R is for Rainbow

Madilynn is sooo full of energy and always go, go, go! In order to keep her from being bored we have been more consistent with crafts, learning the letters, numbers, and writing letters at home. This is helping her behavior and attitude. Also, she spends a lot longer (time) on each activity than she used to. Last Thursday it seemed like she spent the entire day at the kitchen table coloring and had so much fun!

Here she is Tuesday morning playing dress up - she's a fairy, lately the unicorn has been dressed up as well...complete with tutu and necklaces! Today when I picked her up from Preschool she had this blank orange paper and said we needed to make a crown...So, after naptime I cut the paper into two strips, we got out the stickers, and crayons and she went to creating! When she was all done I taped the ends together...and there you have it! Her crown

Today we focused on the letter "R". We read the story of Noah, or should I say Madilynn told me the story when she saw the rainbow - she's so smart. Then she colored and cut out the rainbow.

Last week we did "Q" is for quilt and we made a little "quilt". She got the idea anyway, then she practiced her "Q's" at the bottom!

After the rainbow lesson this afternoon we practiced writing "R's" in this handy dandy book. It's dry erase markers and you can wipe the pages clean, it has worked out great! I think she's gone through all of the letters already and she just got it for her birthday!
She's concentrating...

"look what I did"

Now she can write many letters very well including...M...A...P...T...Q...L...I...and we're working on D, Y, N, and E. So she can write her name all by herself. It has been so fun working with her and watching her learn to write, such a neat experience for me!

Here's her "M" last week!

playing dress up again while I made supper...

Here are the girls this afternoon in their sweaters...so cute!