It was Cc week in the Smith household. While Elias is still not consistently connecting letters with their sounds, he has become more interested in them. Often he will ask me, “What starts penguin?” or “What says T?” or other similar questions relating to letters and sounds. We had some fun this week with the letter Cc.
Saturday: C is for Colors
On Saturday we got out the watercolor paints to make a colorful spring display for our window. One of our bucket list items for spring 2013 was to do a spring art project so this activity pulled double duty! I got out some coffee filters, and had Elias paint them with water colors. Then we laid them out to dry overnight. On Sunday, I pinched them together in the center, tied pipe cleaners around, and curled the ends to make antennae. We hung them on our door and they became beautiful spring butterflies. They turned out very cute!
Sunday: C is for Cross
We did our Bible based lesson for the week on Sunday this week instead of Friday for a change of pace. Nathan read the story of the crucifixion and the resurrection to Elias.
Monday: C is for Caterpillar
Well, we did butterflies during Bb week, and we did butterfly art. So I figured we had better study caterpillars too. I read Elias the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Then, I got out some finger paint, and intended to do caterpillar thumbprint art with him. I showed Elias how to make the fingerprints into caterpillars by placing his fingers on the paper a few times. I also left out the book for him to look at. Elias did enjoy making some finger print caterpillars. But as you can see from the picture, he enjoyed smearing paint around on the paper a bit more.
Tuesday: C is for Cars
Mostly we just played with his cars. He has a special ramp for the cars which was given to him by Uncle Greg for Christmas. We had fun racing cars down the ramp…we even raced three at once! Elias kept saying, “We’re playing with C-C-C-Cars!”
Wednesday: C is for Cards
I did not realize until I was talking with Elias about the word “cards” today, how close it is to the word “cars.” Oh well. A little repetition can’t hurt. (A lot won’t hurt either!) This was another art project. I decided we would make cards to send to loved once and to use on special occasions. I bought thick water color paper, some brightly colored card stock, and some heart shaped stickers. We stuck four heart stickers onto the water color paper in random places. Then I had Elias fill the whole sheet with water colors. After the paper dried, we removed the stickers (it was actually very easy to peel them off) and we were left with a white heart. They turned out rather beautiful! Then, I cut the paper into four pieces, and combined each one with a coordinating piece of card stock (which I folded into a card). These will be fun to send out!
Thursday: C is for Clifford
Today was pretty easy! We read Clifford books.
Friday: C is for Cookies
Tomorrow we will bake cookies together. I saved this for Friday night so we’d have more time. I have a craving for oatmeal so perhaps we’ll make oatmeal cookies!