tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47438455871453047642024-03-05T03:20:52.627-05:00It's a Bug's Life"For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways." ~Psalms 91:11Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-80106306107029658732012-09-18T14:35:00.000-04:002012-09-18T14:39:37.307-04:00Liebster Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Imagine my surprise when I awoke this morning to find that
Red’s mom from Learning Through Clutter had nominated me for a Liebster Award.
When you have a moment you should check out Bug’s little friend Red. They are
about the same age and Red loves Tot School too.<br />
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A Liebster Award (yes, I had to look it up) is something
that is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers from their own peers. It
is a fantastic way to hear about other bloggers and encourage them to continue
to blog. With the nomination are a few rules. I must answer 11 questions,
nominate 11 other bloggers, and post 11 new questions for them to answer. So
here goes…</div>
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are you most excited about in the upcoming year?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recently taking a huge step in my personal health a fitness levels. In just a
few short weeks I will be running my first 5K and in February I will be running
the Disney Princess Half Marathon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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isn’t a whole lot that I have on the calendar for the rest of this year so
there isn’t anything that I am not looking forward to doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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distracting if I don’t focus and limit my time working on things involving the
organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is your favorite activity to do as a family?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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family. Bug loves to play outside and when him and his daddy get going it just
brings me so much joy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is your go-to dinner meal?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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house and I always seem to have some on hand. Plus the leftovers are easy to
turn into another quick meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the best advice you've ever received?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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down and you can smell the change in the air. In Florida this only happens
rarely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is your favorite book/author?</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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makes me think hard to figure things out.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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favorite TV show?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Friends. I have seen everyone of them multiple times and can quote so many of
the scenes it’s not even funny.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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but he loves anything that can interact with, like pop out books or finger
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://totschool.shannons.org/">Shannon’s Tot School</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://westword-blog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/tot-school-familymommybaby.html">West
World Blog</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://stirthewonder.com/">Stir The Wonder</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://theunworkingmom.blogspot.com/2012/09/homeschool-happenings-week-4.html">The
“Unworking” Mom</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://andthatsfamily.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/totschool-a-new-beginning-with-new-friends/">And
That’s Family</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://greatgreenroom.blogspot.com/search/label/Tot%20School">The Great
Green Room</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/search/label/Tot%20School">We Can Do
All Things</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://www.royallittlelambs.com/search/label/Tot%20School">Royal Little
Lambs</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://thepreschoolexperiment.blogspot.com/">The Preschool Experiment</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://memorizingthemoments.blogspot.com/">Memorizing the Moments</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://thekavanaughreport.blogspot.com/">The Kavanaugh Report</a><br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Does your child have a snuggly (security
blanket/animal)?</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->If you had an entire weekend to yourself, what
would you do?</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->How old were you when you started your family?</div>
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-22305584090370876822012-09-18T12:52:00.000-04:002012-09-18T12:52:23.895-04:00Recovery and Review<br />
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had a few issues with mommy’s back this week so things didn’t go quite as planned.
When all else fails, review. So we did. We went through all the letters he
learned previously and I wrote them on the white board. He then used his car to
drive over them as I called them out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has taken to try and figure out a different way to stack his stackable toys. He
will try anything to make them balance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is getting much better at the concept of Alphabet Bingo although the pieces don’t
always find their way back to the tray. Thank goodness they are only colored
pieces of paper.</span></div>
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weeks ago we introduced Bug to discovery bottles and HE LOVE THEM. The only
downfall in using Gatorade bottles is that there aren’t enough smooth surfaces
for him to use the magnetic bottle. So the current process is to dump out all
the pipe cleaners and then pick them up with his magnet stick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug
is very much of the electronic age and spends lots of time with his InnoTab and
my IPhone. Thanks to <a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/index.html" target="_blank">1+1+1=1</a> we are able to download lots of free
educational apps as she posts their availability. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time we get to the mall Bug likes to go to the book store. Here he is reading a
story while we shop around. His shoes are off as he just finished playing in the play area and was obviously tired as he kicked back to relax. We recently began utilizing our local library to
increase his availability to books. I can’t believe to tell you how valuable I
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moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/2011/11/tot-school-blog-roll-2011-2012/"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-32104261243581217552012-09-18T12:18:00.001-04:002012-09-18T12:18:45.663-04:00Hairy Hungry Hippo<br />
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official start of the 2012-2013 School Year started with the letter H. That may
seem a little strange to some but we decided to continue our lessons in order
versus starting over from the beginning. This week we worked on the letter H.
Bug enjoyed using his dot markers with his lapbook sheets. He also enjoyed this
color matching hippo game from <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/" target="_blank">Letter of the Week</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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did a couple of craft activities this week. We made planet earth with a coffee
filter, colored markers and a spray bottle. This was part of God’s creation
lessons. We also made a hippo that earned a place on our project wall. Our
project wall is where Bug is able to display his art inside frames so he can
show it to daddy and anyone who comes over to visit.</span></div>
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is such a great learning tool as it uses multiple senses. Here Bug rolled balls
and logs to make the letter H.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nite” right before Bug went for his nap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The 2012-2013 school year is under way all around the country. With Tot School we like to continue to learn throughout the year. At this age there are no requirements of what has to be done and when it should be done. So we are NOT back to school but continuing our learning with new </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">curriculum</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> ideas and a new school room.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">This year we will be combining several different curriculum ideas from the following wonderful ladies who devote their time to sharing with others what has worked for them.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank">1+1+1=1</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a Homeschooler</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><a href="http://abcjesuslovesme.com/" target="_blank">ABC Jesus Loves Me</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.abcmouse.com/" target="_blank">ABC Mouse</a> (This site is great for teaching PC use)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">I am excited about our new set up and Bug is too as we can see here from his 2012-2013 school day picture. We have added a learning station for Bug who doesn't like to sit down for very long. Here he can choose to stand up and easily work on his activities. Above the desk is our calendar board. This is where we place our letter of the week (missing this week's letter thanks to a game of hide and seek,) verse of the week, weather chart and principles. We also have added alphabet cards with pictures for the letter sounds. He likes to point out his favorite letter Oo every chance he gets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">Our window sill continues to house weekly books and Bug still has his bean bag chair. We have also added a section for our new Bible in Felt story board. No pictures of this yet but that gives you something to look forward to in the future. So until then...</span></div>
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-26835595219622896942012-08-30T20:34:00.000-04:002012-08-30T20:34:01.068-04:00Goose, Goat, Gnat - Gg Gg Gg<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">So
much excitement this week as we completed the upgrades to our classroom </span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 9pt;">(see our New Room post)</span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug enjoyed the new setup and some of
his new Tot Tools. We have previously used bingo markers for dot paint and they
always made such a mess. Bug doesn’t like to get his fingers dirty and we have
had the do-a-dot markers on the wish list for awhile. However, I found these
really awesome paint sticks that are perfect… and even better I found them at
the dollar store. So we used our new dot markers a few times with great joy and
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for a little while. Each piece has a different texture to match to the board.
