School Time Snippets had a fun fine motor skills week, I just love this pipe cleaner fishing game!

 

Letter Pop from The Rinn Family…awesome way to work on letter identification!

 

Shaving cream play {one of our favs} from Little Bins for Little Hands!

 

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1. A photo and a link to your post may appear in a future Tot School post. You give me permission to choose a photo from the post you link up, and give me permission to use your ideas in my post. I will link back to you, mention your blog, and give you full credit for any ideas choose to share form your post. If you don’t want me sharing photos, your blog, or ideas, please don’t link up.
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Each week I will feature photo{s} and ideas from blogs who link up. Sometimes it may be one simple idea, sometimes it may be a collection based around a concept .

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I added a new set of Alphabet Printables to our All ABCs page!

I found this adorable clipart while searching for something else and knew I had to put it in a printable!  I wish the letters Ii and Oo had a short vowel sound item, but other than that the sounds are all OK by me. I couldn’t let that stop me! You could print these full size and use for wall posters or play dough mats.  Or, scale them down to make any size flashcard you desire!  Small flashcards are a great addition to ABC Baskets!

Scroll down and look for this graphic on the All ABCs page to download this set!

Remember there are tons more Alphabet Printables on the All ABC webpage, free for download!

Looking for more ABC ideas and printables, see my ABC Pinterest Board here!

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Our letter this week ~ Gg, our verse:

See RRSP Letter Gg with Krash here!

Not familiar with RRSP? Read the intro post here!

{disclosure: there are affiliate links in this post}

She does about 2 RRSP activities per day plus the PowerPoint on most days.

She got crafty with her vocabulary cards…

Climbed up on her desk and hung them herself…

We use our measuring tape to measure our verse after she cut and tapes it!

Krash was helping her get a precise measurement…

She loves using the dry erase center for her tracing…

The entire printable unit {everything else you see pictured above} is available for FREE!

You can download the entire letter Gg unit for FREE here.

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~ More Letter Gg Work ~

See how we organize our weekly home preschool activities…

Our ABC Find It activities are probably her favorite thing. We are using the printables 3 different ways, the first day I let her do a sensory bin search to find all of the little cards.

Below she was finding the cards I hid around the room and then coming to match them up on the sheet.

Making her letter with the Alphabet Construction Kit…

Reading her AlphaTales Gg book…

Painting the Letter Gg page from the Tot Time Notebook.

Follow the Gg on the letter maze, with paint…

Stickers to find the Gg…

Spike painting G is for Grapes and Goldfish,

Letter Gg pattern block printable with her magnetic pattern blocks…

Animal ABC lowercase g…

Letter g on ABCs of God app.  I am trying to slowly correct her grip, but she is resisting greatly.  I offered her the grippy thing and within seconds it was off.  We are still working on the proper grip slowly but surely, I am so blessed that Krash began with a beautiful grip and has continued.  Ladybug is a lot like PacMan and very resistant to grip correction, Pac’s grip still stinks.

She enjoyed much of the GYMNASTICS printable pack!

She added stickers to the dots, and then did her tracing…

Finding the differences…

Matching the gymnasts colored leotards to the correct sentence cards…

Shape Matching…

Color By Shape…

Leotard Colors mini book…

Follow the Gg…

I added to dots, for her to paint the upper case one color and the lowercase another color…

Tracing…

She asked to paint one of her dot fun pages…

We are in the second half of All About Reading Pre Level 1, which goes through the lowercase letters.

She LOVED the letter g page, which involved gluing feathers to the goose!

Finding all of the different types of g’s…

Her work all hung up at the end of the week…

Find all letter G activities on my G is for… Pinterest board, or on my general ABC Ideas board! Find more theme printable packs to go along with Letter G here!

More Preschool Fun!

Not everything we do revolves around our letter of the week, I just often forget to take pictures of the rest!

Here she was working on our Rhyming Puzzles.  I laid them on trays to make it a bit easier for her…

Learning Tools We Used…

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We have used our iPad in our homeschool for years, but just recently I got very intentional with the use.  I realized how many awesome ABC apps I had that I wasn’t using enough with Ladybug {currently age 4}.  She wasn’t choosing them as much during her free time, so I decided to incorporate them into her home preschool time with me. 

{disclosure ~ some of the links below are affiliate links}

I am a very forgetful mom without a printable or a list.  Because of my forgetfulness, I made a printable so I wouldn’t forget which apps I wanted her to use each week!  I made the printable to fit in baseball card holders so I could easily keep the little cards together and visible. I turn all of the cards face up at the beginning of a letter week{s} and as we use each one, I flip the cards over so I don’t forget! Currently we are actively using 6 of our favorites, I will rotate these out occasionally as she loses interest in any.

