Home preschool: THE LETTER "C"

I think I will start posting links to things I am doing with Samuel for home preschool.  This week we are learning about the letter C.  Today he is doing a C is for Cross Worksheet and playing  Letter C I spy,.  Later this week I think he will start learning about "C"ommandments with this cute Ten Commandemnts Choo Choo, and talking about his family members who's names start with "C" like Carla, Caleb, and Collin.  For science we will paint with ice cubes on construction paper ("C"old, cube) and freeze some things to see how they change.  For math we we will "C"count cats that we see in the neighborhood over the week and make a paper "C"lock with this Clock Template.

Cool Preschool Worksheets

Samuel is loving this free preschool website Color Mountain.  There are lots of cool themes  like  ice cream, worms, and mermaids. You can create a coloring sheet; greeting card; place mat; letter, sentence, number tracing and writing sheet; word searches; early math and counting; tracing, or even a drawing grid.  They also have dot-to-dots and mazes.

Free Summer Film and Concert Events

You may find us at many of these free or almost free movie and concert events in the Anderson Mill neighborhood this summer!

Movies in Harper Park (Directions)   

Over The Hedge  Friday, July 29, 2011, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

How to Train Your Dragon Friday, June 10, 2011, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Float Flicks at  Anderson Mill Pool (Directions)

Madagascar Friday, June 17, 201, 8:30 PM - 10:30 Pm
 

Happy Feet Friday, July 22, 2011, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Flushed Away Friday, August 5, 2011, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Concerts  in Harper Park (Directions)

Boxcar Preachers Thursday, June 23, 2011; 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM 

Chris Beall  Thursday, July 7, 2011;6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Mike Clifford  Thursday, August 11, 2011; 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

 

Alamo Draft House Summer Kids Camp Lake Creek (Free)  11:00 am

(directions and details) 

 June 3rd-9th  Ponyo
 June 10th-16th Iron Giant
 June 17th-23rd Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 24th-30th How to Train Your Dragon
July  15th-21st  Flight of the Navigator
July 29th- August 4th Bridge to Terabithia

Regal Summer Movie Express

Lakeline Mall 9   Admission is $1 this year.

Cedar Park TX 

512-335-4793

  http://www.regmovies.com/summermovieexpress/default.aspx?state=TX

• 6/7-6/8 (10am) MARMADUKE, PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING 
• 6/14-6/15 (10am) RAMONA & BEEZUS, YOGI BEAR 
• 6/21-6/22 (10am) CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, TALE OF DESPEREAUX 
• 6/28-6/29 (10am) CATS AND DOGS, MEGAMIND 
• 7/5-7/6 (10am) ALPHA AND OMEGA, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 
• 7/12-7/13 (10am) CHARLOTTE'S WEB, PERCY JACKSON & OLYMPIANS 
• 7/19-7/20 (10am) FURRY VENGEANCE, SHREK FOREVER AFTER 
• 7/26-7/27 (10am) DESPICABLE ME, KIT KITTREDGE 
• 8/2-8/3 (10am) GULLIVERS TRAVEL, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Kids Websites for Learning and Fun.

Just in time for summer!  Here's a  few of our favorite educational and fun websites

 Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics:  Caleb used this site at school in Kindergarten.  Great for  beginning readers
.http://www.starfall.com/

Dancemat Learn to Type for Kids.  Super fun BBC typing tutor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

First School. ws has terrific preschool and early elementary level worksheets, curriculum and crafts- great for homeschooling.

http://www.first-school.ws/

Multiplication.com has over 60  super cool math games to help learn  addition, subtraction, and Multiplication facts.
http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Other favorites are of course PBS kids
http://pbskids.org/

and BOZ
http://www.bozthebear.com/fun/games.asp

Samuel is 4 Years Old!

♪♫ All Aboard, right on time, Samuel took a ride on the Dinosaur train!  ♪♫

Samuel turned 4 years old!  He wanted his birthday theme to be his favorite song; The Dinosaur Swing,  and his favorite show;  The Dinosaur Train.  Festivities began with decorating the kitchen nook to look a little like the Dinosaur Train (it's a PBS preschool TV show).  The balloons are suppose to be dinos looking out the windows. I repeated the dinosaur song on the CD player all day.  I think I have the rap memorized now, "Raptile, what is is to me.  I've had enough, they're history!"  After school  I took the boys and a friend to ride an antique carrousel and a train that drives around the mall.  It was Awana night, so Samuel brought dino cupcakes to share with his Cubbie friends.   Later we had a volcano cake- complete with dry ice "smoke" and a dinosaur train.  Samuel requested a "giant meatball"  with Penne and Alfredo for birthday dinner, so Thursday I cooked a 21/2 pounder to fit the bill. Saturday we ate dinner at Red Robin (love that place- kids always eat free) and Samuel got the whole birthday treatment.   Birthday activities  continued on Sunday.   We headed to Champion park where the boys dug up dino bones and created a river system in the giant sand pit..

Easter

He is risen!  We had an great Easter this year. I was amazed to  hear Caleb share the story of Christ's  life, death and resurrection with his little brother Samuel as we opened resurrection eggs during the week.  Saturday we went to an "Easter Eggstravaganza" where the boys ate a yummy breakfast, played games,  made  crafts,  and saw a Passion play.  Sunday I filled in and taught Samuel's Sunday school class. The kids were just old enough to really understand the miracle of the resurrection.  We reenacted the women coming to the empty tomb and being surprised!  Those 4 year olds showed me the enthusiasm I should have at Easter.
 
Samuel survived a whole morning of leaving his shirt-tail tucked in so I promptly let him change to some play clothes.  We spent the afternoon running in the spray park, bird watching and digging in the sand at one of our favorite parks.

AWANA

 "Awesome!"

Congratulations to Samuel on his big win at the annual AWANA Pinewood Car Derby!  He took first place in speed with his lightning speed car. 

Samuel's car "Blue Storm" was the fastest in the Cubbies division.