Tot School~Letter L

~Smiley is currently 29 months old~

Letter L...
Smiley saw my looking at Carisa's awesome preschool curriculum and wanted to do the powerpoint slideshow himself. I purchased the MEMBERS ONLY package, which is a fabulous deal for only a $10 (one time) joining fee! Smiley LOVED the slide show and wanted to watch it a few times in a row. Originally, my plan was to wait with the Raising Rock Stars Preschool Curriculum until he is a bit older (more like 3.5 or 4). I am still not sure yet, how I will go about it. For this week, we did the curriculum with him and he really enjoyed it. He liked the craft activities, and he said "let your light shine" throughout the week. He also enjoyed the little flashcards and learning a few new vocabulary words (he got a kick out of the lobster-loved the big eyes). He tried the writing activities, although they are still difficult for him. Also, really getting into the meaning of the verse and its application will be easier when he is a bit older. I might use some activities of the curriculum now and then do the full one again when he is a bit older. I think for right now, we will just play it by ear and see how it goes. We may also take more than just one week per letter to give us time to fill in with other tot school activities :)

Here he is working with the flashcards...
And doing the prep sheet for the letter L. He didn't stop his line at the start, but kept on doing his vertical line down to the bottom of the page ;)


We filled in some ladybug activites from confessions of a homeschooler. The activities are super cute and I was very excited to show them to Smiley. I thought he would love this ladybug matching game, but he wasn't having it that day. Maybe another time...
He did like sorting the upper case and lower case Ls...

I printed some other activities that I still need to laminate. Hopefully, we will get to them this week :)

And we continued our foam letters. Here is our L is for Lion. It looks more like a giraffe, but oh well...

Smiley practiced a little bit of reading...

and enjoyed playing with this leap frog toy that we got for the flight to Swizerland...

Fine Motor Activities...

Smiley peeled A LOT of peas and loved it :)

He got a piggy bank from my mom and enjoyed depositing some Swiss Francs :)

He played with this fishing toy, although it was pretty tricky (it's a travel size version).

He worked on 6 piece puzzles...

Nature...

We had fun exploring the nature here in Switzerland. The little stream by my parents' house was a HUGE hit...









And so were the llamas (fitting to our letter of the week)...

We blew Löwenzahn (again the letter L :)), which is the German word for dandelion.

We saw ducks...

...and deer.

Outside Fun...

Smiley had fun playing in the sand

and making soup :)

buying fruit and veggies at the German market...

Playing in the water...

And chasing bubbles in my parents' garden...

Climbing a pirate ship...

And flying in a hot air balloon ride :)

We had a fun-filled week here in Swizerland :)