Favorite Tools & Tray Activities~

Three of our favorite tools are Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils,  X-ACTO pencil sharpener , and Bamboo Recipe Book Stand~

Click on links above

 EC & HM were learning tallies so I made a tray with dice which they rolled and tallied the number with straws~

Match our movable alphabet to the poster~

 Calla finally began following directions on her little workbook pages this week~

She wants to have work to do when the big kids are working
and now she really does it!!!
Baby steps!!!

Puzzles: Activity Trays~

How many of us have a huge stack of puzzles our kids never touch?
Well, dump them on a tray and watch the magic happen!

Worked like a charm... I dumped the puzzles all day and they kept putting them back. Even this big map one. I loved hearing them talk about the place we had read about before~

Even the older kids were in on the action~

The trays have really been a fun way to add learning to our day in a super simple way!!!

Morning Trays~

I have been putting out new activities about twice a week on the white trays~

 This week it was ABC building, matching beginning sounds, and puzzles~

The little girls go right to them when they wake up each morning.
It gives them something productive to do when breakfast is not quite ready!

Bitty Preschool~

School seems daunting to most when you pair it with summer

but truthfully it makes our family life flow better to be in our normal routine.

It really isn't that big of a deal to our kids because they don't really know any different and they like what we do.

In order to school a 3rd and 1st grader with 2 Ks, 

I planned a few trays for the bitty two girls~

Top Shelf:

~Melissa and Doug Bear Family Dress Up

~Melissa and Doug Playdough Tools

~Egg carton/ping pong balls:

the balls were already programmed with letters so I just colored a dot with sharpies and they match color to color

Bottom Shelf:

~Button Art

~Beanbag throw into the basket {gross motor}

~crayons and stickers with paper... tracing feet and hands!

 Evie was amazing helping Holly know how to play~

I have a few free things sitting on top of the shelf~

~Number puzzle

~Magformers ... hands down the FAV toy in our house right now!!!

~Board Books

The girls also have a little activity book we can pull from

as well as journals to write/draw in.

Today went pretty well with them in and out of the school room.

I will change out their shelf probably every two weeks

and I will try to remember to share the new activities.