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1/24/2011 - Letter Bb is for Bear

Bears, Buttons, and Butterflies, Batman!  So many great Bb-themed activities that it was hard for me to choose which ones we are going to do this week.  I finally settled on bears as we have a lot of bear books already which both of my boys adore.

Something new we will be adding is a "life skill."  As eager as Little Buddy is to do school stuff, he refuses to do even the simplest tasks by himself.  We hear "I can't do it" more times than I'd like during the day.  I think that a lot of it comes from him being a firstborn.  He wants to be able to do things perfectly every time, so if something is hard or he can't do it just right, he just doesn't want to try.  This goes for feeding himself with a spoon, going potty, taking his clothes on and off, etc.  Even crafts were a challenge at first because he wanted everything to look exactly right, but he didn't have the coordination to color within the lines or draw a perfect line.  We've adopted the Bob the Builder slogan "Can we do it?  YES, WE CAN!" to help us out with learning these skills.  (Which makes me wonder... did Obama borrow his slogan from Bob the Builder?  ^_^ )  This week we will be focusing on putting on and taking off his shoes (they're velcro).

Here is my plan for this week:


Everyday

  • Read or talk about Van Gogh.  We will be displaying his Starry Night this week.
  • Bear songs from 1+1+1=1
  • Read the passage about Bb from My ABC Bible Verses
  • Work on memory verse
    • "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Matthew 5:9
  • Work on our week's life skill - putting shoes on and off

Monday


  • Introduce Bb as our letter of the week
  • Blessed are the Peacemakers Craft by Spell OutLoud (Devotions, Art)
  • Read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (Reading)
  • Brown Bear Activities
  • Teddy Grahams Snack

Tuesday
  • Go to MOPs.  The kids are learning about Jonah right now!
  • Read library books and talk about hibernation! (Science)
    • Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
    • Don't Wake Up the Bear by Marjorie Dennis Murray
    • Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
  • Sleeping Bear Dot-to-Dot (Math)
  • Put together puzzles (Math)

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