He did really good with most of them and even called out the colors of the ones
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">The egg carton continues to find its way into Tot School. This week however, Bug finally discovered that each of the eggs has a little face and their bottom has a shape. We worked on matching up the egg to the correct holder and tried to match up some faces. The faces are a little hard, even for mommy. They are so tiny and faint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">Bug really enjoys identification and matching lately so we expanded on this and matched shapes to their blank spots in this nice lapbook. We also played a letter identification game - sort of like bingo - and Bug was able to identify all the letters we have reviewed and then a few more that are part of his name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">This week Bug got to go to a workshop at Lowe's with his Papa. Usually these are reserved for the older grandsons but since they were building the Shrek carriage Bug got to go and share his love for Shrek. Papa showed him how to use the hammer and although I don't believe any nails were actually hit Bug did keep the hammer on the wood pieces. We even brought a kit home for daddy to do with him later on since daddy works most Saturdays.</span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-73124275285450163832012-08-23T08:56:00.000-04:002012-08-23T08:56:43.614-04:00F is for Feet and Flowers<br />
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is 26.5 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is for feet and flowers and since we incorporated that into an art project for
Bug’s grandmothers we had to wait until we knew they both received theirs
before we posted this week’s blog. Bug had fun getting his foot inked to make a
footprint and enjoyed adding the flowers to the image. Although I think his
favorite part was being allowed to cut out the letter F. No pictures of that
part as he is still learning to cut and this mommy wasn’t ready to let him go
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week we worked on our number review and to my surprise Bug even identified 8 & 9 which we haven't even discussed yet. We also worked on size sorting which was a little bit challenging with these nesting bowls since the sizes are so close. He was able to get the hang of it pretty quickly.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGDLbXFC3jeyDlqg_r1daLDVuXKZ6z4WSci0WicO7oWkbxwOej-zTLazmIeT_0HOMSPIfk6yzcevjnNHr5gIJgw65LfU_L1au2nlCvBsR95dabm_L_TNsrLfNJ1hKwmy8uQ0HyWZDlWBu/s1600/frog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGDLbXFC3jeyDlqg_r1daLDVuXKZ6z4WSci0WicO7oWkbxwOej-zTLazmIeT_0HOMSPIfk6yzcevjnNHr5gIJgw65LfU_L1au2nlCvBsR95dabm_L_TNsrLfNJ1hKwmy8uQ0HyWZDlWBu/s200/frog.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">In keeping with our letter theme we spent some time coloring our stand up frog. I was able to pick up a variety of these at Joann's Crafts right after Christmas so you will get to see his collection of animals throughout the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">Bug was introduced to discovery bottles this week and really enjoyed looking at them. We created a rain bottle which, as you can see below is the one he continues to play with on a regular basis. We also created a sink and float bottle, a magnetic bottle, and a butterfly flying bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We took some time rearranging the classroom this week as we prepare for the 2012 - 2013 school year. No worries we will continue on with Tot School as we currently do there will just be the addition of some really cool things. As our little Bug grows so does his mind and we have to do whatever we can to encourage his learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">In a country where there are so many experiencing a drought, Florida continues to have major afternoon storms. However, we did get the opportunity to go to the park and little man proved that he is no longer my little baby. Here he is climbing the rock wall on the side of the park that is supposed to be five and up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We can't wait to get started on our new curriculum and to be able to share it with all of you. So
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-88191871597014193552012-08-07T16:42:00.002-04:002012-08-07T16:45:25.413-04:00'Eye' took a self portrait!<br />
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is 26 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week we added some new things to our tot trays to go along with the letter Ee. One
of the main things we focused on was eyes. We sang Head, Shoulders, Knees and
Toes and each time we came to the part about the eyes we touched our eyes and
yelled out the word. We also played a matching game with blocks and cut out eye
shapes. Bug had to match up the set of eyes and then place the blocks together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quickly got bored with them. He quickly moved on to his color sorting that he
has been trying to master. He has to place the object with the correct color
grouping as well as name the object.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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keeping with Bug’s desire to use electronic devices and mommy’s PC whenever he
can we signed him up for <a href="http://abcmouse.com/">ABCMouse.com</a> </span></div>
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he uses on his tablet he hasn’t quite grasped the concept of using the mouse
instead of a touch screen. But he is getting the hang of it pretty quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">He did however, have no problem finding a book entitled Big Bug and Little Bug. It is a cute little story and so funny to watch him while they read the book on the site. He doesn't understand that Bug is his nickname but he knows that we call him that so every time they say Bug in the story he looks at me and grins.</span></div>
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uploading the pictures for this week’s blog I discovered that sometime during
the week Bug actually took a few pictures of himself. This one was perfect to
go along with the theme and when I asked him what he took a picture of he
screamed out EYE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Preparations
for next week got off to a rocky start as we stopped to welcome Bug’s newest
cousin to the family. But that won’t keep us from finding new ways to learn. So
until then…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-64980971408695216552012-08-07T16:06:00.001-04:002012-08-07T16:06:34.249-04:00Dumbo, Duck and Dog all start with Dd<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug
is 25.5 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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always a good feeling when you are setting up your calendar board for the week
and the little one screams out the letter in excitement. That is how we started
the week with the letter D. Bug enjoyed pointing out all the things he knew
started with the letter D. He spent some time working in his lapbook to color a
duck and to trace the upper and lower case Dd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had lots of books that included the letter D as well as some flashcards for the
color blue which was this week’s color and one of Bug’s favorites.</span></div>
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has now mastered the skill of sorting shapes on his color pegs. So as he sorts
now we call out the color of the shape and what the shape is that he is
sorting. He is really good at choosing the right shape when it is called out
but not so much on trying to say the name of the shape. ‘Tiandle’ is my current
favorite shape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have entered the land of the technical and Bug now enjoys using his electronic
devices. Here he is using his tablet to work on shapes and his V-Tech to work
on his numbers. No he really doesn't need two of these gadgets (not to mention
mommy and daddy’s IPhones) but they were gifts and the variety of options
between the three devices makes for a wider range of educational opportunities.
Plus he enjoys it so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week’s favorite image came from a birthday party that Bug attended for one of
his little friends. We didn't realize it was a pool party until after we
arrived but decided to let him just go for it and it produced the biggest
smiles. Sometimes the best things are the unexpected ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their
moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-2196481346326646632012-07-11T09:09:00.002-04:002012-07-11T09:13:10.662-04:00Loads of fun with the Letter C<br />
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was so involved this week and we were able to get several pictures throughout
Tot School that I can’t wait to share them. Every week we try to use his letter
notebook with printables from <a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/2011/03/tot-school-printables/">1+1+1=1</a>
and usually we only get a few moments before Bug is ready to move on. Well let
me tell you that we went through every page of the Letter C. We formed the
letter out of play dough and drew lines connecting uppercase and lowercase letters. Bug enjoyed making lines with the play dough as well.</span></div>
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of Bugs printables are in a notebook inside protective sleeves so that we can
