We had a lot more fun this week as we continued our alphabet study. At one point during lunch, I asked Elias what letter starts the word “dove.” He replied, “D says duh duh dove.” I think he was partly just mimicking some of the things I say. But the point of this whole thing (along with having fun) is to make him more aware of letter-sound correlation, and I think it is starting to help.
Here is what we did this week for the letter Dd:
Saturday: D is for Dinosaur
Elias loves dinosaurs so I wanted to be sure to include this one. We had a dinosaur book with magnetic dinosaurs we had purchased a few months ago. We didn’t know exactly what we were saving it for…so we gave it to him to play with during quiet time today. Elias loves asking what the name of each piece is. He also enjoyed placing the pieces in the book, and hiding them in the rocking chair.
Sunday: D is for Dove
Pentecost is coming up in a little over a week. We made a slightly early Pentecost decoration! I printed out four dove templates, and got out a variety of red, orange, yellow, and gold art supplies for Elias to choose from. He made fiery doves to hang around our house. Elias must have been in a coloring mood because he chose to decorate two with crayons and one with markers. He did add some variety, though, and glued some puff balls onto the fourth one! He used a lot of glue so I had to let that one dry over night. I tried a few different ways of hanging the doves, but settled on a garland of sorts. Elias wanted to use the fiery pipe cleaners so I connected the doves together with those and hung it on our wall. At breakfast time most mornings this week, Elias has commented on his doves.
Monday: D is for Daddy
I couldn’t resist D is for Daddy, especially since Elias doesn’t get to see his Daddy much on Mondays. (Nathan has class at PSU until after Elias is asleep). We drove down town and had a picnic with Daddy on the waterfront during his lunch break. The weather was gorgeous, and the extra time with Daddy was priceless.
Tuesday: D is for Drum
I had planned to make and decorate a drum together on this day out of a recycled can or something of that sort. However, we did not end up doing it. Both boys napped until pretty late in the afternoon, and once Elias woke up, I didn’t really want him banging on a drum with Simon still sleeping. I figured skipping one day out of four weeks so far wasn’t bad…and we can make a drum another time.
Wednesday: D is for Dump truck
We played with Elias’ dump truck today, and played outside in the dirt. Lots of little boy fun!
Thursday: D is for Dinner
Elias made place mats for our dinner table today. I told him he could decorate them however he wanted, and he chose water colors. I did not take pictures of them, but they were very simple. Elias water colored a few pictures, and I covered them with clear contact paper on both sides. Voila! Place mats for our dinner table that can be easily wiped and cleaned!
Friday: D is for Daniel (and the Lions)
Tomorrow will be our Bible story. I chose Daniel and the Lions. Elias already knows this story so he will have fun hearing it again.