B is for Birthday

We kicked off B week with Parker's 3rd Birthday!

Hence the amount of Birthday books.  

      

Day 1

We started off with the "Walk, Walk," song we learned last week.  Then we learned the infamous "Sticky Bubble Gum," song by Carol Peterson.  Of course I had to sing it through a few time before Parker would join in, but he got it!  This is him sticking his head to the floor. =)

(Our school doesn't have a dress code ;)

After songs, we counted to twenty, reviewed the Letter A card and verse, and then I introduced letter B.  We talked about his birthday, the fact that he is a boy, different kinds of balls, and Parker thought of "boat," and "bike."  Then we began learning our new verse for the week - 

"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." - Acts 16:31.  

I said the first half, he repeated, we did the same with the second half and the reference, and then we said it all together.

Then we moved over to the table for our letter B activity.  Notice they are written in blue?

My mother-in-law had this amazing assortment of buttons that worked perfect for this activity.  I showed him how to put the buttons on the line, and then he took over.

While he was working, I asked him if all the buttons were the same.  (No).  I asked what colors they were, if they were all the same size, and if they all had the same number of holes in the middle.  We cleared off the paper and did some sorting. 

First by color...

Then by the number of holes.

We finished by reading

and then ate a banana for snack.

Day 2

 Before bed last night, Parker was singing the Sticky Bubble Gum song to his pretend friend, Deuce (nice name eh?).  Today when we sang it, he even attempted the part where it says "sticking your toe to your nose."  After songs, counting, and letter and verse review, we read

 Then we went over to our black board to re-tell the story.  Teaching a child to do this is so beneficial because it keeps them alert during the story and their comprehension is much higher.  Why not start young with an easy, repetitive story like this one?  I printed these off from  Kidzclub, and then put sticky magnets on the back.

I did almost all of the dialogue the first time through and let Parker move around the characters.  The next time he took over a lot of what baby bear said.  He really enjoyed doing it, so we re-told the story probably five times.  By the last time, he was doing almost all of it himself.    

Day 3

We did the regular beginning activities, and then Parker wanted to tell the Goldilocks story again.  Music to my ears!  Then we made banana bars.   We mixed up two banana's, one cup oatmeal, and some dark chocolate chips.  Real simple, but they got the point across.  

While they were baking, we read

We started by guessing what Baby Bear might see in the book.  Parker guessed a tractor =)  I read it through once, and then the second time he chimed in with the animal names, "what do you see," and "looking at me."  This book is great because it has a few extra activities in the back.  For example, it has the action words and you have to identify which animal was doing each action. 

The timer went off and the banana bars were ready.  B week was a blast =)