Finding ideas for Letter P was easy as PIE! Seriously, there are so many great things that start with P, and it has been Parker's favorite letter since he learned that his name started with it. We got a jumpstart on the week by having porridge and pancakes for breakfast. Then Papa and Grandma drove their pick-up truck in to see us. They brought silly putty, snap peas, and wonderful pistachios.
We all went to the library in the pick-up.
Day 1
We started off Day 1 by singing "5 Little Penguins." We did the usual counting, letter and verse review and then learned letter P and its verse,
"Pray continually" - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Then we did a purple letter P puzzle.
And played with playdoh.
We finished up by reading
and made paleo pizza for supper that night.
Day 2
Hooray for popcorn day! Parker totally loves popcorn so today was pretty fun. We started by dumping some popcorn seeds in some paint
And then spooning them into a box with paper on the bottom.
Time to "pop" it! (Shake it up and down).
Ta da!
We read
Then we popped some popcorn,
and learned about capacity. First, he ordered the containers from smallest to biggest. Then, he counted how many handfuls of popcorn fit in each one, because lets face it, no one ever grabs popcorn one at a time ;)
We dumped that popcorn into the sensory bin and popped some more for a popcorn picnic!
We read
Before bed, we read about the Prophet, Isaiah.
Day 3
I cut a square piece out of a plastic bag and had Parker color it. That was going to be our parachute.
While I was preparing the parachute, Parker made a pick-up truck pattern blocks.
After the lego guy was attached to the parachute, Parker carried him up the stairs and prepared him for the jump. We counted down and let him go!
We read
and Parker watched a Penguin documentary we got from the library.
A few days later, we got to go visit our friend, Paul, a piano professor at Wheaton College. Paul has a doctorate in piano performance, so lets just say we got to hear some pretty amazing music.
Parker was a little shy at first.
Paul taught him how the piano works and showed him the inside. Parker really liked watching the hammers while Paul was playing. Especially when the music was fast.
Parker and Adley played a few duets.
Parker played a little on his own.
And then we got to listen to Paul play some more. What a treat! Thank you so much, Paul!
Parker thinks you're pretty special.
If only P could've lent Q some fun words ;)
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