Preschool Days

I posted before about our ideas and curriculums I am trying to use for some fun preschool learning with Angelica. A friend of mine who has a son about Angel's age have also decided to do a school day together every two weeks. We are using the Handwriting Without Tears manual for helping with correct letter formation. My friend has cut out the letter pieces just like the program's wood ones out of cardboard for now and those help. We have met once already and done letters L and O....we are trying to tie them into certain things going on. So L was for Leaves for fall and O for orange and round like pumpkins. We do letter worksheets, the cardboard pieces, color the letters, and make them out of play-do. Then we do story time with books that I can find that tie into the letters, or theme for that week. We are incorporating the program and music I purchased from Making Music Praying Twice and I cannot wait to add some instruments and such to our collection and fun. Then we do a craft or two and have lunch together. We made tissue paper leaves last time and Angel loved it! Angel knows so many of her letters already but it is fun to practice and expound on them with friends and learn the correct formation as well. Yesterday we went to a pumpkin patch together (I will do a post on) and so next week we are going to get together to do letters P and B for pumpkins and birthday since it will be Eddie's birthday. So looking forward to paining our pumpkins they picked and making picture frames with a pumpkin patch picture and celebrating his birthday! Of course, this is hoping I will not have a baby before then....that would be a great B word!!!