Flying

Every monthly box from Mother Goose Time come with an I Can Read book and sight word pointers.  Elli can't read, but is starting to recognize that putting certain letters together makes words.

She's always very happy when she finds a word on the page that matches the sight words.

Every month also comes with patterning pieces.  Last year she didn't understand the patterns at all, and now she's easily able to show me what comes next.

She gets writing practice in her my little journal, this month it's emphasizing each number up to 20.

We also get the more math and literacy books as an add on.  These are a great way for her to get more practice.

Elli said Rapunzel would be happy to get rescued by Bat Pug.  This month all of the superheroes she comes up with have been some sort of super pug. 

The girls made their own buildings with different superheroes to rescue the people inside. 

Superhero Belts

The girls finished up their superhero costumes this week by making belts.  

Mother Goose Time's curriculum includes all the materials needed to make the crafts.  You just supply the basics like glue, markers, paints, etc.

Elli and I played a superhero game.  We took turns rolling the foam die and counting out the spaces as we moved.  Games are a good way to teach basic counting as well as taking turns and being a good sport.

The girls also played power match.  They would each turn a set of cards, one had letters and one had pictures.  If the letter sound matched the picture they each got a bingo chip to keep.  Elli has recently taken an interest in figuring out what words start with, so this was a good game for her to practice with.

Elli completed pages in her my little journal and also her more math and literacy books.

We listened to The Most Magnificent Thing on youtube. 

Superhero Masks

Today the focus of our Mother Goose Time lesson was on superhero masks.  Elli made her own mask, which she decided needed glitter, and added it to her cape from yesterday.  She's building her own superhero costume.

I read the provided comic book to Elli and then asked her the comprehension questions.  

Elli worked on the number 4 page in her my little journal.

She also completed the activities in her more math and literacy workbooks. 

After Elli finished making her mask, she would roll the pocket cube and fly to something in the room that was the same color.  

There was even a cute snack idea suggested for today.  We didn't wind up making it, but will save it for another day.

Superhero Glasses and Capes

This months Mother Goose Time theme is superheroes.  

Elli loved making and decorating her own cape.  She's been wearing it to practice flying, aka jumping off the bed, for a few days now.  

Her absolute favorite thing she's made so far was her super vision glass.  She taped cellophane into a paper wand and used it to see the hidden pictures on the vision cards.  You can't see the picture without the glass, so she was quite surprised when she looked through and saw animals on them.  

Elli always likes using the look and find glasses with the monthly theme poster.  We get a new set in every monthly box.

Last months my little journal focused on a new letter every day.  This month Elli has been working on a new number every day.  

Elli has also been getting lots of extra practice with writing in her more math and literacy workbooks.  These are an add on offered by Mother Goose Time that are great for 4-5 year olds who are showing an interest in beginning math and reading skills.

The manipulatives included in this monthly box are magnet wands and a set of magnetic letter tiles.  The girls used these to play a game.  They would roll the cube and fly the matching letters to it with the magnetic wands.  This is a good way to teach letter recognition to younger kids.

Elli loved the suggested book, which I was able to find on youtube. 

Superheroes

We just started our new month, superheroes, with Mother Goose Time.  

We started off by looking at the monthly theme poster and talking about the different superhero clothes.  Elli liked the pug wearing a cape the best.  

Elli choose the superhero name, Elli the hero pug, for her name tag.  

She created her own superhero shield.

 And then used it to deflect cotton balls that I threw at her.  She was very happy that the shield worked and she didn't get hit once,

The best way to clean up glitter after a craft is by using playdough.  It picks it all up, and the girls love having glitter dough.  

Elli completed the page for the number 1 in her my little journal.

Elli completed the pages in her more math and literacy workbooks, which is an add on offered by Mother Goose Time.

She loves these books so much that she frequently asks to do extra pages.

 We finished up by using one of the magnetic wands included in this months box to fish for shapes.  Elli used the shapes to complete a shield puzzle.  I think she wound up redoing this about 8 times because she thought it was so fun.

 We finished up watching the suggested book of the day on youtube.