Ramblings of a Mommy: Creation

Today, we learned about Day 5 of creation!

We did our usual color the number,

then cut,

and paste!

We learned a new verse to our song:

We colored a picture about Day 5

I made number cards on the fly (1-5) and had Adelyn "make a train" by putting them in order

While Adelyn worked on her numbers, Charlotte counted every 5 spaces on a 100s board and colored them.

Then, we used that board to learn to skip count by 5's.

This is a great connection for Charlotte who has been counting nickels up to 25.

Then, we started our jello oceans :) and let them set for an hour!

After, we moved on to our 10-frames, using 5 fish today!

Charlotte has really picked up on this routine and went right to arranging her fish!

She arranged and wrote all of these number sentences alone!

Then, we headed to Chatfield to swim with the fish and watch the birds :)

After nap time, we got to eat our jello oceans full of fish!

Today, we also tried a new word study strategy. I've seen it a few different places, but I printed one of the boards found at this site. I've printed 2 extras to have laminated at Lakeshore the next time we're there!

We've been working on word study and with Charlotte's strong reading skills but young fine-motor skills, I had been having her do some word work with her tiles. This utilizes both strategies, so obviously I'm not the only one with this idea :)

We got in a little more math after nap time too. This was my favorite find because there were two mats at two different levels, which perfectly fit my girls exactly right now :) Win-win!

Charlotte worked on some addition problems, using goldfish!

I caught her at one point not using the manipulatives, but trying to use a counting strategy to combine both 4's. She has trouble keeping up with the numbers she's adding on, so she labels them 1, 2, 3, etc. Her sister woke up right in the middle of her thinking, but she still managed to finish :) Hooray!