Izzy 4:6 Baking

As always, anything you can introduce that is a daily necessity is a bonus. Baking cakes has so many opportunities from motor skills to early maths.  

Izzy 4:6 Pack Lunch

Izzy is starting pack lunch in school today, so letting her pack it has a few reasons. 

She knows what is in there, so no upsets at lunch time because there is something in there that she dosnt like. 

It reinforces that she is staying for lunch and Mummy will pick her up later. 

Independence, self esteem, letting her know that she can do it herself. 

Izzy 4:6 Sorting

You can introduce sorting activities throughout your average day, here Izzy offered to help her big sister put the Simpsons Chess pieces back in the box. 

She can visually size the pieces. 

Izzy 4:6 Risk Taking

Big brother steps in.....

Team work.....

She got it.

Time to go it alone......

Doing fine.....

Time to call big brother.

Home time, great time in park. 

Izzy 4:5 Individual thought process

Brother said "what's not to big or not to small?"

His sister and I said "it's just right"

Izzy said "no it's medium"

Ping pong Izzy.  

Izzy 4:5 Beautiful Wales

Izzy 4:5 Meeting a Snail

Nanny showed her a snail. 

She took the dish 

Brave enough to touch it. 

She has a new friend.  

Izzy 4:5 Feeding the Birds

Feeding the birds with Nanny. 

Wet grass and bare feet xx

Izzy and her BFF 4:5

Izzy 4:5 Getting dressed for school

Independence 

Order

Concentration

Hand eye coordination

Izzy 4:5 fine motor skills

This activity had a world of options for children, colours, sorting, counting and as you can see building fine motor skills. 

Using both hand to achieve her goal and  Strengthening the muscles in her fingers, wrists, hands and arms. Hand eye coordination, concentration, repetition and perseverance. 

Izzy 4:5 Minecraft - good or bad

So minecraft.... I am definately not a fan of children under say 10 "gaming".  I see with Minecraft some interesting uses but when asking Izzy to finish in 5 minutes she always gets upset.  I feel she has been sucked into this electronic world and struggles to freely leave it.  

If she is using her toys and I give her a count down she accepts it and when it is time to pack up she is mostly okay. 

Gaming is definately addictive and this is not a word I would use with any other under 10 activity. 

Here she is building a farm and feeding her animals, she sees older siblings having fun with Minecraft and wants to play. I am treading carefully, my heart says No but I will follow her (for a while) interest in this game.  

Izzy 4:5 Building her own stories.

Izzy will play for hours with her Paper Ponies.  

She placed all her ponies on top of her favorite dinosaur (pterodactyl) in her story book for them all to go flying together. 

It is lovely to see her build on the story in her book with her own ideas. 

Izzy 4:5 Cloud Watching

"Look a storm coming".  

Izzy 4:5 Phonic Sounds

We continue the phonic sounds through Sandpaper Letters but also reinforcing the sounds with Rhyming Cards.  

Izzy 4:5 Teen Numbers

Today we used the Short Bead Stairs & 10 bars to introduce Teen Numbers. 

I introduced the teen numbers using Montessori's three period lesson. 

Izzy 4:5 Boats & Trees

Exploring the river with big sister.

Climbing trees

Izzy 4:5 Africa

Izzy loves the African Continent Bag, we have music, instruments, money, stamps, jewellery and laminate cards of animals, flowers and African life.

I made this felt World map for her to use with her Continent Globe, it gives her a sensorial feel as she can pick up the continents and move them around.

Matching Africa on the Globe to her Flat Map.

African Animals

Placing them onto her Africa Continent

Her favourite three Giraffe, Zebra and Elephant.

Her favourite plant African Violet

Matching her African objects to her photo cards.

Out come her African Animals.

Placing all the continents.