P and Q

We were back to our old routine on the week of January 7th.  We picked up where we left off before Christmas with our homeschooling.  We started each morning with a walk around the lake.  Once we got into the school room we had circle time, which included new winter-themed songs and verses, penny whistle lesson, and French lesson.  On Monday, we also reviewed all Johanna had learned so far.  After the review, I introduced her to the letter P by telling her the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale,  The Princess and the Pea.

After I read the story, we drew a picture in our lesson books.  Johanna also drew the letter P with her block crayons.

 Mom's Drawing

Johanna's Drawing 

On Tuesday, we played a color game to help review the colors and numbers in French.  They each had a Lego person, um, alien, they created which they used for their markers.

We also reviewed the letter P using the wall card and poem from the LNMOP Manual, and then Johanna re-told me The Princess and the Pea. Afterward, I wrote a summary in her lesson book.

We also made some P penguins.  Grant may be jealous when he sees these, as penguins are his favorite animal.(I found these fun letter activities on No Time for Flashcards and Totally Tots.  We didn't do them with the letters before now, so we may go back and do the  letters we have already covered as a review later in the year).

Johanna's Penguin

Julia's Penguin

On Wednesday, I introduced Johanna to the letter Q by telling her the Grimm's Fairytale, The Queen Bee.

 

After I was done telling her the story, she wrote out the letter Q with block crayons, and we drew a picture from the story in our lesson books.  
 

Mom's Drawing

Johanna's Drawing

Julia also wanted to draw a bee along with us, so here is hers.

On Thursday, Johanna re-told me the story, and then I wrote a summary in her lesson book. 

Once we were done with that, the girls did a fun Q activity.  While I am not "officially" teaching Julia the letters, there is no way she would let Johanna do these fun letter crafts without her!  Plus, it is a good way for her to get familiar with the letters.
 

They had some friends watching them.

Johanna's Q

Julia's Q

Next week we will finish the consonants with X,Y and Z.