use them over and over again. We learned that dot paint and the protective
sleeves don’t work so well. We had success later in the week by removing the page from the binder for him to mark the letters.</span></div>
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In honor of Fourth of July, our science project consisted of star shaped ice cubes with beans frozen inside. Bug had to use a variety of things to try and melt the ice to get the bean out. Not a lot of pictures here as this one got a little messy. Bug did learn that water seems to make ice melt pretty quickly.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We had so much fun this week that it was hard to pic just one favorite picture. So instead I chose two. Bug has been really into making forts (which will be great during the letter F) and he has learned to stack the pillows so that he can get under them. Mommy helped a little to make it more structurally sound. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">My treasured and rare photo was when Bug got all tuckered out and crawled into my lap and fell asleep. I didn't get much done that afternoon but it was worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their
moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-4136591440573140902012-07-05T13:47:00.001-04:002012-07-05T13:47:16.665-04:00B is for Bug<br />
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had so much fun with the letter B this week and boy was I happy when we posted
the letter B to our calendar board and Bug proudly shouted out B. B was one of
the first letters we ever attempted in Tot School and I was a proud momma to
know that he remembered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we revamped our Tot School room we decided to add a few more decorations and
kid friendly/fun to keep Bug interested. That room is a combination of Tot
School, my home office and storage for Mason’s Monarchs, our non-profit. We
were given these really cute butterfly stickers that work perfectly on his
wall. They served a multipurpose this week as they are <b>B</b>utterflies and they represent each of his <b>B</b>rothers. (you can read our story at <a href="http://www.masonsmonarchs.org/">www.masonsmonarchs.org</a>)<o:p></o:p><br />
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poms out and replace them again. This toy is currently a favorite in Tot
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favorite is this number puzzle. We have started to incorporate numbers into our
weekly lessons. He likes to put the numbers in as I count them out. So far he prefers
to only say the numbers 1 and 2. But that works since this week’s lesson was
the number 2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have this great little play dough set that has number stamps and that has
helped so much in keeping him interested in the numbers and keeping them on the
mat. We also made letters and numbers with the play dough. No pictures since
play dough and Bug requires a lot of attention to ensure that the play dough
doesn’t get jammed into the carpet. We did discover that Bug can correctly
identify the letters A-B-C-R and O. He might be able to do more but he always
gets silly when we get to the O. I’ll have to trick him next time and not do O.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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take that opportunity to yell and scream. So we used what we had for B week and
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anticipation of July 4<sup>th</sup>. It was his first experience with fireworks
and he was so excited. Here is daddy and him watching just as one explodes. It
melts my heart to see these two together. He is certainly a daddy’s boy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A presents lots of fun with apples and ants especially when you have Dr. Seus on hand. The A book was his favorite one to read this week and we read it over and over again.</span></div>
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celebrated many different countries this week as we attended Bug’s 2<sup>nd</sup>
World of Nations. All the costumes and decorations provide an opportunity to
discuss the different traditions from that part of the world. Bug’s favorite
country was Mexico. Of course this may have something to do with the huge cup
of watermelon he was able to get there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have continued to practice counting to five as well as reviewing our letters
that we have already learned. Bug can correctly identify all the letters of his
name. And for the majority of the time he can do it in the correct order. He
can also almost pronounce his name and when he gets frustrated trying he just
says baby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-474878573331052302012-04-16T11:52:00.000-04:002012-04-16T11:52:14.499-04:00A says Ahh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s200/TotSchool.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 22.5 months old~</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Momma’s been slacking a little with getting things posted to the blog but boy have we been busy. Bug has learned a few more letters and can correctly identify the A and O with no problem. When I ask him to say ‘A’ he says ‘Ahh’… which is what his leapfrog taught him. We have gone all the way through the alphabet a few times but he usually gets distracted when we get to the letter G. </span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Then he goes off on a tangent about GiGi, our dog, whom he loves so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We did some art and science projects over the last few weeks. Here we made a wreath out of Bug’s handprints. We used pastel colors for Easter and then cut out circles and glued them together. The wreath got to hang on our new display wall for all of Bug’s projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55Ul39Nyj1cbg0QVBeBGT46p2EyPpY6vRetuVFtjerko9PK27II0erQQtKI4-PTcvG372KpsJ8-3xl4Hojg_XpMUXuQtR26u4auSb9EbGWLpP0ga97zZJ0tDIe_brcx0paxeJ5VemJqxd/s1600/hand+wreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55Ul39Nyj1cbg0QVBeBGT46p2EyPpY6vRetuVFtjerko9PK27II0erQQtKI4-PTcvG372KpsJ8-3xl4Hojg_XpMUXuQtR26u4auSb9EbGWLpP0ga97zZJ0tDIe_brcx0paxeJ5VemJqxd/s200/hand+wreath.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We found these little grow in water animals and I couldn’t resist trying them out. Bug picked a green pill and we put it in the water and watched it grow. There were only a few instances of him trying to assist the animal out of the water. This one happened to be a rhinoceros which got a lot of attention throughout the day. The cutest part was Bug showing daddy when he came home. Too bad I didn’t get a picture of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDw6ZceTgUskW6RZzFb9ecnL-Qd8LuyX6By2AGgU1DDWF3SplT-2cyMr_9fpyXZvCAlFKndfNK6PvPagU-3HEQGYc0bFILZKI-iaa1GVKmVY_HRjontBmeN8JbH2ldOxb6I2w0LDKvizZ/s1600/rhino4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDw6ZceTgUskW6RZzFb9ecnL-Qd8LuyX6By2AGgU1DDWF3SplT-2cyMr_9fpyXZvCAlFKndfNK6PvPagU-3HEQGYc0bFILZKI-iaa1GVKmVY_HRjontBmeN8JbH2ldOxb6I2w0LDKvizZ/s400/rhino4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OoNxZL89wL0T65xWgmfTGE69fgJ586oVSS6DlSI4uHDpj-w2K7PQ07qs3RXuZD9baAMF2PExYiteM6ZFTDv_m5eRgFwMOyXehzcUwVqBBNWZzOe6_S3yE45PJaHvE_S22YVGivwybOyV/s1600/duck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OoNxZL89wL0T65xWgmfTGE69fgJ586oVSS6DlSI4uHDpj-w2K7PQ07qs3RXuZD9baAMF2PExYiteM6ZFTDv_m5eRgFwMOyXehzcUwVqBBNWZzOe6_S3yE45PJaHvE_S22YVGivwybOyV/s200/duck.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug is learning to count and we had the perfect opportunity to see if he was comprehending the process while visiting the fair. He had a chance to win a prize by choosing three different ducks. So as he pulled them out we counted and on the third one he gave me this look like “now what?” BTW he won a stuffed monkey.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHavjFsWmPIzWdds2_IczXudfc7VmRAQu6yX02nBRCZWV0-SvA9X4thBssTpsxk_moKftbo-vom6GajYa74X9TJj6C3LUtpXS0Rg2qUFZv0kt_hXWP0q_k_0dY2W4ObO1sKwq4wk7FnVWu/s1600/BibleTime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHavjFsWmPIzWdds2_IczXudfc7VmRAQu6yX02nBRCZWV0-SvA9X4thBssTpsxk_moKftbo-vom6GajYa74X9TJj6C3LUtpXS0Rg2qUFZv0kt_hXWP0q_k_0dY2W4ObO1sKwq4wk7FnVWu/s200/BibleTime.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Reading is always a big part of Tot School for us. Not only do I read aloud to Bug he likes to ‘read’ to himself. His children’s Bible is never too far away. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26qzC2_295c4IY2_c1Va_bAgFNcBPWQXtJ9j6DWZrTgMBGfp24tK0CHjLVNCjOH4oksnvFMAr7fOMzSkYjGMjw_3FqyOl0ax9a4qf1m9frT7Py7FElYBiw2ip5KTIrSCez3MX7o3h9E6z/s1600/MickeyColors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26qzC2_295c4IY2_c1Va_bAgFNcBPWQXtJ9j6DWZrTgMBGfp24tK0CHjLVNCjOH4oksnvFMAr7fOMzSkYjGMjw_3FqyOl0ax9a4qf1m9frT7Py7FElYBiw2ip5KTIrSCez3MX7o3h9E6z/s200/MickeyColors.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This year’s Easter basket included a few different books with learning options. Here Bug is reading his book on shapes. He can correctly identify the circle and almost always the triangle. The square and rectangle are a little confusing to him still.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kBuf1YArHdtLx-urcwC1Q0hLXgZZe1RGWLyxvfJ0oj2qLEB4_whYf5xXx6xVwHqLLoRtojpzxUAuEUFVASDMpR8s22zmTztErEvWty0ZhKCon9Cq8QMy8y9pJBqEYRvtGsjCVW81m7yI/s1600/Easter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kBuf1YArHdtLx-urcwC1Q0hLXgZZe1RGWLyxvfJ0oj2qLEB4_whYf5xXx6xVwHqLLoRtojpzxUAuEUFVASDMpR8s22zmTztErEvWty0ZhKCon9Cq8QMy8y9pJBqEYRvtGsjCVW81m7yI/s200/Easter.