Category Archives: Letter of the Week

Well we’ve been officially on letter Pp for about five weeks now. I figured since P begins the word procrastinate it would be ok. But in all honesty, I’m not in any rush to finish. I just want to talk … Continue reading →

We’ve been talking a lot about the letter Oo the past week or two around here. Elias gets a bit confused on the letters which have more than one sound, so this was a tough one. To him, O says … Continue reading →

It’s been more like Nn month than Nn week here. We’ve been out of town, and had family visiting. Things are starting to settle down around here, though, so we’ll be able to get back into our alphabet study routine … Continue reading →

We did a lot of fun Mm things last week! I think Mm has been one of Elias’ favorite letters so far. All week he said, “M says mmmmmmmmmmm,” and he tried to form the sign with his fingers. He … Continue reading →

Elias enjoyed our letter of the week activities a lot this week. He kept asking for our “art project” of the day. He also wanted painting…which was not included this week so I’ll have to include painting in some of … Continue reading →

I’ve been teaching summer school the last five weeks, and planning instruction for 82 fifth and sixth graders….so…..I fell off the wagon a bit with Elias’ letter of the week. Yesterday was my last day of work, though, and I … Continue reading →

It was Jj week in the Smith household. We packed it full of fun! One of my favorite moments was at church on Sunday when a gentleman asked Elias about his letter of the week, and when he found out … Continue reading →

Ii week was a lot of fun here in the Smith household. I decided to do both long and short Ii words. However, Elias insists that “I says ih” (short i). Oh well. He’s only two and we had fun … Continue reading →

It was H week in the Smith household. Elias enjoyed talking about H. I think he just likes making the “h” sound because every time we talked about it, he made the sound right away! Here is what we did: … Continue reading →

I got a bit behind on writing for the blog. Nathan and I have been spending our evenings after the boys are in bed taking in Arrested Development season 4. We got a free netflix trial for one month so … Continue reading →