*TOTSCHOOL* Letter D Week

      Each week we do a different letter of the alphabet or some sort of theme. The letter D we did a few weeks back. Isaiah LOVES dinosaurs and dogs so I decided to go with these two themes for this letter. Along with our Totschool learning we also read a curriculum (from Laura at Heavenly Homemakers) called Learn your Letters, Learn to Serve. This curriculum goes through the alphabet with new ideas to discuss with your child, crafts and also ways to serve someone the way God expects us too. Isaiah and I have such a fun time each week brainstorming ways we can serve someone we know and care about with our letter of the week being incorporated.  In each Totschool post you should see "someone" who we chose for that week to deliver goodies to or just to do something helpful for. Here are some of our activities for D week.

D is for Dinosaur- alphabet animal

A friend of ours knew we were going to be learning about dinosaurs this week and her and her son gifted Isaiah with a HUGE box of dinosaurs her son had outgrown. This is the face of a proud new owner of numerous dinos! (this wasn't even a third of the dinos he was given) Thank you Mrs. Monae and Cameron!

We made fossils out of model magic...we later used the fossils to hide outside in our sandbox and pretend we were Paleontologists.

Every morning I had a different family of dinosaurs in his workbox that he was to put in size order from biggest to smallest.- He was really good at this!:)

Of course we had a Dot tracing activity for the letter D.

For this activity Isaiah was to use the tweezers to put his dino silly bands onto the correct colored stick!

Also each morning I put out a different dinosaur lacing activity for Isaiah to do...he was very proud of his work!lol

This week I had made a dinosaur theme sensory bin. It was a huge hit. Isaiah sat and played with this for hours.

Isaac got in on the action too....lol.

We made a dog ear headband...Isaiah was begging!:)

Here Isaiah was making homemade dog biscuits for dogs he loves.

He chose this to be his serving this week- Dog Biscuits for Dogs We Love! This is my Uncles Dog...Annie Girl. (Since    this pic she has passed from cancer. We will miss you Annie Girl)                                                                                    

He couldn't forgot his Nana's dog- Roxy!

And last but certainly not least, Isaiah's fav dog- Brownie. He loved the treats Isaiah made!

*TOTSCHOOL* Valentine Fun- V Week

     This week it was only obvious that we would learn about the letter V in Totschool. Of course we had many activities planned and we did not have enough time in our week to get them all done.:( Isaiah had an awesome time this week. We made some really good memories. On Valentine's day we get just as excited as we do for big holidays. Who wouldn't love a day dedicated to hearts and hugs all day? I did not manage to get any pics of our lunch this day but I made Isaiah, pb&j heart sandwiches, heart shaped cheese cutouts, oranges and grapes, and extra special vday cookies. Here are some pics from our letter v week.

Heart tissue paper collages

Valentine Tic Tac Toe we made

Isaiah and Daddy playing tic tac toe

Letter V dot tracing

The start of our crayon making- This took Isaiah, me and the hubby a LONG time to peel off all the wrappers from our broken crayons.

Our finished heart shaped crayons

Bead Sorting

Isaiah sorting the beads- This took a little while because there were so many different types of beads. He had to be encouraged quite a bit. He ended up finishing and was so proud of himself in the end.

Our memory match game we made with different Vday patterns

Identifying the letter V worksheet (from 1+1+1+1equals1 blog)

Identifying colors worksheet (from Musings of Me blog)

Coloring the same picture worksheet (from Musings of Me blog)

 

 

 

Our Valentine Sensory Bin

Our Valentine scavenger hunt....he LOVED this. I had prizes hidden at each clue. This is a definite must do again!

The end of the hunt...(awful pic of me but cute one of Isaiah)lol

Color sorting candy conversation hearts- He ate more than what actually landed on the correct hearts.:)

Pass the lips game....of course Isaiah enjoyed this because he was actually allowed to throw in the house.:)

Our First Snow Day...in a long time!

Ok, so our first snow day finally hit a little over a week ago. We had waited so long for it and then it just would not go away. We were "iced/snowed" in for about five days. Not good for us Texans. We are not used to that and way unprepared. So, yes we enjoyed the snow, but next time we'd like for it to only stay for the day. We did manage to have a lot of fun and make a lot of crafts.  Here are a few pics we managed to get in the snow(It was way to cold to stay out there for long)....

Yes Isaiah was wearing my boots.haha

 After playing in the snow we headed inside for some hot cocoa and marshmallows. Perfect ending to a cold day!