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Mommy’s favorite picture over the last few weeks has to be this one of us right before Easter services. Bug is all dressed up in his little suit. We opted for the Miami Vice look since he wouldn't leave the tie alone. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Excited to see what happens next week as we continue to grow and learn through play . So until then…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-54390055233541333802012-04-02T10:36:00.000-04:002012-04-02T10:36:39.668-04:00One day at a time....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 21.5 months old~</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7mQqUqM0Few-JVfyVVlGTsnmu2V_1y9O5mLGSZfZGMM82MXB04xjcmZC6UE4igvVusHX9z_vtvTVFs5NOWkrGKq9X40DBxbZrh6zQ8twCW3j0AQQpsmhQdgeMgDLYOPSiDV9Q8uIg6-C/s1600/Puzzle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7mQqUqM0Few-JVfyVVlGTsnmu2V_1y9O5mLGSZfZGMM82MXB04xjcmZC6UE4igvVusHX9z_vtvTVFs5NOWkrGKq9X40DBxbZrh6zQ8twCW3j0AQQpsmhQdgeMgDLYOPSiDV9Q8uIg6-C/s200/Puzzle.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">A combination of Spring Break travel and a pretty nasty fall the last couple of weeks have been more casual play than Tot School time. We had great intentions and packed a whole bucket of travel Tot School items. Bug enjoyed his color puzzle and is getting better at identifying colors other than his favorite “beu.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">During our travels we got to spend some time in the pool (for obvious reasons there are no pictures) and we taught Bug how to kick to propel him forward. I’m not sure who enjoyed it more… us or the older couple watching from the deck.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmVOXRqQtayFM9a0SE-YS3SZAn8hk1-pAQSDyQiGLz4vQE3Ux0I642QsFh3iZET3Hmk9RkudNuX-9TRfOi8iEIJJK8NkbRSgLNGbxVdMTGg28FkHU5tz1wdANMlHRnKPZ78oq-t-apVAs/s1600/color+matching.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmVOXRqQtayFM9a0SE-YS3SZAn8hk1-pAQSDyQiGLz4vQE3Ux0I642QsFh3iZET3Hmk9RkudNuX-9TRfOi8iEIJJK8NkbRSgLNGbxVdMTGg28FkHU5tz1wdANMlHRnKPZ78oq-t-apVAs/s200/color+matching.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug enjoyed this shape sorting lap book. The only shape he is having a hard time with is the triangle. He did get bored really quickly with this but was able to move through it pretty fast so it may be time to move on to something a little harder.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl-8R9r_KAFRQsE2B__zxzjHOPmj1X_3tCPe4rip8KxjDtS0fkdlnkfja2BbYYjgh_c5sXumEaBQHZgbBk3zCrvraVqnqNh5uSJGCGGZDATZLUV_5TV1Df0YjSnvKrZpeB9ic-PycVyV5/s1600/story_time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl-8R9r_KAFRQsE2B__zxzjHOPmj1X_3tCPe4rip8KxjDtS0fkdlnkfja2BbYYjgh_c5sXumEaBQHZgbBk3zCrvraVqnqNh5uSJGCGGZDATZLUV_5TV1Df0YjSnvKrZpeB9ic-PycVyV5/s200/story_time.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We enjoyed spending some quiet reading time together. Bug gets excited when I tell him it’s story time and will gladly climb up next to me in anticipation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We also correctly identified the letter 'O' this week. Albeit to correct mommy who was trying to retrieve the letter 'Q' from Bug's hand. Each time I asked him to give me the letter 'Q' that he was holding. He just looked at me and squealed ohhh. After a few times of this he finally handed me the letter he was holding and it was the 'O' - oops mommy was just a tad embarrased but "Ohh' so proud. :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><b>PIC OF THE WEEK</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week’s favorite picture came from our tip to see Veggie Tales Live. Here is Bob (aka Daddy) and Larry Boy all prepared for curtain time. Bug really enjoyed sharing this experience with his daddy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7D2GrMER-RXCnpnWaphJZbv8tDK32GS4TkagtwMcLNFZjjsirW_DD1iYe4tO6WNZqx7OxcFlaaQCJAVFz_d9wCHWSijsd6tCYz9oaC86Wzd7y9XFSAncPfOqhBjOeQJ-n24JM-I3lTrN/s1600/favorite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7D2GrMER-RXCnpnWaphJZbv8tDK32GS4TkagtwMcLNFZjjsirW_DD1iYe4tO6WNZqx7OxcFlaaQCJAVFz_d9wCHWSijsd6tCYz9oaC86Wzd7y9XFSAncPfOqhBjOeQJ-n24JM-I3lTrN/s200/favorite.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We are all doing much better and are excited to get things back to normal next week. So until then…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-40806129766348124212012-03-18T17:31:00.001-04:002012-03-18T17:32:51.204-04:00Taking every opportunity!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 21 months old~</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug was a trooper this week as we worked on a variety of unstructured and not very well thought out Tot School activities. We were very busy working on the non-profit this week and the planned activities went to the wayside for just the things that Bug wanted to do himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug loves stacking his cups and is getting so good at placing them on top of each other in the order that they should go. As we work in his Look and Find book and has begun saying the item as he finds it on the page.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PzuCwHOzOcOtn2Cj6NwEe6hoTFaRn8kAlDMV2fubr3LcPHl-DXYzHxh0qEMgxI6HgVZCh1X5nulfh2G_yoZPpYZ6l7BlmmOxWovlolzs7JI77f0WXj5fz5pT2s4hNXQOc0ICZMNNW999/s1600/Stacking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PzuCwHOzOcOtn2Cj6NwEe6hoTFaRn8kAlDMV2fubr3LcPHl-DXYzHxh0qEMgxI6HgVZCh1X5nulfh2G_yoZPpYZ6l7BlmmOxWovlolzs7JI77f0WXj5fz5pT2s4hNXQOc0ICZMNNW999/s200/Stacking.jpg" width="148" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZbH9iw_ToeCjtQSAdbSd6dHe6LlQAC0gUdYbChyphenhyphen4xcysd6CQzlUQhsLir6tH0kCKZoAV_1qbEtu5Ky5n3lsJvNGoFy60E3ZdPv4O1gOHIOjfdMaiTLGu1icPuUYTyuBXNGRGvZqxbuMX/s1600/matching.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZbH9iw_ToeCjtQSAdbSd6dHe6LlQAC0gUdYbChyphenhyphen4xcysd6CQzlUQhsLir6tH0kCKZoAV_1qbEtu5Ky5n3lsJvNGoFy60E3ZdPv4O1gOHIOjfdMaiTLGu1icPuUYTyuBXNGRGvZqxbuMX/s200/matching.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp8lvg0mhxqBLcLuJHb1BzcT4LghU2VmPhCVNw_G4nmtk0R9U-AT8Qj8XZ_OZQfJen4hfLUwIcBEuSYn078OHPJcs9Tr7gYJpixg_DhSbQavZ5jnl5jZfaVmgskwVVrFFgg3zE3g3_ysW/s1600/CookieMoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp8lvg0mhxqBLcLuJHb1BzcT4LghU2VmPhCVNw_G4nmtk0R9U-AT8Qj8XZ_OZQfJen4hfLUwIcBEuSYn078OHPJcs9Tr7gYJpixg_DhSbQavZ5jnl5jZfaVmgskwVVrFFgg3zE3g3_ysW/s200/CookieMoster.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Cookie Monster has been helping us learn to count. Bug has been placing the cookies as Cookie Monster and I count and he is finally starting to say the numbers himself. It might help that after this particular activity we always have a snack with cookies. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">For St. Patrick’s Day we made some puffy paint (thanks to <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/age-under-2-years">No Time for Flashcards</a>) and painted a shamrock. It took Bug a minute or so to realize that the paint was staying on his fingers. He prefers to have clean hands so immediately afterward we had to go clean up. It now has a place of honor in our new wall of artwork. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bath time is never part of Tot School but we had a really good opportunity that Bug initiated on his own with sorting his bath toys. So we took advantage of this and sorted his ducks, gators and puffer fish accordingly. He was so proud of his accomplishment that mommy got a little bath herself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvf2p0fI6LtMga51UkH_Ykgon93m3cPUJBPkFJS4orqMLJVpirVmdjPLhe-3T5ICevUaAlmC5nKEXgubX2_6bKjYEzzbqxXDZEFfCjiSeiOjkqxkddFoWpoD0Xhg0_rLv1SM8f5r-SQLv/s1600/bathtime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvf2p0fI6LtMga51UkH_Ykgon93m3cPUJBPkFJS4orqMLJVpirVmdjPLhe-3T5ICevUaAlmC5nKEXgubX2_6bKjYEzzbqxXDZEFfCjiSeiOjkqxkddFoWpoD0Xhg0_rLv1SM8f5r-SQLv/s320/bathtime.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Cleaning up is a game we like to play right before daddy comes home. This week’s favorite picture comes from Bug deciding he didn't want anything but himself in the basket.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VRZeFA2tlRSvTWRBRCkG6O_NaTkCkvzXi9oUpxvCb8u8T8MjBDS0HZjg2X_sq44e-w4RjIKTPx8Uj0E839s5wCAfrHJmNQrDIaEAPYJPUjJU_7ziScokd9mRNPPXMVEbVrUwL9R3sah8/s1600/basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VRZeFA2tlRSvTWRBRCkG6O_NaTkCkvzXi9oUpxvCb8u8T8MjBDS0HZjg2X_sq44e-w4RjIKTPx8Uj0E839s5wCAfrHJmNQrDIaEAPYJPUjJU_7ziScokd9mRNPPXMVEbVrUwL9R3sah8/s320/basket.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Next week will be exciting as we go outside and explore some new places and try some new skills.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-73021129702408140162012-03-07T20:15:00.000-05:002012-03-07T20:15:58.423-05:00Gor ri rila and the Color Orange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 21 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>This week started with some oldies but goodies. Bug enjoyed playing with his butterfly puzzle and we have added saying the color names as we put the puzzle pieces in their place. He also enjoyed playing with this sorter and although we are missing the green ring he is very happy to continue sorting.