Mommy School {Week 2}

The week before last week was a really odd week with Labor Day and Jackson's trip to the aquarium on Tuesday with his Aunt Katie, and cousin, Layla. So, I decided not to do the weekly theme I had planned for that week. Instead we just did a lot of free learning, which is some times better anyway...

So back to Mommy School this past week, we had a lot of fun with our theme. This weeks plans included: Theme: Ponds & Picnics.

Letters: B & C

 Number: 8

Color: Green

We went to the library and got a few books about ponds, and pond animals.

Our favorite part of the week was learning about the life cycle of a frog. Jackson eagerly listened to a library book we found on the topic, and really seems to have understood and retained how it works. He was really interested in the whole process. 

After we read and talked about the life cycle of a frog, we made 5 paper frogs each with 8 speckles (because 8 is our number this week), and glued them to popsicle sticks. I cut holes in a paper log, and we put the frogs into the holes so it looked like they were sitting on the log. Then we sang the 5 Green and Speckled Frogs Song. Jackson loved this activity, and sang the song the rest of the day.

Through out the rest of the week, we read more books about ponds, visited a local pond, had a picnic, worked on our letter in the ABC Book, and did some math activities concentrating on the number 8.

It was a great week! Come back next week to see what we did this week for our theme of Farm Animals!