Last week of PreK
Well this was officially Baloo’s last week of PreK. He starts kindergarten on Monday, although he’s not really excited. I don’t think he gets it just yet!
We started the week off with a lot of fun 4th of July activities (complete with a trip to Freedom Fest on base!) Baloo loved the obstacle course and did it 3 times!
We decided to go back that night to catch the fireworks. I think this picture sums it all up.
We woke up Monday morning and decided to really do the 4th of July. I made some fruit flags…
And red, “white” and blue pancakes (complete with initials and stars!)
I printed off some sheets for the boys. Baloo did this flag sticker sheet from Making Learning Fun using colored circle stickers.
I’ve decided to start doing monthly themes instead of weekly. Doing one theme a week is too short to get everything in, and too difficult to get enough materials!! For the month of July we are doing a beach/ocean theme (and at the end of the month taking a trip to the beach!)
For Baloo I made some Sh is for shark printables and we worked on identifying that sh says shhhhh. He caught on pretty quickly. These printables are in the tot school printable format because Baloo always wants to help Royal with his sheets (and Royal always wants to do Baloos stuff!).
Sh is for Shark page
Sh dot marker page (Baloo’s favorite of the week!)
Sorting words that started with S- and Sh-
You can download my Sh is for Shark printables here!
And I had him work on some You Can Read printables. We got some cheap stamps at Walmart which I heard about via The Iowa Farmer’s Wife. They are about $3 or $4 in the craft section!
We got out the playdough for some fun and I had Baloo use some letter tiles (we got these at Micheals in the stone section – they are meant for pushing letters into soft cement or clay) and he stamped out his sight words.
We’re going to be starting Handwriting Without Tears and one thing they suggest is using a small chalkboard and small pieces of chalk to practice writing. We found this small chalkboard for $1 at Micheals!
We went blueberry picking with our new homeschool group! Baloo hates blueberries, but he really enjoyed picking them! Royal loves blueberries and he ate more than he brought home!!
That’s it from us this week! Check out Homeschool Creations for more great PreK and K ideas!
Great week! July is our Ocean month, too!!
Very nice set! We arent to Sh yet, but I will use it when we are!
Congratulations on finishing Pre-K and getting ready to start Kindergarten!! Such a big boy 🙂