First, we did sit at the dining room table and go over our poster. We have the theme for the week (cows), word of the week (calf), number of the week (1), letter of the week (A), and shape of the week (square) posted on a poster board in our dining room. Meanwhile, Caleb was eating his snack, 1 piece of cheese, 1 blueberry, 1 strawberry, 1 Nilla wafer, 1 goldfish (you get the point), and Mommy was drinking coffee (but that's beside the point). Then we read a book about a cow, No Moon No Milk. We've read a different cow book every day. This one was cute but a little long. He was getting a little wiggly by the end.
Then, we headed to the kitchen, where we made number cookies. We cut them out, sprinkled them with colored sugar.
Baked them.
And ate them.
Apparently Caleb thought he would get to sample one of every number because he just called out from the playroom, " I want 2 cookie, Mommy." Sorry, kiddo. Anyway, we had fun with this project, and little does he know that we also worked on numbers, colors, measuring, and Home Ec. (He rolled out some dough himself and helped with the cookie cutters. I also made him put the dishes in the sink and wipe the counters afterwards.) For more great ideas, check out Works for Me Wednesday.
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Sounds like you're using Brightly Beaming Resources. It didn't work for us, it just moved too slowly. But we did get some ideas from it. I'm starting official kindergarten / preschool for my kids in a couple of weeks, taking a less structured route because that's what mine respond too. We'll see how it goes. Good luck!
Did he use the big or the little rolling pin?
He used the little red one.
That's awesome! I'm a preschool teacher so I definitely know how important a good foundation is! Keep up the good work!
Did anyone else notice he was wearing his "got cookie?" shirt while making cookies? I thought that was cute. ;) Emily, I'm sure that was on purpose!
Halyna, he picked out that shirt himself. I had nothing to do with it. In fact, it barely fit him, and I keep trying to hide it but he keeps requesting to wear it.
These are great ideas! Thanks for sharing these. My 2 year old would love to do all of this stuff.
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