
I'm a little behind in my posting because C is also for Company, and we were delighted by a long weekend visit from Nana-
C is for Cookies!
Then it was on to D week-
handwriting on grey block paper
D is for Ducks!
We made these paper plate ducks which inspired lots of singing of the Five Little Ducks song. I also made five smaller ducks out of yellow paper circles so they could act out the song, and we also do it with singing and flapping and I of course have to be Mother Duck (quack).
singing and signing duck
Paintings inspired by Daisy books
D is for Drum!
Lots of singing and banging on drums. Josiah made these classic oatmeal carton drums for them last Christmas and they still love them. After painting the cartons he strung them with embroidery floss, slitting the cardboard edge to secure it.
D is for Dolphin!
Anna reads the classic The Several Tricks of Edgar Dolphin
The girls acted out the Edgar story with toy dolphins in a basin of water, and we watched a video from the library about dolphins.
We keep working on sorting objects by their beginning sounds. Then we play a game where they close their eyes and I move a few of the items around, then they open their eyes and have to find the ones placed on the wrong letter mats. They love this.
And last but by no means least, D is for Dad!
Kateri and Eliza heart their Dad, who hearts chocolate and is a gold star super-Dad
Because you're never too young to learn how to write a love note!
