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Feb 2014 Week 4 (24th Feb - 2nd March)

Assalamualaikum and good day u ols.

Sorry for lack of updates. Been busy lately :D.

Anyway, i would like to update on our homeschool activity. I have stopped the proper activity for quite some time. Blame me! Few weeks before i continued the letter Ee, i did repeat the previous letters to see my son's progress. So far, he already knew the letters. Alhamdulillah :)


Note again: This is a very long post!

Vocabulary Development Theme of the Week = Pets

Last Saturday, we ols pegi the Big Bad Wolf Book Fair. It was a last minute planned actually. My sis pon nak ikut gak sebab dia nk pegi wedding her fren. So, we dropped her at Nilai area first then we went directly to MIECC. The traffic was really bad plus raining made it worst!

Before pegi the BBW, we went to The Mines for lunch and some shopping at Uniqlo. Seriously, so many people there sampai lunch pon kene queue up. Memang menduga kesabaran la kan.

Nov 2013 Week 4 (25 Nov - 30 Nov)

By this time, we are already in Bandung for hubby's company trip. I had scheduled my post for today and this week we wont be having our activity. Have to postpone next week if i have enough energy and time to prepare because we will coming back on late Saturday.

This week, we continued with letter Dd. I have changed the printables using different source. I referred from this blog:  3Dinosaurs. Other than that, i also referred to thig blog: Little Tiger Growing Up for the sensory bin/box/tub inspiration.

Note: This is a quite long post!

Letter of the Week = Dd

Object of the Week = Dinosaur

Colour of the Week = Orange

Vocabulary Development Theme of the Week = Shapes

This time, i did not manage to snap a picture of letter Dd because i had no time to prepare them properly. I was quite busy packing and preparing for our Bandung trip.

For Tot Trays, i maintained as last week's Tot Trays. Ayser was very happy playing with all the items of all trays until he tore the sandpaper letters. I might re-do the sandpaper letters using cardstock material or might laminate them before glue the letters on the card.

For this week, i added new activity which is sensory bin/box/tub inspired by Little Tiger Growing Up . It consists of: 

1. dinosaurs figurines

2. some green pom-poms with small bowl for transfering and some green pipe cleaners
3. miniature trees which i took from my mom's and the salad became a tree
4. a green cloth which look like i dont know how to describe but quite rough for the sensory part
5. square and rectangular pieces foam and plain papers and a few of rocks

Note:
- Make sure items are not too small to prevent choking

This is for sensory development which teaches rough & smooth, big & small, heavy& light, and some fun!!

When i prepared this tub, Ayser was watching me. He was very excited when the tub was ready. He played immediately and i didnt manage to snap pictures. He played and messing around the room with all the items. I'll be leaving this tub for quite some time until i have other ideas. Haha.

This time, my sister who is currently on semester break helped me with Aser's activities. The printables were different for the week. Ayser was doing tracing the lines. After that, he scribbled and scribbled.

Still continued with tracing the lines but this not a straight lines. Different angle. He still did not used to trace lines properly.

When he got bored, he asked to got off from his chair. Then, we continued with his favourite activity. Sorting shapes!

After that, we continued with Dot the Letter. Since we still do not have the proper dot marker, we used stickers instead! We showed how to stick the sticker on the dot to him. He followed after that. Ayser was very excited doing this activity. Every time he sticked, he would yeay after that. See his happy face.

This is the final outcome after he sticked. He did 2 sets of letter. Oh by the way, my fren also did this activity to her children.

Then, we continued with Dinosaurs stickers activity. I just took the numbering sheet asked him to stick on the paper.

This time, tracing the shapes. Quite challenging for him and he just scribbled after we guided him.

Other than that, we also did our reading session, puzzles, lacing activity but i did not take any pictures. For the next letter, i'm not sure when we'll be doing it. Maybe this month we have to take a rest or if i manage to prepare next week we have time to do it because end of the month also we'll be out stationed.

Ok, we want to enjoy our Bandung Trip and entries for this week will be lesser. See whether we can get the internet connection.

Enjoice~~!!

Source: 3Dinosaurs, Little Tiger Growing Up

If you are familiar with Montessori learning, you will know this sandpaper letter cards. The actual card is made by wood and cost a bomb! Alternatively, i found one of the blog: Little Tiger Growing Up did a DIY version of sandpaper letter cards. So, i could save money! Yeay!

This sandpaper letter is one of the Montessori method for multi-sensory approach as well as language. It could develop a muscular impression of the letter shapes and to associate the sounds with the shapes. This also helps to develop a visual impression and to learn the writing direction of the letter shapes.

I took the printable from montessorimaterials.org

Lowercase alphabets:
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Language/printlower.pdf


Uppercase alphabet:
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Language/printcapital.pdf

Materials:

1) The alphabets / numbers printable

Print it out and cut the letters individually. The letters are in black colour.

2) Sandpaper

You can buy it at the DIY shop. Search for the finest sandpaper. It costs around RM0.80 per piece. Trace the letters that you have cut them out from the printable. Make sure the white color is on the top of the sandpaper else you might get the alphabets wrong direction.

3) Cardboard 

I used hardcover paper so it is quite fragile. I might re-do this cards later on since Ayser has tore some of the letters and i had to glue them and it looked terrible. I have blank business cards so i might use the cards instead for the new sandpaper letters.

This is the final product. It took me weeks to finish it because of the card size. :D. Actually half day enough for you to settle this DIY. Total cost is about RM3. It depends on the materials you buy. The original price of this sandpaper letters is RM190.00! Can you imagine it's so expensive. Faint!

Let's try it ok!

Enjoice!

Source: Little Tiger Growing Up , montessorimaterials.org

Nov 2013 Week 3 (18 Nov - 24 Nov)

I'm still continuing with our weekly activity. For this week, i'm still referring and using printables and information from 1+1+1=1.

Note again: This is a very long post!

Nov 2013 Week 2 (11 Nov - 17 Nov)

Salam and Good Day u ols.

For this week activity, i'm still referring and using printables and information from 1+1+1=1.

Note: This is a very long post!

This time, he took the sheet himself and showed to me he wanted to do shapes. I still missing one shape. He was very interested to play with. He put the shape according to the shape in the sheet correctly. He did this activity many times. He loved it so much.

Connect the Apples Sheet

This one, i had to trace together with him from left to right. And he managed to trace back correctly this time though not really a straight line.

Vocabulary Development sheet
I only said out loud to hime the objects and he scribbled the objects. I think have to change the way of this activity. Any idea?

Lacing the Ball

Again, i DIYed the lacing card. He was still not really interested in this activity. I guided him many times. He managed to lace the ball halfway and played the card himself. Never mind, try again next time.

3-piece Ball Puzzle

I showed him how to sort the puzzle. This time, he was not focus and became so playful. He did for a while, then he threw them away.

Sequencing card 

Again, I did not cut the number separately. I showed him the numbers and sequence, then he repeated me.

Shadow Matching Cards

I put the shadow cards first and then i gave him the coloured cards to match with the shadows cards. I had to guide him then he scribbled the cards and the table.

Other activity we did was learning using Baby Khalifah Series. This time, i left Colored Balls Sheet only because i have a feeling that he's not ready yet for coloring.

Next will be letter Cc. Stay tune!

Enjoice!

Source: 1+1+1=1