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHEIchAwznMB0Igi5xz6kL8GCPcpBXVZx2G8H0t99K_uiw2EYdGZl8ciNEN7TKpz0erKvzgInnj8D_9PedNohkhhJGTJ1aY8nhVv8hMZgaIU3tDsJoTR_KcMPjTDT9_d0swLCk8R3nAUd/s1600/animals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHEIchAwznMB0Igi5xz6kL8GCPcpBXVZx2G8H0t99K_uiw2EYdGZl8ciNEN7TKpz0erKvzgInnj8D_9PedNohkhhJGTJ1aY8nhVv8hMZgaIU3tDsJoTR_KcMPjTDT9_d0swLCk8R3nAUd/s200/animals.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug is currently in a destructive mood so during our animal identification this week we stacked the animals on top of his cups. We used this multiple ways in that it allowed us to stack but also to see size relations. When I asked for a certain animal Bug would kick down the tower the animal was sitting on and grab it and run it to me. His favorite animal is the “gor ri rila”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWGShMYRooaq20D_-g2wL6b-_rf7bgAi8j79O9SDzvpkrXPMqwVvw6nBmYm2qW9uGTupiA1JR7CDRb2EtJxDOtANwkG89zBmkAyRcUYj5Aaw49QYSYVrAYuBKrF270xsgoXK5NHi2OrPx/s1600/orange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWGShMYRooaq20D_-g2wL6b-_rf7bgAi8j79O9SDzvpkrXPMqwVvw6nBmYm2qW9uGTupiA1JR7CDRb2EtJxDOtANwkG89zBmkAyRcUYj5Aaw49QYSYVrAYuBKrF270xsgoXK5NHi2OrPx/s200/orange.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Orange was the color of the week and one of the ways we worked with that was to gather all the orange balls in house. We don’t have many so a balloon and a square shape found their way into the pile. There are no pictures of Bug actually gathering these as he would run off with them just as I would get ready to snap the pic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4dc9xC6DCTECEC-K_wp-rBtqsNUJSSdARZ3rzKTtl4S671IIw2dHptx9dkk3tTiXt7ooOxGWDwvBCGFfzWSUH-3OmwSkJcS4mbt4z1iz-D9dwBM07rRIkxl5opjFkHxXxk4OJK1dWlh8/s1600/open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4dc9xC6DCTECEC-K_wp-rBtqsNUJSSdARZ3rzKTtl4S671IIw2dHptx9dkk3tTiXt7ooOxGWDwvBCGFfzWSUH-3OmwSkJcS4mbt4z1iz-D9dwBM07rRIkxl5opjFkHxXxk4OJK1dWlh8/s200/open.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">There is a certain satisfaction with opening and closing things. Here Bug is using his momma’s concentration skills by sticking out his tongue as he concentrates. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">In honor of Dr. Seus birthday we put together his new puzzle. Bug still isn’t allowed to read his Seus books on his own (thanks to his destructiveness) but he laughs at the Cat every time we read them. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNQO1dCwOBMABJ9pSOFIMpB62jbMb2kFYsHb9MRSt67cvjdYfzJ62OJB7LNdqBqDFWcFzcRraRcE1ASYDRreLNF6ZCqt-QivosYcWi6ao4d0bcgx0NBIV6uvZpw8NpiRylAI6-VTQEfHZ/s1600/seus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNQO1dCwOBMABJ9pSOFIMpB62jbMb2kFYsHb9MRSt67cvjdYfzJ62OJB7LNdqBqDFWcFzcRraRcE1ASYDRreLNF6ZCqt-QivosYcWi6ao4d0bcgx0NBIV6uvZpw8NpiRylAI6-VTQEfHZ/s320/seus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">For a rare treat we took an excursion with daddy who happened to be off. We went out to lunch and then to a really nice park where Bug played with mommy and daddy for quite some time. That’s where this week’s favorite pictures come from… sorry I couldn’t pick just one. </span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9qAJMKMtNBnQz6kZh0SEDvhNJBFvYOPhIijC0r8MbjjSa5frKaIh7MYWnWtZp_UV_IFzcsk7At_8zLozA3OIJneyy4S62R0JlZF5mRZQKqlT27oFlsB27i-GmVdTLkrIx65blj9478BO/s1600/collage.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9qAJMKMtNBnQz6kZh0SEDvhNJBFvYOPhIijC0r8MbjjSa5frKaIh7MYWnWtZp_UV_IFzcsk7At_8zLozA3OIJneyy4S62R0JlZF5mRZQKqlT27oFlsB27i-GmVdTLkrIx65blj9478BO/s640/collage.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-75341410006363638652012-03-01T10:05:00.000-05:002012-03-01T10:05:45.100-05:00Week 22 - Busy little bees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 20.5 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVG-BmMbYHHg1MJwOjtDx1mp7Xj2dIcCPGw-3xyCu9h2MbpHJZC3iciiY5oG6rF_7XvLzQiWDmi4UBkCI3B-7aTxbTgQBYwFW8W4pLXpAsxQVCTaI0mNVXm8ODA9KMDoazMUP35jRBmkv/s1600/DrSeus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVG-BmMbYHHg1MJwOjtDx1mp7Xj2dIcCPGw-3xyCu9h2MbpHJZC3iciiY5oG6rF_7XvLzQiWDmi4UBkCI3B-7aTxbTgQBYwFW8W4pLXpAsxQVCTaI0mNVXm8ODA9KMDoazMUP35jRBmkv/s200/DrSeus.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Busy… busy… busy. That is the only way to describe our home this week. Bug got his first Cat in the Hat set and loves to carry it around in the little tote that came with the order. It also came with matching cards and a nice little puzzle, both of which have been put up until we pass this destruction stage he is currently pursuing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqauYzn0ms55RvopQfRZZ0sIfM_ENeqlgcBPJ9hiUk_-EriPMG0m4HMmpI_1QjSxiqI1yDvPVNtisFyamZOx1QhBaobekFmCL2JE-0eBl8gG-LqbzYkbpODSZ6giQB_dOoSbzLzkkCXvi/s1600/reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqauYzn0ms55RvopQfRZZ0sIfM_ENeqlgcBPJ9hiUk_-EriPMG0m4HMmpI_1QjSxiqI1yDvPVNtisFyamZOx1QhBaobekFmCL2JE-0eBl8gG-LqbzYkbpODSZ6giQB_dOoSbzLzkkCXvi/s200/reading.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We actually had a few reading opportunities where Bug didn’t feel the need to flip through the pages. I think he was very interested in the rhyming in the book. It might have helped a little that mommy used different voices too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly9RCQyo3_JtwedJV47F5alXDQTFCZM9-OThwzYJ8pVBkpIksc3gGJNW-F7L0xpUQhXcD9KtzBl8bNnkhgYpDn0LMPN534SDDKkkcd_TC8cVMzg4RbpOv4cPuqx7pXrUIdcWob5F_zkj7/s1600/pegs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly9RCQyo3_JtwedJV47F5alXDQTFCZM9-OThwzYJ8pVBkpIksc3gGJNW-F7L0xpUQhXcD9KtzBl8bNnkhgYpDn0LMPN534SDDKkkcd_TC8cVMzg4RbpOv4cPuqx7pXrUIdcWob5F_zkj7/s200/pegs2.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug’s stacking pegs are of great interest these days. We are using them for multiple purposes since he is so interested in them. We have been counting on a daily basis up to the number five. Here we stacked the pegs with color and height and Bug pulled them away as I said the number. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We also used the pegs as a color sorting option. His favorite color is still blue and will bring me things that are blue as he says “boo” so that I know he understands.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKT2TvaMdhMjIQqrOzuL-DQe0uHev1j3Zy5BGY2-ihfDhDh4RMo_RcJ8K05ye25NZVV14UQJO5mYK9akyxSUUlDv1lk8TOPePIgDhVg9Ht3V74UEqY9HEGjT5azLjvObuxRC91G2ATEYx/s1600/pegs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKT2TvaMdhMjIQqrOzuL-DQe0uHev1j3Zy5BGY2-ihfDhDh4RMo_RcJ8K05ye25NZVV14UQJO5mYK9akyxSUUlDv1lk8TOPePIgDhVg9Ht3V74UEqY9HEGjT5azLjvObuxRC91G2ATEYx/s200/pegs.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week we also worked on his animal sounds… not really something that you can capture in photographs, especially when Bug will grab his animals and take off running with them. We have the Little Peoples Zoo and he has several of the animals. We’ve been hiding them around the house and asking him to find them. He will bring us the animal and either makes its sound or try to say its name. He can say gorilla, bear, and gator and although we know he can say lion he prefers to growl.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Music is always a part of our home. We sing in the car and at bedtime and play our instruments whenever the opportunity arises. The instrument that received the most attention this week was his xylophone. It came into play during laundry time and dinner time and even during potty time. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We got to spend some time at daddy’s work during their big career day and someone snapped this week’s favorite picture. Not sure if Bug wasn’t impressed that he was getting his picture taken or just not sure if mommy could hold him much longer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Looking forward to what the future holds… so until then.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-28928206494377470052012-02-21T10:46:00.000-05:002012-02-21T10:46:45.194-05:00Week 21 - Learning is Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 20.5 months old~</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Had a house full of sickness the last couple of weeks but we still got in some Tot School time. We picked up this really cute rug for our classroom. It has balls (Bugs favorite) and helps with the counting we are working on. It also provides a little warmth on the tushy during the cold months.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbvdC3etezENLjIR-HVx0AJQuUuMtJJB8BpZ5h1yhfsD_PWHqd91SXlVoNr4izCAeyliHnnQ7K3wxmzLs4EIEL32d88XTbnjEQMOTgmXMot3BwIaSVCQmMnWsti9hfBQW4_pb-gMLhV6a/s1600/rug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbvdC3etezENLjIR-HVx0AJQuUuMtJJB8BpZ5h1yhfsD_PWHqd91SXlVoNr4izCAeyliHnnQ7K3wxmzLs4EIEL32d88XTbnjEQMOTgmXMot3BwIaSVCQmMnWsti9hfBQW4_pb-gMLhV6a/s320/rug.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_20E5_-B0V2SEtREj10h6QsIP3z9qa6RKZzk_OfJdoXlOKnpbsZN9orbKB_X4e-GxGd00AfyPq6CXKjr4S4JucsmOw6fpRqsfg7qg9_z5Rxq3u1ub7QA3SroxoER55vxpp4lUWxL6ipT/s1600/stacking+cups.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_20E5_-B0V2SEtREj10h6QsIP3z9qa6RKZzk_OfJdoXlOKnpbsZN9orbKB_X4e-GxGd00AfyPq6CXKjr4S4JucsmOw6fpRqsfg7qg9_z5Rxq3u1ub7QA3SroxoER55vxpp4lUWxL6ipT/s200/stacking+cups.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We have some really good friends and one of them picked up a gift for Bug. Thanks Ms. Shelba. There was a sorting bucket and stacking/nesting cups. Bug now loves to stack up the cups and then slowly walk into them and watch them fall over. The two gold pieces in his hand are coins that can be dropped into three of the buckets and if they are lined up correctly it will drop all the way through. It’s a little challenging, even for mommy. