What Does a Preschooler Do All Day?

Apr 9, 2012

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My preschooler wants to be like his big brothers. In fact, he is more passionate about “doing” school and ending school. He is either hot or cold when it comes to learning, which direction he leans towards largely depends on his hunger level or nearness to rest time.

Me too.

Let’s start with Zippy School (aka Ziggy School — aka All About Reading Level Pre-1)

Letter S

All About Reading Level Pre-1 recommends incorporating an activity with each lesson that reinforces the shape and sound of the letter learned. Though I have most of the tools mentioned in the All About Reading teacher manual, I don’t necessarily have the time or the man power to make the “extra” learning activities happen. Additionally, contrary to popular belief, I am not a kid-crafty person.

Enter My Busy Bee Bags. The next set of bags won’t be available until September, so keep My Busy Bee Bags in mind as you are planning your budget. We purchased the entire alphabet. Each letter comes with a letter card for Gabe to decorate and a craft to complete.

Letter T

Letter U

Letter V

Handwriting Without Tears pairs so nicely with All About Reading.

Letter W

Letter W Spider Web

Walrus (if you can’t tell)

Letter X

Letter Y

Cutting yarn . . .

Letter Z

Congratulations, Gabe!!!!! You have finished your capital letters! Moving on to the lower case alphabet with All About Reading Level Pre-1!

Check out the cute new file folder games that have come out for the Level 1 curriculum. I was kind of thinking I might be able to have both Gave and Ezra play with these games.

What letter(s) is your preschooler learning this week?

12 thoughts on “What Does a Preschooler Do All Day?”

Conny on Apr 9, 2012 at 12:21 pm said:

Great info, Jodi … I can’t wait to dive in with Miriam … and Anna ( and hopefully Andrew too) next school year!!!! Actually, we’re so excited about home schooling, the kids want to start during the summer!! We’ll see if that lasts … 😉
- JodiM on Apr 10, 2012 at 12:38 pm said:
  
  Girl, sometimes the days can be hard . . . but more often than not . . . they are rewarding . . . and the relationship I am developing with my kiddos is out-of-this-world! I’m excited for you!
Lindsay @ Bytes of Memory on Apr 9, 2012 at 1:09 pm said:

So fun! We are finishing up the lower case.. the letters are a review for Sammy but the rhyming and things like that have been amazing for him! I can’t wait to dive into level 1 next year 🙂 I need to order that game soon!!
- JodiM on Apr 10, 2012 at 12:37 pm said:
  
  That rhyming . . . you should hear Gabe. Sigh. This mama needs patience sometimes! I love that boy, though!
Jenny on Apr 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm said:

Hi! Love what you shared! Thank you! I have to ask you but which book did you use from HWT? This is something we will need to get. Thank you!
- JodiM on Apr 10, 2012 at 12:36 pm said:
  
  Gabe uses Get Set For School that is for pre-schoolers and Ezra uses Letters and Numbers for me that includes both upper and lower case letters, plus numbers. Love this book.
  - Jenny on Apr 10, 2012 at 12:42 pm said:
    
    Thank you so much!!!
Heather on Apr 10, 2012 at 4:04 pm said:

One morning a week I make pancakes in the shape of that weeks letter. I often add an ingredient/flavor that starts with that weeks letter (banana for “B” week, chocolate chips for “C” week). Since I’m making pancakes anyway, it doesn’t take me much more time to make them in the shape and flavor of a letter instead of the normal plain circles. My kids think this is the greatest thing of the week!
- JodiM on Apr 10, 2012 at 4:20 pm said:
  
  I love this idea!! Thanks for sharing!
Angie on May 23, 2012 at 2:47 pm said:

This is exactly what I was thinking about doing…combining HWT with AAR preschool. It’s nice to know that it works really well! How long do you spend on preschool each day?