Star fall

I love anything that is fun but yet teaches Addison along the way. She loves playing the star fall app on our iPad. We are very strict about its frequency of use and location she plays it. She must be sitting at the table strapped to her booster or in our lap on the couch. We do not allow her to roam with it, it's too expensive and we want the iPad to be a treat!

Anyways, this game has been great to build on her knowledge of the sounds letters make. Her grandma grant gave her the leap frog phonetics bus and Addison has learned her letter sounds from that....on her own during independent play time. This app just helps build on that foundation. Here Addison is matching the letters and if you listen carefully she sounds out the word.

Addison's Art

Bored with our usual routine, I decided to try a little educational art project with Addison. She loves coloring so I figured she would love gluing. Boy did she ever!!!

Among other things, we ave been teaching Addison about opposites ( up/down, stop/go, etc.). Using construction paper, i cut out l things which could be opposites: arrows (up/down), sun and moon (day/night), stop and go (green/red stop lights) and so on. I also cut out shapes in various colors of construction paper. Then I handed her the glue stick and she loved gluing and "pat, pat, patting" (she actually says that every time) the paper to get things to stick as well as naming the shape, color, opposite and even counting. It was so fun to watch her!!!