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr4B1MVc-4sp9NUU9ZKD5Ga5BFtqIZiwuKFstQflH26QJbPKkesgfVy5CqkGS6crybR7Go3S6gndrCJoL1PtX98X5DYCpRc_K6T00elVz6U99yg_nxoNzK5VFWsseGSWEKOZZt1G_7Pnf/s1600/screws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr4B1MVc-4sp9NUU9ZKD5Ga5BFtqIZiwuKFstQflH26QJbPKkesgfVy5CqkGS6crybR7Go3S6gndrCJoL1PtX98X5DYCpRc_K6T00elVz6U99yg_nxoNzK5VFWsseGSWEKOZZt1G_7Pnf/s200/screws.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We finally found a tray for Bug to use when he isn’t sitting at his table. It was Cars or Elmo and he picked “vroom” and of course the “boo” (blue) one. Here is putting the tray to good use while he works on his screws. He has gotten very good at putting them together so we have started mixing the bolts up so that it is now also a color sorting game. He quickly learned that only the same color ones can go together.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztjVBetwrGUvdeZkx8evaDceSt-BLz21q8eBYlzPhbPN4iqevXKhVLW6QcDyFe9GqmbiRG9LpDUYSBGQ96SbyFRcvUagA2g8nmE-UyS_F8R3U0I-xkOoZTfX_szCkFbqgqvoHuIJPV-QJ/s1600/look+and+see.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztjVBetwrGUvdeZkx8evaDceSt-BLz21q8eBYlzPhbPN4iqevXKhVLW6QcDyFe9GqmbiRG9LpDUYSBGQ96SbyFRcvUagA2g8nmE-UyS_F8R3U0I-xkOoZTfX_szCkFbqgqvoHuIJPV-QJ/s200/look+and+see.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">The Let’s Look book from Baby Einstein’s gets a lot of use these days. The food items Bug can pick out pretty quickly. When he finds what he is looking for he gets so excited. . The difficulty level is a nice range so he will be able to use this for quite some time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4lyf8H7eFVaczOevlCHsAVfTLtQXIt4C1pfabfA5cy_FsZWjzdSA0HzicWFVXCDfxXra34oD_ULJnqNvchtL1snrDOkUDw1JDXHh5iSSmgsdhSBAeCktHON1njik_wgbcOaZLOrNdYaB/s1600/daddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4lyf8H7eFVaczOevlCHsAVfTLtQXIt4C1pfabfA5cy_FsZWjzdSA0HzicWFVXCDfxXra34oD_ULJnqNvchtL1snrDOkUDw1JDXHh5iSSmgsdhSBAeCktHON1njik_wgbcOaZLOrNdYaB/s200/daddy.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Daddy time is so precious these days. Here Bug and daddy had just finished playing and were taking a time out to rest. Bug loves to watch Veggie Tales on daddy’s iPhone. Truth be told he likes to do anything with daddy’s iPhone. Maybe there will be an iPad in Bugs future as there are so many fantastic learning apps available. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Can’t wait to see what next week brings… so until then.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-10141541977548389562012-02-07T13:28:00.000-05:002012-02-07T13:28:16.558-05:00Week 20 - What a ride?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Week 20 – where has the time gone? We introduced some new things this week in Tot School. The first new introduction was water paint. Bug LOVED painting the letter Aa as we talked about things like apples and anteaters. We also introduced play dough – although apparently more got into his mouth then we originally thought. This one might be put back on the shelf for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF8s-DqEWocYPIljppZDaGS9a5TSFnk4fbCIcKL3nACaor3zESMlY06NzJw5USYDbUAY8Wg8IJF3AqZwT_yGTeTGFyqIUsRhFKGtvi3zQlWEip0QpQCsX66C9f8g6QMSmPiWYwQEKn36z/s1600/zoo_field_trip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF8s-DqEWocYPIljppZDaGS9a5TSFnk4fbCIcKL3nACaor3zESMlY06NzJw5USYDbUAY8Wg8IJF3AqZwT_yGTeTGFyqIUsRhFKGtvi3zQlWEip0QpQCsX66C9f8g6QMSmPiWYwQEKn36z/s200/zoo_field_trip.jpg" width="125" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We took advantage of a nice day and took a field trip to the zoo. We also got a chance to take Bug’s cousin with us and together they enjoyed looking at all the animals. We even got a chance to see the aforementioned anteater. (Not a good picture since he kept turning his backside to us)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mub4UYe7OV4tSu0DNPyNLxoQKMagWfOqEM8425uET3izK9QtxmzJtXlDYibW5qwu74ZWON3tTYoUri6Pe9pHPS0_mVJ5zyc2YUOWHXD6hdiSiTd26kDieq45EslDfzYZpmvNUE8_z22p/s1600/color_sort.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mub4UYe7OV4tSu0DNPyNLxoQKMagWfOqEM8425uET3izK9QtxmzJtXlDYibW5qwu74ZWON3tTYoUri6Pe9pHPS0_mVJ5zyc2YUOWHXD6hdiSiTd26kDieq45EslDfzYZpmvNUE8_z22p/s200/color_sort.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Thanks to <a href="http://www.activity-mom.com/" target="_blank">The Activity Mom</a> we have a new color sorting game. Of course, we started with orange and blue (Go Gators) and although it took a little prodding Bug quickly picked up the concept.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This cool little train brought lots of smiles while we learned how to spell his name. Bug brings the train to me often and will put his finger in my hand so that I can help him pick out the correct letters.</span></div><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">If you haven’t had a chance to explore feelings with your child then you are missing out on so much fun. We tried using Bug’s feelings lapbook but he preferred practicing the faces in his book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Lots of fun on the horizon… so until then.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-17804629203250638392012-02-01T12:34:00.000-05:002012-02-01T12:34:36.410-05:00Week 19 - Cold Weather while under the Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 20 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week was a toughie. Through a destructive attitude and a horrible cold we got very little done in the terms of Tot School. We did get a chance to play with Bugs stacking pegs and actually got a few of them in the right color section.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsOrMVwbXh7MlMu0M5oxJ27aoMR1nyrMuCitHNWk9Cktg7iOIKFcQpvDZlSagMfqcYzNnBRtFG7azHC9UCwyTZkzjtLqg4sEiCpV67VtYQchMIZU-3Vy4COlggfpgJFalEZztGltiPc4i/s1600/pegs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsOrMVwbXh7MlMu0M5oxJ27aoMR1nyrMuCitHNWk9Cktg7iOIKFcQpvDZlSagMfqcYzNnBRtFG7azHC9UCwyTZkzjtLqg4sEiCpV67VtYQchMIZU-3Vy4COlggfpgJFalEZztGltiPc4i/s320/pegs.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We also got some reading in with his hard books as well as some nice Bible stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Bo1ZqRkufzicXVAZTCaw4yYmdHLkzOqzlsqXAvu_CTwN8pt0OhYF6-U5Uaahd3Z70CTUyW1LJnAhCbjSOyREGyf9mEtXHXT6ua-L-G9hIwdErAw8_r-5aUobpQL6oIt_i9Ih3AUUliI/s1600/reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Bo1ZqRkufzicXVAZTCaw4yYmdHLkzOqzlsqXAvu_CTwN8pt0OhYF6-U5Uaahd3Z70CTUyW1LJnAhCbjSOyREGyf9mEtXHXT6ua-L-G9hIwdErAw8_r-5aUobpQL6oIt_i9Ih3AUUliI/s320/reading.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Mom’s favorite this week: Due to the cold weather and Bug not feeling well there was a lot of snuggling this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2bDHp8BBBm98twr3H7F6hW-gnW1VCmtvUNiWo6ey9awR_rdQf55PVr1jvO5Xe_mKbpsoVhhqJzkW0SUO8kleWhs58gsbiOOOBxQbA-OlxrUbD2pmUIVq1Ri2EwBSf7eJe34tHYGLKBco/s1600/snuggling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2bDHp8BBBm98twr3H7F6hW-gnW1VCmtvUNiWo6ey9awR_rdQf55PVr1jvO5Xe_mKbpsoVhhqJzkW0SUO8kleWhs58gsbiOOOBxQbA-OlxrUbD2pmUIVq1Ri2EwBSf7eJe34tHYGLKBco/s320/snuggling.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-42019917172334215712012-01-25T12:59:00.000-05:002012-01-25T12:59:31.973-05:00Week 18 - Music Appreciation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 19.5 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We jumped into music appreciation this week with all of Bugs musical toys. He can now identify each of his items by name but we are still working on matching them to the identification cards.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpPapg6m-7R5mYBy_wp7fVuC5hFDYpCX8fo9zdPS25dn3qVV-9I26Tk9jHD-Cc0tA6soWpiYlp4DHq5cDedlUGu1g5uszv_AoaMQKA-ekA77q0SfklPBWl-42dhhP-yxyLBHubXlOO5So/s1600/music_match.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpPapg6m-7R5mYBy_wp7fVuC5hFDYpCX8fo9zdPS25dn3qVV-9I26Tk9jHD-Cc0tA6soWpiYlp4DHq5cDedlUGu1g5uszv_AoaMQKA-ekA77q0SfklPBWl-42dhhP-yxyLBHubXlOO5So/s200/music_match.jpg" width="148" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTgtMRkhY3MhuXoC6eAl37rOEbLUhS62q7EG_YjumwMESJUy_O_8L74rrDVBNijw3JkQ6CzfWCVnuy61RRnyAxd_ZfVIhEScb0KIDYhz1_fQvvGwSIm8-hXT4G-Z4ZkF60bBjMijNVaVn/s1600/xylophone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTgtMRkhY3MhuXoC6eAl37rOEbLUhS62q7EG_YjumwMESJUy_O_8L74rrDVBNijw3JkQ6CzfWCVnuy61RRnyAxd_ZfVIhEScb0KIDYhz1_fQvvGwSIm8-hXT4G-Z4ZkF60bBjMijNVaVn/s200/xylophone.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">The xylophone was used to make music but also to learn colors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Make a beautiful noise is certainly what he did with the maracas. It was hard trying to get a picture of him with them because he kept running around shaking them. I think that he enjoyed them the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupD4EqZrkt-eYXYuhXlP8_Q2Bx8R3Wa3PFalGlMCrKGwadk0px6_PhoppuhFCLb1RnaqBFpEVdzrVwdHQ36NyT8Hf_bTizHJqa4efBSiuY9fnLIG3iqoBQ62jOGNoRA62AAjPi9VlLEHJ/s1600/maracas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupD4EqZrkt-eYXYuhXlP8_Q2Bx8R3Wa3PFalGlMCrKGwadk0px6_PhoppuhFCLb1RnaqBFpEVdzrVwdHQ36NyT8Hf_bTizHJqa4efBSiuY9fnLIG3iqoBQ62jOGNoRA62AAjPi9VlLEHJ/s200/maracas2.jpg" width="148" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp0U7pARVrnSPisoBbRVvmznQE9P9Hgqwo8qmxlTqnaa5UmNsslvyPAjGiBNgvmHXS8jCCTm9hISEXsbwexadjreisaOgnDmXGHkOQ79SzNgSxtnT1BHyRoVsln2Wxu3UDhQX8V8Mipcg/s1600/maracas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp0U7pARVrnSPisoBbRVvmznQE9P9Hgqwo8qmxlTqnaa5UmNsslvyPAjGiBNgvmHXS8jCCTm9hISEXsbwexadjreisaOgnDmXGHkOQ79SzNgSxtnT1BHyRoVsln2Wxu3UDhQX8V8Mipcg/s200/maracas.