Lesson H

AtlantaMama's Hh Craft Time ~

Raising Rock Stars Preschool Lesson H ~

{H is for Honor your Father and your Mother}

This RAISING ROCK STAR Lesson "Hh", "3" , "and" ~ focused on Hearts and Hands and the color RED.  We really enjoyed this lesson.  Although teaching "what does the EYES OF MY HEART mean?" was hillarious and funny.

 He will trace the letter of the lesson on each flash card and color them before we cut them apart.  {below} We really worked on Hexagon verses Octagon with our blocks to help us count the sides.

Other H Lesson AtlantaMama Examples ~

 we love our AquaDoodle {full size above; travel size below}

 You and your child can make an H with toys ~

 We made an H with shoes ~

~ AtlantaMama

Lesson T

Raising Rock Stars Lesson "Tt" "2" "the" and a focus on The 10 Commandments this week.  He enjoyed ALL of it.  He also did GREAT with the reading cards.  They were all about Turtles this week and the short sentences use the sight words we've learned so far {'see' / 'the'} so the child can READ the cards. 

He did A-W-E-S-O-M-E and he was super proud of himself!

THIS WEEK WE ALSO USED ~

 Other Books Like This One ~

 OTHER QUICK PHONE PIC ~

{left }Great 'Melissa & Doug' Alphabet Train Puzzle with both Upper and Lower Case letters  {right} color by numbers book, a little hard for him at first, but very fun to color ~ find numbers ~ associate/assign a number to a color (Target Dollar Spot)

AUDIO / VISUAL ~ LEAP FROG DVD's ~
- Letter Factory {Highly Recommend for ages 3+}
- Word Factory {once they have the letter sounds down}
- Math Circus {it has been very helpful for us and is now at newly 4 yrs old}

MATH ~
We are just beginning math with numbers.  My son SharkMan just turned 4 in August.  Up to this point we have focused on shapes, basic counting out loud, and patterns.  AtlantaMama recommends Team UmiZoomi on NickJr for early math skills set to great music and vivid color. 

~ AtlantaMama

Lesson L

~ LESSON L ~

 Raising Rock Star's lesson on the letter "Ll" the number "1" and the word "see" and the color yellow {photo above} was so much fun.  My son is going to love making the pop sickle stick props every week/every lesson.  He loves glue.  He really enjoyed learning a new song (I feel silly for not having thought to teach it to him already).  We held our candle stick craft and sang This Little Light Of Mine and he caught on fast.  Fun!!

 {above} He practices writing his upper case letters by tracing over them on this dry erase board.  (Target has them, but I found mine cheaper at Wal-Mart)  {below} He completed a few pages out of our "Think and Do" preK workbook & a pack of  Alphabet flash cards we like because they are COLORFUL.  (Target Dollar Spot)  Boys need strong, clear, colorful visuals!

~ AtlantaMama

Homeschool Preschool In Action

I finally got my act together and got organized!

1plus1plus1equals1.com

gives you EVERYTHING you need to get started

 It was helpful for me to see the order to introduce the letters (straight stick first, curved shaped letters later) And there is a number, sight word, and color theme along with each letter lesson!

 Mama's Organization Is Key (she makes it easy!!)

 Here is the wee and slow start I have going for lesson "Ll" staring "This Little Light Of Mine", a Bible memory verse, and cute flash cards!  I got the wall display idea from the RRS web site (I take no credit) And if we had a color ink thingy, it would all be more colorful.  If you'd like to make a 'what we're learning' poster, just fold and tape the bottom of a poster board to make a pocket.  We will take these down each week and put up the new lesson items.  That is why I love having the pocket NOTEBOOK to keep everything stored, for review, and in case I want to use all of this again for my other child. 

So far, lesson 1 has been great!!  We love holding our candle stick cut outs and singing together!  He really enjoyed the art project and he's doing awesome with the whole new idea of sight words.   He struggles with cutting (only because I've made my boys avoid sharp objects at all cost up until now... so it's NEW new).  He JUST turned 4. He knows his letters & sounds, and can write his own name very well now, but we struggle with pronouncing blends.  Our big focus about mid week was to practice saying the words (from the flash cards) and breaking down the phonetician and pronunciation of each blend.

I am very grateful for RAISING ROCK STARS PRESCHOOL because of the Christian Values, Teaching Scripture & Values, Music, and the fact that most of what is offered is FREE.  (You can also choose to join her site and become a member to receive MORE.)

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~ AtlantaMama