A, B, and C activities

I am finally having a chance to look back at the previous lessons we have done and make sure the links are up to date for you.  If you are planning on doing a letter of the week this month and are working with the letters A-C, here are our lessons and activities that we have done.  As always, feel free to click the links to the right for the letter of the week.  (Coming soon- D, E, F, and G!)

A

B

C

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Preschool Palace September Printables

Preschool Palace is one of my favorite websites for printable activities.  They have changed their site recently and only allow you to print the current months printables.  This month they are covering A-C, 1-3, 5 senses, apples, and circle.  Even if you aren't currently working on those topics, I would suggest you printing them when they are available and saving them for when you might need them.  Here is a link to their September Curriculum .  For the main monthly links that are available on the 15th of each month, click here then the month that you are interested in.   They also have TONS of other printables so take some time to explore this website!!

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A year at a glance- Monthly curriculum

School will start for us after labor day.  This year, I will be working with my oldest (almost 4) three days a week since he will be attending preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will also be working with my youngest (19 months) three days a week as well.

I am such a planner and need to have everything scheduled out and planned or let's just face it, it doesn't get done.  This summer, after moving into a new home, our schedule got turned upside down and if I'm being honest,  my intention was to have "school" 4 days a week and we just barely had a "throw something random together and the last minute" activity maybe once or twice a week at most!  I am vowing to really make "school" a priority this year in our home.  Every month that goes by, these kids are soaking up new information.  My goal is to help make their learning as rich and full as possible.

Currently, I am in the middle of planning out our year at a glance.  Basically, just a list of very basic goals/themes that I want to cover each month.

For example: September will look something like this...

3 year old- 
Letters- (I-Q) covering 2 letter sounds a week.  (We will also being reading a few small words)
Math- Recognizing #'s 1-12 when written, review all shapes and focus on octagon, learn time to the hour, learn to count to 20 (he has been stuck at 14 for over a year now!)
Colors- review all and practice mixing to create new colors
Theme- Friends, All about Me, Five Senses, Apples
Bible- We usually go along with the stories/verses his church class does


1 year old- 
Letters- learn ABC song and start introducing Letters threw books and magnet letters
Math- Learn to count to 10 (she can do 2-7 currently)
Colors- Red and Green
Theme- Body Parts, Five Senses, Apples 
Bible- We usually go along with the stories/verses his church class does

Here are some other great sites and examples that can help you create monthly goals for your child(ren)

Mother Goose Time 

Preschool Palace 

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