Numbers and Noise

Today we talked about numbers. During circle time I filled a net with magnetic numbers. I let the boys choose a number and tell me the name. Then I let Sawyer help me make these number cards. Yesterday I cut out pictures and glued them to index cards. Sawyer counted the objects and put the corresponding number sticker on the cards.
He did pretty well with this activity. I had to help him count the pictures with objects of more than five.

I also helped the boys make noisemakers. Sawyer filled sour cream cartons with dried beans and noodles. Then they covered them with stickers and shook away. I could have covered them with paper and tried to make them cuter.


Other activities we may do for N week are play with the nativity set, read nursery rhymes, and talk about names. Justin will be home the next two week, so we will take a little break and enjoy our time with Daddy.

Noel

We are talking about the letter N this week, so I had Sawyer paint the letters Noel with green and red paint. I told him that the work Noel means Christmas.

He said, "Mommy, see the l, it says yesel not noel."

Noodles

This week we are learning about the letter N. Today we did activities with noodles. Sawyer enjoyed painting with cooked noodles.
It was messy, but lots of fun.
Next, I had Sawyer count and sort different types of noodles.
Even Jax enjoyed putting noodles in the ramekins. He liked the noise it made.

Then Sawyer glued his noodles on a letter N.

Still Learning

We have been busy, but we haven't stopped learning. Last week I was busy trying to get things back in order from being gone, so we didn't do a letter. We did decorate a very cute card holder, but I haven't hung it yet. I will take a picture once I hang it.

I had a hard time deciding if we should just do Christmas crafts or work on letters this week. We are doing a little of both. I traced the boys' hands and feet to make this reindeer. Sawyer insisted Mickey do one too.


We talked about the letter M and thought of as many words as we could that start with M. I cut out pictures and words that started with M and Sawyer made a collage. He did a good job and filled up the whole paper. I also talked about the manger and read a book about baby Jesus. We played with the toy nativity scene. Sawyer thinks it is fun to throw the characters and say "Super Mary" and "Super Joseph."

Today I let the boys decorate Christmas trees with markers, stickers, pom poms, and glitter glue. They had a good time! If you look closely you will see that Jax took a bite out of his star.