So far this method has worked beautifully and she is visiting these apps with me daily and enjoying them immensely!

I only selected apps that can isolate each letter.  For example, I love the app Alien Buddies, but it works on an entire ABC section, all mixed up.  I can’t just isolate the letter we are working on.  She plays these types of apps during her free “iPad school apps” time. With each of the apps I chose listed below, you can easily just work on a specific letter at a time.

Which apps did I chose?

1. ABCs of God {1.99}
2. Letter School {2.99}
3. Letter of the Day {1.99}
4. Alpha Tots {.99, but it is FREE right now, so grab it quickly}
5. Little Writer {free}
6. Starfall {2.99}
7. BitsBoard {free}
8. Wee Sing ABC {2.99}
9. ABC Wildlife {2.99} there are more versions in this series, we just have this one

Prices shown above are current as of May 2013. 

As you will see, all but 2 are paid apps, most of which I have actually gotten free though, when they were marked down!  I did pay for a few {Letter School, ABCs of God, Starfall} but I follow temporarily free apps like a hawk and snag them when I can.  Remember, I always share the best freebies on my Facebook page and many of the deals are time sensitive, so be sure to join me there if you are interested!  I share how I find free apps here!

I had to incorporate this into her Preschool Workboxes {again, so I wouldn’t forget my plan}, so I just put a card in one of her boxes each day and when we get to that box, we grab the iPad and find our current letter on that app and enjoy learning together!

I do allow her to explore after we work together, as sometimes when we open a certain app, she is intrigued and wants to continue exploring other letters.  I do not allow her to move out of the particular app that was “assigned” to her however.  She has plenty of free time to explore other apps during other times of the day.

Below you can see her using Alpha Tots on the left and ABCs of God on the right.

I am sharing my printable in case anyone wants to use it!  I printed mine on cardstock, laminated it, then cut the cards out.  I keep ours in these baseball card holders.  Each night as I set up her workboxes, I just throw a card in one of the boxes ~ so easy and helps my forgetful mommy brain so much!

If you have different apps, I did include a blank page with just the grid lines.  I figured you could write/draw, or even print your own apps and glue/tape them on, then laminate.

~> Download Alphabet Apps Printable Here <~

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I just added a new Beach Coloring set! The sun is finally shining around here, which gets me thinking about upcoming beach trips!

Remember, if you want to make a mini coloring book, you can always scale down PDF files! If you have any problems downloading or printing these or other PDF files, see troubleshooting tips here.

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Why only 1 Tot Tray?  Be sure to go over and read at Wildflower Ramblings.  This post is right on with my belief in following the lead of the child. Even if it looks different for another family or even another child in your family, it’s OK!

 

I want to be a kid in this house!  Where my homeschool lacks, AngelicScalliwags excels, messy projects!! Here the kids were getting excited to make bouncy balls.  There’s a whole lot more in the post too, be sure to visit!

Loads of fun weather related learning over at Crunchy and Green this week!  I need to do this experiment with my kids soon!

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Other Posts in this Series…

Theme Printables A-E

Theme Printables K-O {coming soon}

Theme Printables P-T {coming soon}

Theme Printables U-Z {coming soon}

I wrote about my views on using themes with young kids, and there are certainly a LOT of early childhood themes to choose from! When you begin planning, Pinterest and Google can be a bit overwhelming!  I am creating this series to help you with your planning.  I have gathered all FREE theme based printable packs {mainly early childhood focused, tots-1st grade} that I am aware of and sorted them by letter so you can browse through and get ideas all in one place! I did NOT include holiday based packs, simply because there are so many and they are pretty easy to find when holidays roll around.

I have included free printable theme packs from bloggers around the web including; Homeschool Creations, 2 Teaching Mommies, Spell Outloud, 3 Dinosaurs, Confessions of a Homeschooler, Me & Marie Learning, Ooopsey Daisy, All Our Days, Creative Learning Fun, Royal Baloo, 123 Homeschool 4 Me, Lawteedah, Our Little Monkeys, Creative Preschool Resources, Our Country Road, Homeschool Share, Gift of Curiosity, This Reading Mama, and Over the Big Moon. {if any of you ladies notice an error please let me know!}

If the pack was created by another blogger, I listed their {blog name} in the brackets.  If there aren’t any brackets, I made it!

