Letter A - Day 2

Today started off pretty bad. I didn't sleep well last night, and I guess Bee didn't either. So, we were both a mess. We carried on with our day as planned, though.

We're still working on the letter A (all week long). Today I taught him uppercase and lowercase. We matched the case letters with the correct apples. He did great! I love the way he says uppercase and lowercase. It's very cute.

After that, we practiced counting the seeds in the apples and matching it with the correct number. He gets bored quick with this one, so I'll have to find a way that engages him. I have a few ideas in mind.

We also did the "Do A Dot" activity. We did it last week for fun when I received the markers in the mail, and his colors were everywhere but on the spots they were "supposed" to be (in the blank dots). It was a pretty picture, though. So how did he do this time?



As you can see - a whole lot better! He stayed in the dots (mostly) and didn't go insane with the markers. He has a ton of fun with these things!

I then printed off another tracing/coloring page with ants. I, of course, tried to get him to trace the A's, but he told me "I color da ants!" and let out this viscous laugh. He likes to mess with bugs - even on paper. Typical boy, I suppose.



He then spotted the glue sticks in his little pouch and did the "What's that?" thing where he knows what it is, but wants me to give it to him and tries to pretend he's innocent. You know how they get us parents with that. So, then I thought - hey! I'll grab some construction paper, cut out some shapes (do not laugh - they were free-form) and have him glue them onto a bigger sheet. Of course, this is when the attitude came out. He wanted to do it all on his own, but he hasn't learned that glue is NOT a crayon - it cannot go all over my dining room table. So, it didn't last long for the gluing. Then I asked him what each shape was and what color it was and we (me) wrote it down.



After our free time/Mommy's work time, I decided to get out the magnets to play with. He loves to make these things "click" by putting them together. He thinks it's hilarious and I'm not sure why. He played with these for a good 20 minutes, then got upset that I made him keep them on the dry erase board instead of on my floor.




And this is the aftermath of today's works.. so peaceful. It always melts my heart when I see him peacefully sleeping.