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLNKTRF7srpt3EW85hvLRy-gU1DMu_N4yZypVP4dBQgL5NWOdm1pkgJHxEjS_XPNjgKwnc7vENHjHKft01ffeHxrR-VBOkZj-JwM20Fu3zOFRMKvzfNSG1Cd4iovOXD907KL8NVFIXzG5/s1600/Xx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLNKTRF7srpt3EW85hvLRy-gU1DMu_N4yZypVP4dBQgL5NWOdm1pkgJHxEjS_XPNjgKwnc7vENHjHKft01ffeHxrR-VBOkZj-JwM20Fu3zOFRMKvzfNSG1Cd4iovOXD907KL8NVFIXzG5/s200/Xx.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We worked hard on his tracing this week. He is getting much better at trying to connect the objects on his letters but still loves to color like crazy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGreR3f27-h56HQpy-3b_XfZPj_5g1ZBJupbBA2uFUrpfMkaSemvY_m_B6WWwJgBiF1k3OJ9BvpsFBR4zCJycn-stptByigCZInxtCMXCmXmU7QXFJkGljs2WiX8EnSaLf_XwsznVrmbb8/s1600/laptop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGreR3f27-h56HQpy-3b_XfZPj_5g1ZBJupbBA2uFUrpfMkaSemvY_m_B6WWwJgBiF1k3OJ9BvpsFBR4zCJycn-stptByigCZInxtCMXCmXmU7QXFJkGljs2WiX8EnSaLf_XwsznVrmbb8/s200/laptop.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We took some time to play Baby Einstein First Instruments. The concept is still a little lost on Bug but he really liked listening to the different instruments.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Mom’s favorite this week:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNNeMGjdWZRndz8M9PSzpIfnkWbn1ReOSClUeaw-yrJaWObAnqyuJMJ2bXnqdXA9ji_ZlDyx02YdWsJtt1T5iNbtcEvptcQ9Oa-EtgQTD_Oc-93he0kepFMoYxd6ttwbyJvF6f2h95fwb/s1600/exploring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNNeMGjdWZRndz8M9PSzpIfnkWbn1ReOSClUeaw-yrJaWObAnqyuJMJ2bXnqdXA9ji_ZlDyx02YdWsJtt1T5iNbtcEvptcQ9Oa-EtgQTD_Oc-93he0kepFMoYxd6ttwbyJvF6f2h95fwb/s200/exploring.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">The weather has been pretty nice here lately so we took a walk and gathered leaves. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-34824583545613602922012-01-17T09:12:00.000-05:002012-01-17T09:12:48.689-05:00Week 17 - Motor Skills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s200/TotSchool.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 19 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week started with the sickies but that didn’t keep Bug from learning. Matter of fact, he didn’t want to leave his classroom on several occasions. Our Tot Trays are working out wonderfully and really helps keep me organized.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8E6q9Q5hZTp5cSvDw8TZoQvkg-XF519kt6hKLHrUGzDzevzunPZF-dOk_oc5-Dn5agrpxBRko65Elv21IpBNcI0qmzACbeTU2L29yKvC-SWl-Kv5g4dY8wrMq30D8_6e8vJb5dOOilD-/s1600/Tot_trays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8E6q9Q5hZTp5cSvDw8TZoQvkg-XF519kt6hKLHrUGzDzevzunPZF-dOk_oc5-Dn5agrpxBRko65Elv21IpBNcI0qmzACbeTU2L29yKvC-SWl-Kv5g4dY8wrMq30D8_6e8vJb5dOOilD-/s200/Tot_trays.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFKiVU7TOCTDpNxwHRgWxIOYdPiffpVNYUy10Kj7uL6EGhDQrJ8y07FdnKkEbUepeTQgxU20jrBxmjnydy1xHAogkUcY_JYurL9787V7P-9ozdmNu5z24ZHysgjEmkvDE4Hc-oie3Y7Hn/s1600/Threading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFKiVU7TOCTDpNxwHRgWxIOYdPiffpVNYUy10Kj7uL6EGhDQrJ8y07FdnKkEbUepeTQgxU20jrBxmjnydy1xHAogkUcY_JYurL9787V7P-9ozdmNu5z24ZHysgjEmkvDE4Hc-oie3Y7Hn/s200/Threading.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We added a threading activity this week with pipe cleaner and pasta. Bug really enjoyed putting the pasta on the pipe cleaner and then taking it off. He preferred it when we both did one and would show me how when I ‘forgot.’<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug has gotten very good at putting the rings on the correct way although he insists that the orange one always goes on top. He’s also gotten very good at these nuts and bolts from the Target $1 bin. (I love that place) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnl0UVjlrd5LqGlmtG5zs4ArXcWzBseHnoAFqMBx4yeHokjUPo2TQUOtkslBiCEJU4XOVcebniN5JhjuKFiuuFgrR6e4Fn41fJQvB3PEmCFk_Y9WwZfSoPxgioYsravQk_EXi_mweCSBxU/s1600/stacking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnl0UVjlrd5LqGlmtG5zs4ArXcWzBseHnoAFqMBx4yeHokjUPo2TQUOtkslBiCEJU4XOVcebniN5JhjuKFiuuFgrR6e4Fn41fJQvB3PEmCFk_Y9WwZfSoPxgioYsravQk_EXi_mweCSBxU/s200/stacking.jpg" width="148" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S_ktYRvfkEFRBmIE9IgC-4Y-I6Jm2g30vYJgQhDwe_Blz-sqv-tcoayZVZNY6ZlMuIPOvbHTdChLLVEtot7ciP7yOWtwW1CGvAxwzJLlSU6sOsr-5ZTuoitRB-S-YKcONEwP5J43bXl4/s1600/screws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S_ktYRvfkEFRBmIE9IgC-4Y-I6Jm2g30vYJgQhDwe_Blz-sqv-tcoayZVZNY6ZlMuIPOvbHTdChLLVEtot7ciP7yOWtwW1CGvAxwzJLlSU6sOsr-5ZTuoitRB-S-YKcONEwP5J43bXl4/s200/screws.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug wanted to do a lot of reading in his bean bag chair this week. Sometimes he lets me read to him and other times he prefers to read to himself. I was able to get this extra shot of something that he must have found really awesome in that little book of his.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mx8LbnhO1L5YcQ2hu2Lxv40YzcaRCZw-8f37mRgILItIBrrD4QmEk6yUNUOpkkdJQxIol5fZDYmFmur9YfAYSSEPJZQV8vzEKMnrmLxNYXaBKFJ4DbARnlJFd8FjO7p-hZnf-V-6bn5H/s1600/reasing2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mx8LbnhO1L5YcQ2hu2Lxv40YzcaRCZw-8f37mRgILItIBrrD4QmEk6yUNUOpkkdJQxIol5fZDYmFmur9YfAYSSEPJZQV8vzEKMnrmLxNYXaBKFJ4DbARnlJFd8FjO7p-hZnf-V-6bn5H/s200/reasing2.jpg" width="148" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNDKOZqQJA9Ni2tWNkwt8w_BcYDiWQTXQVpQHIdfPabPcuNcoZhgqdSANOd1KI-RG-d4ZiWqQBPQT9xd4vbK0C_jB8YNvk5C9V2lPrd6ewxti1dPs96Q7U7kwalJm9rC-NB_M6CIeJPcE/s1600/reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNDKOZqQJA9Ni2tWNkwt8w_BcYDiWQTXQVpQHIdfPabPcuNcoZhgqdSANOd1KI-RG-d4ZiWqQBPQT9xd4vbK0C_jB8YNvk5C9V2lPrd6ewxti1dPs96Q7U7kwalJm9rC-NB_M6CIeJPcE/s200/reading.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4bLN5jNS1FN021Ir9srhVJc-OYzSG2DYugoHi8tiI0dxlU-KZJK5czSzQ1MOVKtBNwWhyphenhyphen55l04O2UZOidWoohjkqXkyemQHa6VvFnQ60vrx8YLAb6lqwDicOD5x3RTmXpOpsHeKqeSsl/s1600/cookies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4bLN5jNS1FN021Ir9srhVJc-OYzSG2DYugoHi8tiI0dxlU-KZJK5czSzQ1MOVKtBNwWhyphenhyphen55l04O2UZOidWoohjkqXkyemQHa6VvFnQ60vrx8YLAb6lqwDicOD5x3RTmXpOpsHeKqeSsl/s200/cookies2.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Putting shapes or objects of any sort is one of his favorite activities. He has gotten very good at using this cookie jar he got for Christmas. He has mastered the round, square and triangle cookies. The star he can get with a little concentration but the heart is still a work in progress.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJTXNT7oJDK7d1vuc3xcZVdbmeNRZkzddINiYbqM8SFeACHht4hzfcaxnICkohKkPRL8yfwKymwVhkdKvzCDrHuZ71lnnp24UUnYdNMZ1dlxxXuwcUjpipxD6ceZj8godxcH27gBROk52/s1600/outside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJTXNT7oJDK7d1vuc3xcZVdbmeNRZkzddINiYbqM8SFeACHht4hzfcaxnICkohKkPRL8yfwKymwVhkdKvzCDrHuZ71lnnp24UUnYdNMZ1dlxxXuwcUjpipxD6ceZj8godxcH27gBROk52/s320/outside.jpg" width="238" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We had a few warm hours one day so we took advantage and went outside. We picked up leaves and swept the sidewalk. Bug even turned the landing of his slide into an activity as he pushed the leaves through the holes. I forgot to bring my camera with me so this is the only shot that I got from our fun but it is my favorite for the week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Looking forward to what the future holds… so until then.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-35777287201003529372012-01-10T08:56:00.000-05:002012-01-10T08:56:35.302-05:00Week 16 - Introducing Tot Trays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 19 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Happy New Year! This is our first week back since before Christmas and it was lots of fun. We finally introduced the Tot Tray concept and it went over pretty well. Bug was not overwhelmed with all of his Tot School toys being on the same shelf and actually helped pick some up before moving on to the next tray.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLpuvCXNyhmjUdIVtZeLYMUgcSPD_0YrzO8KKJVjBchzavwtPk_zbGsSP7G3lPGcH770F_3eD3cguFs5sPKU84tRfoUskujGkGF_vs5htwYoNru0pmtENpUe67EH4k1vEVYam2pvur_rY/s1600/trays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLpuvCXNyhmjUdIVtZeLYMUgcSPD_0YrzO8KKJVjBchzavwtPk_zbGsSP7G3lPGcH770F_3eD3cguFs5sPKU84tRfoUskujGkGF_vs5htwYoNru0pmtENpUe67EH4k1vEVYam2pvur_rY/s200/trays.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">So here are this week’s Tot Trays: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"> Top left Color Sorting<br />
Top Middle Using tongs with pom poms<br />
Top Right Stacker Pegs<br />
Bottom Left Nesting Bowls<br />
