Tot School Week 1

I haven't posted for a few weeks, so there will be several new posts added. This year for the first time, I decided to be intentional about doing preschool with the younger ones. It is so easy to focus on the "school age" child(ren) that sometimes the little ones can get left out. I realized that all the fun stuff that I did with my firstborn are not always being done with the next two. So, in my lesson planning last month I also planned out a 12 week lesson plan for my toddler and preschooler. Thanks to the Tot School webpage for some great ideas and help in being intentional with this age. It basically looks like this: Daily circle time, craft activity several times a week, daily preschool workbook or handwriting lesson, and short reading lesson for the 4 year old. These pictures are from our first week of school. They had fun with the letter A using painters tape and then painting over the letter only to uncover it later and reveal the letter A. They also enjoyed sponge painting different shapes and animals with washable tempera paints.