Letter F

• F is for… {Pinterest Board}
• Fairies
• Fairies {Over the Big Moon}
• Fairy Tale {Homeschool Share}
• Farm {3 Dinosaurs}
• Farm {Creative Preschool Resources}
• Farm {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Farm {Lawteedah}
• Farm {123Homeschool4Me}
• Farm Tot Book
• Feathers {Spell Outloud}
• Feathers for Lunch {Homeschool Share}
• Feelings
• Fire {Lawteedah}
• Feelings {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Fire Fighters {Our Little Monkeys}
• Fireman {Homeschool Creations}
• Fire Safety {Royal Baloo}
• Fire trucks {Royal Baloo}
• Fish {COAH}
• Flowers {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Flowers {3 Dinosaurs}
• Flounder the Fish {Me & Marie}
• Football {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Football {3 Dinosaurs}
• Forest {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Forest {Homeschool Share}
• Frogs {Animal ABC}
• Frogs {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Frogs {Our Little Monkeys}
• Frogs {Homeschool Share}
• Foot {Tot School Printables}

Letter G

• G is for… {Pinterest Board}
• Garbage Truck {Royal Baloo}
• Gardening {Homeschool Creations}
• Garden {This Reading Mama}
• Gingerbread {Homeschool Creations}
• Goat {Tot School Printables}
• 3 Billy Goats Gruff {3 Dinosaurs}
• Golf {Lawteedah}
• Goodnight Gorilla {Homeschool Share}
• Gorilla {Animal ABC}
• Gorilla {Spell Outloud}
• Gumballs {COAH}
• Gus the Grasshopper {Me & Marie}
• Gymnastics ~ Girls

Letter H

• H is for… {Pinterest Board}
• Hammer {Tot School Printables}
• Hands {Spell Outloud}
• Helicopter {Royal Baloo}
• Hippos {Animal ABC}
• Hippos {COAH}
• Hermie Tot Book
• House for Hermit Crab {3 Dinosaurs}
• Handy Manny Tot Book
• Harvey the Horse {Me & Marie}

Letter I

• I is for… {Pinterest Board}
• Ice Cream {2 Teaching Mommies}
• Ice Cream {Our Little Monkeys}
• Ice Cream Truck {Royal Baloo}
• Igloo {Spell Outloud}
• Igloo {Tot School Printables}
• Iguana {Animal ABCs}
• Isabella the Ice Skater {Me & Marie}
• Inchworms {COAH}
• Insects {Oopsey Daisy}
• Insects {Gift of Curiosity}

Letter J

• J is for… {Pinterest Board}
• Jake & the Neverland Pirates
• Jake & the Neverland Pirates {Royal Baloo}
• Jellyfish {Tot School Printables}
• Jellyfish {Animal ABC}
• Jellybeans {COAH}
• Jesus {COAH}
• Jumping Jackson {Me & Marie}

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What is KidVentures: 50 Outdoor Experiences of Wonder, Discovery, & Childhood Memories?

It’s a practical step-by-step ebook guide for your outdoor summer adventures! It’s chock-full of creative, active, and hands-on learning activities for you and your family this summer along with supply lists, detailed instructions, printables, diagrams, and resources to take each activity a step further!

I had a chance to preview this eBook thanks to Jen who blogs at 4Tunate, and is the mom of quadruplet boys!  Talk about being qualified to write a book like this!

If you are looking for some ideas, both ones you may have done as a child and forgotten, and some new ones, this might be the eBook for you ~ just in time for summer! I am midway through my copy and making our list of activities that we will try!

You can grab your copy here for just $4.99! Jen also has a big launch giveaway over on her blog, be sure to check it out!

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I just added a new Camping Coloring set! We go camping a LOT {in a camper, not a tent} and it I absolutely our favorite time together as a family!

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We have LOVED Scripture Lullabies for awhile now.  I stumbled across the music years ago while online, I don’t even remember where I saw it first, but I downloaded it and have loved it since!  Volume II came out this past year and I am thrilled to have more of this beautiful, peaceful, relaxing and Biblical music!

Here’s a video of my absolute favorite song on Volume 1 {if you can’t see the video, click here}…

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Don’t let the name lullabies fool you, I listen to this music myself even more than my kids do!  It is honestly the most relaxing music I have on my iPod, and it is all scriptural! Ladybug loves to dance ballet to this soft music and we all listen to it during quiet times and when we need a bit more peace and GOD!

Here’s one of our Instagram moments, when Ladybug was dancing her heart out to this music…

Directly from Scripture Lullabies ~

This powerfully peaceful music is helping children sleep soundly, free from nightmares, while also providing some much needed peace for mom and dad. It’s the perfect baby gift but as you listen, you’ll understand why so many adults are buying their own copy or several to give as gifts to friends and family members. 

One out of every 10 "Hidden In My Heart" CDs is donated to Pregnancy Resource centers around the country so by purchasing this CD, our customers are blessing more than just their own family!

Scripture Lullabies is a blog sponsor and provided me with a copy of Volume 2 to enjoy and also with a bundle containing Volume 1 and 2 for one of you! They have also given my readers a discount code, which you can use on their website.

Enter code: 1PLUS1 to save 15%!

You can download a FREE song to try out too, just look for this on the top of their website…

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