Here is what we have been doing in our new home….not just unpacking! It was a fun unit with lots of great activities to do. Oh yeah, sometimes mommy gets a little bit excited and wants to try everything she finds online or imagine. However, after almost 2 weeks with the same theme we just have to save for the next round! (We don’t do “school” everyday….we HAVE to play and go shopping...lol!)

Language:

Our Homemade- Parts of a bird puzzle- made of felt! I draw the bird on cardstock paper and Pinky colored each part. I just saved them (you can see the horse puzzle for our on-going farm theme) on a folder. Cheap and take less space! You can print out them at Montessori N' Such for free! (I was so lazy that preferred to draw them myself and don't have to connect the printer)

3 part cards- Parts of a bird (Sorry, I don’t remember from where are these!)

Update (Feb 2012): These cards are from Montessori Helper.

Plus these great activity (from Learning center world) where I read the statement and she just have to listen carefully in order to pick up the correct answer. I tried to turned into kind of Montessori by letting Pinky to use paper clips. (It was a little challenging at the beginning but she got it! And mommy got her proudly face on a pic!)

English/Spanish bird matching cards- I found these beautiful birds at a dollar store a few months ago (4/$1.00) and couldn’t help myself. So, I prepared these cards for a matching activity. Ok, it wasn’t a hit with Pinky! Also, she didn’t pay to much attention to them as a free play toy as she does with her farm or wild animals. (Maybe, those moments when she sees a real bird and shout: shoo, shoo birdie, go away!!! are saying something,,,lol) Maybe later??

Our homemade Beginning sound boxes are still an A plus!

Alphabet puzzle- practicing phonics. She loves to play “I spy”. We play saying: I spy a letter that says (letter sound)…and then she puts it on its place.

Sensorial-

Building a nest on the playground with pine tree leaves. The pinecone is mama bird and the rocks are her eggs. She had lots of fun! I love her concentration, plus the real birdies may have a new home!!

Tonging-

Egg carton and flamingoes from our Hawaii unit! Actually, Montessori Print Shop has a freebie of Flamingo 3-Part cards…I am saving them for our next round!

Tangrams-

Building an egg plus six different birds. It’s from Mathsticks.com! You need to open a free account.

Math-

We practiced some shapes pasting them on our book plus we counted birdies. Shape books from Time for tots. The bird counting cards are from the Birds unit from 1+1+1=1 and/or Homeschool creations.

Pre-writing-

Pinky’s getting better at making lines and after that, erasing them! Love those little hands at work!

Mix and Match Patterns with Plastic Eggs-

I don’t have any pic of this activity but I found it at Fun & Engaging Activities for Toddlers. I just grabbed 5 eggs from our Easter unit, mixed them, draw ovals on some index cards and colored. Easy!

We did more activities but I don’t have pictures since we were having too much fun. We did some lacing, more puzzles, lots of real practical life and pool, water park and playground fun!

Furthermore, if you are interested about some matching birds activities printables here are some great ones:

- Sunflower schoolhouse- Match the birds cards

- Sunflower schoolhouse- Bird color matching

- Montessori Print Shop- Free bird match up and memory game

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Take care and have a great week or month? (Ops, I am sooo lazy to post! lol)

Oopss! My Wednesday is full of words!

I can’t hold myself whenever I get surprised by my little one and her amazing occurrences! A few weeks ago, we were shopping when she saw a kind of hat that she recognized as the Statue of Liberty (which she named New York; she’s in love with this state!) and she asked me to take a picture. As I looked thru the camera she was striking this pose:

Sometimes it seems like kids are in their own world but even a fetus can feel, listen, learn and been influenced by its surroundings!

Enjoy your week!!!

I think I am addict to the Dollar spot at Target! Whenever I go to the store, I make sure I pass by the dollar spot and see what new things they have…Here are some of the last findings….

And here is my little Pinky trying them ASAP!!!

Matching Upper and lower case letters!

Animals actions cards!!!…there are some with animals sounds, too!

The animals action cards were her favorite ones….and mines, too!! She looks so cute doing like the animals. In the first 3 photos she is doing like a frog: jumping, jumping and jumping! Next, like a kitten, flying like a butterfly and camouflaging like a chameleon!!!

Also, these are great for our workboxes or trays!!!

There’re still available with more great School tools!!!

Pinky really LOVES everything about the fascinating world of construction machines, builders, etc. So, while mommy was packing, she was enjoying our outside view: some road reconstruction! (There’s learning going on everywhere, for sure!).

Pretending her arm is a machine!!!

And for more construction activities: LEGOS!!!

For these cards, I just made some “masterpieces” myself and took pictures. Then, I made small cards using Microsoft office word (just copy the photo, paste it on a page and select the size you want your photos), print and laminate them. They are not perfect but at least we have fun with them (even dada joined the fun!)

What are you building today!!!

Update: (01/20/2012)

I just uploaded the cards I made in case someone would like to have them. Here's the link!