A Wonderful Week!

We learned all about our world this week AND the letter Ww, of course! Each week it amazes me all the things around the room, or topics that come up in conversation, that relate to our letter of the week. It is so beneficial for your child to hear the reminders from you (and other family members) about letters and sounds. Don't be afraid to POINT out the discoveries as you recognize them. Like today, for instance; Mrs Webb (Audrey's mom) was our Mom helper. How great that her last name began with our letter of the week! We made a big deal about that. As well as anything else we noticed that began with Ww.

Right now, I am trying to teach your child to recognize the sounds at the beginning of words. Take time to REALLY focus on YOUR child's first letter and sound. Make a big deal of things that share the same sound with your child. If we can get your child to master his/her own first letter sound, he/she will naturally have the desire to move on to beginning sounds of other people that are important to him/her. Gradually, he/she will have more and more letters and sounds under his/her belt. Also, have your child look at the pictures on this blog with you to get him/her thinking about the letters we learn each week.

When you make learning the letters meaningful to your child, that is when the magic happens! Always keep letters and sounds in mind when you are interacting with your preschooler. It makes a BIG, BIG difference!

Here's a glimpse at our WEEK with Ww!

Take a look at what ELSE we did this week:

And last, but not least. . .WALL WRITING!!!!

It might look like grafitti, but no worries, it will wash right off with a good spray of the hose! I love letting the kids draw AWAY on that ugly block wall. Nothing cuter than kid writing in pretty colored chalk! I told the kids if they could write their name, I'd take their picture next to it. Here are a few snapshots. I took a few more than these, but the bright sun ruined some of the images. I'll have to try again another day. Hopefully this will motivate some of our less enthusiastic writers to practice writing their names:)