Loulie did a lesson on plants today. She put together a giant puzzle of parts of a plant including the roots, stem, leaves, and flower and we discussed how the plant used each part. We read a book on the parts of a plant. We got a rubber glove and planted one seed in each finger with a cotton ball. She soaked the cotton balls in water and put a seed inside each one. We labeled the fingers with the type of seed she put in and put the cotton ball in the finger and discussed how the seed germinates. We hung her poster and the glove up on the wall.

Today we went over vowel recognition and sounds. Also, we did a craft with the vowels and Loulie is amazing with the scissors. In addition we did a couple of exercises matching pictures with the appropriate vowel sound.

We played guitar, drums,and piano. Loulie sang songs with me. I played guitar and she played the drums. She also danced.

Loulie continued working on animal classification today. We reviewed mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds and added amphibians and insects and talked about the characteristics of both. We looked at animal pictures and she put each animal in the correct category. She made a fish with a water bottle and tissue paper to represent fish and a scaley snake to represent a reptile. She hung them up in her room next to her sheep and other animal pictures.

Miss Louie and I went on a hunt for things that begin with the sounds for b and l. She photographed a box, ball, bird, leaf and a light. We read our 'Little Bo Peep' rhyme and looked for letters that we could name. Louie arranged letters a-h in sequence and sang their part of the Alligator song, /g/ is her favorite. She counted and matched sets to 20, then read a book about 11 objects found at a birthday party. Our grand finale was 'Don't Let Pigeon Stay up Late', with Louie having the part of the parent.

Louile and I went over the routine consisting of the alphabet, months of the year, days of the week, today's day and weather .
We created a craft around cutting, drawing, and coloring a drawing of a toothpaste (pasta dental).
We played with the family of "peppa-pigs" which invited us to expand on the use of pronouns.

Louie created a bracelet (pulsera) with her name on it.

Louile and I went over the routine consisting of the alphabet, months of the year, days of the week, today's day & weather.

We worked with the letter G and played hopscotch (Golosa in Spanish). We did a craft of a Warm (Gusano), made out of different textures. Also, Loulie tracked lines on a paper work that allowed her to practice her writing skills by making curved lines, left to right, and right to left.

Louile and I also played with an interactive game of shapes & colors.

Loulie and I read "Wild About Books!" while she finished her snack. We sang our alphabet song and played alphabet hopscotch. She read two counting books on Raz-Kids and a book titled "Mat", a phonics story with very controlled vocabulary. She is doing much better with her one-to-one correspondence. She also practiced writing the letter b and matching it to objects that begin with that sound.

Today Loulie and I made fudgy, chewy chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips. We combined all the wet ingredients in the KitchenAid mixer. Next, we incorporated the flour, baking soda and salt. For the finishing touch we added a cup of peanut butter chips. Loulie helped set the timer for 12 minutes. When the cookies were finished Loulie shared with all her friends.

Basic guitar technique: strumming in rhythm and forming an EZ form G chord.

Loulie did a great job and was very enthusiastic. She worked very hard trying to make a one finger G chord.