Bottom Middle Dot Painting<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBybXHTdBtqrxBm6yE_4vAM8V7A7hO1h21Zltl4ux_cQ6fIv60WfVxxTTqlyQnbtPKsV9icqX8NG57w0HmJ-P2FjQJLDxw2feFX22YJGKgAVTkcPtL-1mxXQeQKYGxKPBJmvVvRQ-jjzi/s1600/stacking+pegs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBybXHTdBtqrxBm6yE_4vAM8V7A7hO1h21Zltl4ux_cQ6fIv60WfVxxTTqlyQnbtPKsV9icqX8NG57w0HmJ-P2FjQJLDxw2feFX22YJGKgAVTkcPtL-1mxXQeQKYGxKPBJmvVvRQ-jjzi/s200/stacking+pegs.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">The most exciting thing for me was the stacker pegs. I’ve wanted to add these to our collection for a while and Bug got them for Christmas. The look on his face was priceless as he discovered that he could stand them up in the holes and then pull them back out again. He did this several times just laughing the whole time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug loves playing with his shape sorters. He has gotten really good with the squares and circles but still needs a little work with the stars and other odd shapes. One of his Christmas gifts was this little work bench that he can hammer shapes through. He prefers to just push them instead of using the hammer. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-79435398530197883532011-12-20T11:39:00.001-05:002011-12-20T11:43:59.517-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cimg%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22Tot%20School%22%20src=%22http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif%22/%3E%3C/a%3E" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool2.gif" /></a> </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">~Bug is 18.5 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs5iq7fxL5AkVSlNQGpGavli9nHUZr6yoJI02mK51dVLTMHKufXThL0vyOBP55AKAQg20X5b23ABHT99yo42LqXcskSXAf1frtt8GZmVrd74WdmnxqNm6O5C1xOCNjS35tJZqPqilA6Me/s1600/sorting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs5iq7fxL5AkVSlNQGpGavli9nHUZr6yoJI02mK51dVLTMHKufXThL0vyOBP55AKAQg20X5b23ABHT99yo42LqXcskSXAf1frtt8GZmVrd74WdmnxqNm6O5C1xOCNjS35tJZqPqilA6Me/s200/sorting.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">This week presented a little attitude and some destructive tendencies. Not sure if Bug was ready for Christmas vacation or what but we were able to get a few things done.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">We worked on sorting his blocks by color. He still needs a little encouragement to get them started but once he gets moving he works right through them. However, once he was done… they went everywhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTYENHHcvXMAYXt-xdVepnbxqBir3dr-XpT4FN-r9o5qgVz1CfsBIdDask2UHMYni4vbzct0ne87CXNITuOkv8pkw8rE5HtehGuI7CQccNsreHz8mBpgYu-aJ1sXLqhuIYdvwvSF5EXr3/s1600/timer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTYENHHcvXMAYXt-xdVepnbxqBir3dr-XpT4FN-r9o5qgVz1CfsBIdDask2UHMYni4vbzct0ne87CXNITuOkv8pkw8rE5HtehGuI7CQccNsreHz8mBpgYu-aJ1sXLqhuIYdvwvSF5EXr3/s200/timer.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">Bug finally mastered this little timer. He has been trying to turn it for weeks now but hasn’t quite gotten his fingers to cooperate. We worked really hard and finally he understood where he had to place his fingers to get it to turn. He took his new skill and mastered the screws. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"> Daddy got to participate with some apps this week. Bug can now turn on the IPhone and use a few apps. There may be an IPad in our future. </span></div><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gDxJPqmMQV0OZX9C_htTZEJ9sydSBwRKbCtOynksYtzRSWTh0VVQfY_wW-t5n1S2oNa-8rDaUwbzLK4mwha8q9xdl9TGg3Goo1ERiUUDDNCqtmwPHyHBpPEl-VknqrjtUXMNOr0dnkN9/s1600/cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gDxJPqmMQV0OZX9C_htTZEJ9sydSBwRKbCtOynksYtzRSWTh0VVQfY_wW-t5n1S2oNa-8rDaUwbzLK4mwha8q9xdl9TGg3Goo1ERiUUDDNCqtmwPHyHBpPEl-VknqrjtUXMNOr0dnkN9/s200/cookies.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';">In preparation for our annual Christmas party, Bug took pleasure in helping stir some of the cookie mix. Pretty sure he enjoyed eating them more but it was fun sharing a tradition and can’t wait to continue it through the years. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743845587145304764.post-40065840332980807952011-12-14T08:30:00.001-05:002011-12-14T08:36:47.396-05:00Week 13 and Week 14 - Wow<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVOHrHPKXJOwfSV0Khv2G1FlxDCo2fTTgxKuO8nd6xEarFtNSXt0YiTLQmFN02ipq7FWyzCHHxvyKOL4OpLpOj_SauhIQ-vfraYimvRw8FQqDaou7afVnvFQJ5iTz2cavBhere_DvoEgD/s1600/TotSchool.bmp" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~Bug is 18 months old~</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell", "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Letter:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pp</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Week 13-14 has been combined due to the shortness of both weeks. Week 13 was short due to our vacation to Disney World which was really nice and week 14 was shortened due to the unexpected arrival of Bugs new cousin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHPqPHpWgngFXSd-p4aXQJMgTb7mdQHslLBM_WvmIrNf5X7n2zwbwH5GA2o9b4hT-nGBtWJ9dzY4N1-Vf5PM4BNsj0W8n7-ILCxwJXUNGzvXS1Ect_7DW_Yu38A0AiAZ_TcAL0gZiSmr4/s1600/cookie+sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHPqPHpWgngFXSd-p4aXQJMgTb7mdQHslLBM_WvmIrNf5X7n2zwbwH5GA2o9b4hT-nGBtWJ9dzY4N1-Vf5PM4BNsj0W8n7-ILCxwJXUNGzvXS1Ect_7DW_Yu38A0AiAZ_TcAL0gZiSmr4/s200/cookie+sheet.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">We finally picked up a cookie sheet for Bug to play with his Leapfrog doghouse letters somewhere other than the kitchen. He loves that he can stick the letters to something other than the fridge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKBrKXRV2KnKWAn4fczLJFSPq_2limCaHwA9CjUQcj7w0dfhWAHMTdqSEcpjEFXPtQx-lq1Vi8VOk_Yi8DqdARQr8P7iaHQzY1ArwmNQF3ApXbyhX0XpTT22Oco2bkVR_FhIY8nW-yJZe/s1600/eggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKBrKXRV2KnKWAn4fczLJFSPq_2limCaHwA9CjUQcj7w0dfhWAHMTdqSEcpjEFXPtQx-lq1Vi8VOk_Yi8DqdARQr8P7iaHQzY1ArwmNQF3ApXbyhX0XpTT22Oco2bkVR_FhIY8nW-yJZe/s200/eggs.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Bug can now sort his eggs almost all the correct way. He still doesn’t understand that the faces are different but he now knows that each egg has its own place in the carton.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicD4a_phu8bdAcdl66G1rUB7pdexOarj201rXoqE4OQb95X48kR-GOsihueK0JCG5JsGqZW-V267rFO9bQWD7XdJe9Eekk0rl8ST9zFVTN-jO-_V7Ap9_TPqDx9GcCNAKnI_yGLFTbNVn/s1600/Penquin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicD4a_phu8bdAcdl66G1rUB7pdexOarj201rXoqE4OQb95X48kR-GOsihueK0JCG5JsGqZW-V267rFO9bQWD7XdJe9Eekk0rl8ST9zFVTN-jO-_V7Ap9_TPqDx9GcCNAKnI_yGLFTbNVn/s200/Penquin.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">We did get in a little work on the letter P. He likes it when I help him trace but still prefers to color with the bottom of the crayon. We are hoping to get some Dry Erase markers for Christmas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaJwD2o4WvP1xkaTnrLp_GPyEEDC8xg0SkKSIa1MBAIl48Xp8oKodf97SbVLcBw2gYizkCb4vsFnNehKGoEbpXgonylgzu96kdCBLxQgcarUoKAMfkA7yxIs4evnnsvCccA137SVTMwn2/s1600/reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaJwD2o4WvP1xkaTnrLp_GPyEEDC8xg0SkKSIa1MBAIl48Xp8oKodf97SbVLcBw2gYizkCb4vsFnNehKGoEbpXgonylgzu96kdCBLxQgcarUoKAMfkA7yxIs4evnnsvCccA137SVTMwn2/s200/reading.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Thankfully Bug really likes for us to read to him but he also likes to read to himself. With all the shuffling back and forth he was content with reading in his car seat to help pass the time. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB448d7mDkbKXuGrnLVGiXZVcYZYhEOSrA-t5coOFmXiQvO52H6g0FwgCxEtFn1g2qBYAvskEylIxJeJF1XXf4pLNmbQgqA7PkRqIu_n3cO-eUjB0oNG3x8umvTCN8XILIDhFAhSh2taOj/s1600/shapes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB448d7mDkbKXuGrnLVGiXZVcYZYhEOSrA-t5coOFmXiQvO52H6g0FwgCxEtFn1g2qBYAvskEylIxJeJF1XXf4pLNmbQgqA7PkRqIu_n3cO-eUjB0oNG3x8umvTCN8XILIDhFAhSh2taOj/s200/shapes.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">These colored shapes that I picked up at the Dollar Store have really gotten their money’s worth. Bug plays with these multiple times a day. Although we haven’t really gone over the color yellow (officially) that seems to be the color that he always wants. We are working on saying the colors as he takes them out of the bag but yellow is still a little difficult. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqyXonWkgm9MexPop4auVrLoFRTrJMh2CKZ1i48FQcwqzM7I-XzwBZBe7ARb2xnkr6k7unbz8vRu7pCf3fcme3v7m9pi026Yiro6rOshJJUncM43UkDw7Z_6wRXU8Ul7Rw9y7ZVF_8GPx/s1600/sorter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqyXonWkgm9MexPop4auVrLoFRTrJMh2CKZ1i48FQcwqzM7I-XzwBZBe7ARb2xnkr6k7unbz8vRu7pCf3fcme3v7m9pi026Yiro6rOshJJUncM43UkDw7Z_6wRXU8Ul7Rw9y7ZVF_8GPx/s200/sorter.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Another Bug favorite is his cube sorter. He concentrates really hard as this toy actually has similar holes but each shape only fits into one hole. He will take a shape and work diligently until he makes it fit the correct one.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Dg-uz8mKlEOZeIpzuU-VSwEl5RvCjSV-bs2sDQVMMstlI_cJVu94p2QYT1PGuWKAhT1kXcSAxIOyziUKfATaPnU4BBMZy6HYiqi96bKa8JSGdQS4HoVnsrYhiShAcIF-wNMSedyaipso/s1600/playdate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Dg-uz8mKlEOZeIpzuU-VSwEl5RvCjSV-bs2sDQVMMstlI_cJVu94p2QYT1PGuWKAhT1kXcSAxIOyziUKfATaPnU4BBMZy6HYiqi96bKa8JSGdQS4HoVnsrYhiShAcIF-wNMSedyaipso/s200/playdate.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">With all the craziness of the last two weeks we decided he needed some play time and took him to an indoor play area at the mall. He loved climbing on all the toys and gabbing with the other kids. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Vani;">Looking forward to a slow week coming up. So until then… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Check out what other tots are doing with their moms </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/totschool.html"><span style="color: #333399; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cantarell", "serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955947638936099215noreply@blogger.com0