Little Passports Japan shipment

Well this shipment was fun too. She really liked the sushi eraser and the oragami. We made a cat with the enclosed instructions. She really enjoys getting her own little package in the mail as well. As usual I took way too many pictures to fit into a single post so if you would like to see more go here.

Nov 30-Dec 4 week 18 Insects Insects Insects

Wow looks like that wall needs some bug spray. The letter is I and the theme is insects and we did an awful lot of insect bug stuff. We did all the usual MFW stuff the worksheets and all but I added an awful lot. I had so many early learning bug things so we did alot. I have an Inch by Inch literature set from Lakeshore Learning with the book, inch blocks, and birds to measure so we played with that. We made an inch worm book mark from Danielle's ABC I believe. We also made an inch worm from that site and got an itty bitty inch worm book there too. I really like that site. I have some inch worm manipulatives and cards to use from learning resources so we played with that as well. That was on Monday. On Tuesday I used my Lauri alphabet cards and pieces and we played around with that. I am still happy with the Lauri alphabet box. We read some ant books, Are You An Ant? and Lost wich since she has learned those letters i had her sound outr the title. We watched our ants in our anthill and I was a bit on the dissapointed side. They have never really made any tunnels and they all stay in the front while all the dirt is in the back. After all was done we went on a dead bug hunt. We read online that harvester ants like dead insects so off we went. On Wednesday we also used her HWOT workbook for the letter I. I have started using this calendar from childcareland.com . They have alot of free printables so she traces the days of the week numbers. I have been using my start write program , to make worksheets with her name and phone number. I love that it has HWOT fonts and all, they also offer free trial. We colored an I and read The Grouchy Ladybug which she really did not seem to like well. I got a lady bug count and graph from childcareland.com that we made as well. I also took some lapbook pieces from homeschool share's The Grouchy Ladybug Lapbook. Danielle's place also had a itty bitty lady bug book so we did that too. We made a ladybug craft and she loved her little bug and we ended that day with an early reader BUGS! book from Hubbards Cupboard . On Thursday she made an I Like lapbook piece from homeschool shares alphabet lapbook and read an Izzy the Iguana mini book from HOAC early reader lapbook. We played with a honey comb that I found in a yard forever ago on a nature walk. We also played with lakeshore learning bee box. Really cool a bunch of bee manipulatives with matching pic cards that tell about that type of bee. We again used Danielle's place for a really cool bee mobile that is proudly displayed in Skyler Bay's school area. We talked about what bees give us, God making all things for a reason and we should really appreciate the bees cause without them all the pretty flowers would die. We read The Bee Tree ate honey off a spoon and made a bee lifecycle wheel from homeschool shares honey bee lapbook. Friday was a quick day she did some insect theme worksheets from The Learning Page . Membership is free and man they have ALOT of free stuff. I know there are thousands of bugs but we just touched on those few the lapbook pieces I will probally just make into a BUG lapbook sometime when I have time LOL. All in all great week. If you would like to see more pics you can go here. My camera is really crappy but I still photograph everything. She had alot of fun and so did I. We are still working on that handwriting as well. Start write is pretty cool for extras.

Little Passports Shipment Brazil

Her first shipment came in late October and was from Brazil. They get a sticker for the map, suitcase, and passport. She also gets little souvenirs as well as a personalized letter. For more pictures go here. She really enjoyed the little crafts and pictures. I just can't say enough about this great product.

Little Passports

I ordered this for my daughter the 5 year old and have yet to blog about it. I have recieved the first shipment as well as a second. She totally loves it!!! Here are pics of her opening it up. She loves her big map and little passport. She could barely wait for the second shipment to arrive. This is a very well thought out set and I am sure any child will love it. You could use it for so many ages and add so much such as lapbooks and reading crafts etc. I am really glad I purchased this and the price is wonderful!!

Not So Wordless Wednesday

This is our count down to Christmas. I hung up 24 little stockings and each day there is an activity or somewhere to go for fun. The Santa Claus poster is where each day they will add a piece of cotton to his beard. When all the little stockings have been emptied and are taken down the night before Christmas I will put up there stockings so they can wake up to that. I have about 15 days worth of things to do so if anyone has ideas please share!!

1 Put up the tree

2 make little foam Christmas friends

(crafts from Jo Ann's)

3 Make Christmas cards for daddy

4 Read Legend of the Candy Cane and make candy can ornaments

5 paint ornaments I bought from Joanns

6 ?????

7 Read Ginger Bread babies and make little foam gingerbread people

8 Make Christmas cards for friends

That is all I got so far!!!!