Tot School: T is for Toy Story!!

Kayleigh is 40 months old

This week we worked on letter Tt.  In addition to our normal Letter of the Week activities, we did the Toy Story pack from 1+1+1=1.   Kayleigh is a major Toy Story fan.  We also had a trip to the waterpark and a fun bike ride for Father’s Day.
She worked on one of sissy’s school projects.  Mackenzie was studying Canada at the end of her school year and this was one of the crafts we didn’t get to.  They made carnival masks.

We had a play doh day.  We made play dough Tts with a play doh mat from the Toy Story pack.   Then we worked her little fingers making “cherries” for a “cherry pie.”  The pie mat was from PreKinders.  She also practiced cutting by cutting play doh snakes.

She matched her Toy Story characters with character cards from the Toy Story pack. 

She also taught Jessie Cowgirl about big T and little t.

She sorted big and little Ts.  This was a COAH activity.

We read Where Are the Toys? from the Toy Story pack and then used her Toy Story characters to act out the positional words.


She worked on her writing skills by “helping Andy get his toys to his room.”  She is getting much better at staying on the lines.  This is also from the Toy Story pack.

She loves the alien from Toy Story so I made her an alien color by number.  She also referred to her toy alien for accuracy. LOL  You can download it HERE. 

I found these “T Riddles” from Oopsey Daisy’s Thanksgiving Unit.   These were a lot of fun.

Turtle letter matching and a turtle puzzle from COAH.


She sorted people toys and animals toys with a printable from the Toy Story pack.  Kayleigh is starting to get the hang of cutting on the lines.  After she was done pasting she just had to match her Toy Story characters to the ones on the paper.

We rolled and graphed Toy Story characters and she circled which character was different.  I only had to help her with the first row and then she was able to find them on her own.

Last on the list was stamping big and little Ts.  She just loves doing this so I had to make her another printable.  You can download it here. 

Boy did we have a busy week.  She was really into the Toy Story activities so we just kept going. 
She also had fun at the water park and the beach.

Next week she’ll be an “only child” since big sister will be away at camp. 
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Tot School: S is for Smorgasbord

 

Kayleigh is 40 months old

This week we worked on the letter S.  Normally,  the base of our letter activities comes from COAH’s Letter of the Week curriculum.  However,  the ‘S’ unit focuses on snowman and it’s definitely not snow season here so we mixed it up with a smorgasbord of ‘S’ fun. 

I have a thing for seahorses so I took the opportunity to make a few seahorse printables for Kayleigh.  A little more summery than snowman.

Here she is stamping big S and little s as I called them out. This idea comes from 1+1+1=1 Tot School printables.  We’re quite a few letters ahead of them though so I made my own since Kayleigh loves this activity. 

You can download the S is for Seahorse stamping sheet by clicking HERE. 

We rolled and graphed Sea Creatures.  This came from the Girly Sea Creature pack at 1+1+1=1.  Soooooo cute!

She did snowman building from COAH.  She also did the snowman puzzle but I didn’t get a picture.   She really liked it and wouldn’t stop until all the snowmen where in the right place.  Next time we might try building the pattern next to the mat.

Our bristle blocks made an appearance.  These are some of Kayleigh’s favorite toys.

I found this super cute Super hero unit from Musings of Me.  Did I mention it was super cute?  Here she was working on her counting and number recognition.

I made her a “What Color is the Seahorse? book.  You can download the book for your tot HERE. 





We sorted red, white, and blue Stars.  Then she ate them with Sissy.



We sorted big and little s.  From COAH.



We did a seahorse letter match that I made.  This mat is modeled from COAH.  You can download my seahorse mat HERE.





This roll and cover game also came from the Super Hero pack over at Musing of Me. 





I made a seahorse color-by-number.  It’s always a challenge to get her to color the whole page. LOL  You can download the coloring page HERE. 





She had her end of the year show at The Little Gym.  This was her last gymnastic class.  She really wants to do dance so that’s what she’ll be starting next week.

Here she is with her teacher and her two besties.



Unicorn Horns



Forward Roll

Awards


The crew



We also had a visit to The Living Museum to see the butterfly exhibit.  Big fun!

Working together to move like a caterpillar




Cutest little pupa ever!


Stuck in a web



Flying like a butterfly



Observing the real thing



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