Why, it's Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!
Even better, it's not even 7am yet.
I have been creating this tree for Gavin for the last two nights. It's nothing complicated. While walking through Hobby Lobby, I had a vision of creating a tree and somehow being able to put the letters on it...and I had NO idea how I was going to do it. I do this a lot. I concoct ideas and then am clueless as to how I'm going to bring them to life. But then I saw this brown cone shaped thingy in the "plant/floral" area. I honestly have no idea what you would do with it. But it looked good to me. Sturdy and able to stand alone. Then I grabbed some green pieces of foam to cut out some leaves. I glued a pipe cleaner to each leaf and then shoved it into the trunk. Wah-la! I have a tree. Now how the heck are we going to hook letters to it? Well, I had also picked up some glass marbly things to use as part of a counting game. (Perhaps I'll get to that next week) They came in this net-like bag. It's perfect. I shoved some pipe cleaners through it and wrapped them around the base and good golly, we are in business to hang some letters. I think it turned out better than I imagined.
Even better, it's not even 7am yet.
I have been creating this tree for Gavin for the last two nights. It's nothing complicated. While walking through Hobby Lobby, I had a vision of creating a tree and somehow being able to put the letters on it...and I had NO idea how I was going to do it. I do this a lot. I concoct ideas and then am clueless as to how I'm going to bring them to life. But then I saw this brown cone shaped thingy in the "plant/floral" area. I honestly have no idea what you would do with it. But it looked good to me. Sturdy and able to stand alone. Then I grabbed some green pieces of foam to cut out some leaves. I glued a pipe cleaner to each leaf and then shoved it into the trunk. Wah-la! I have a tree. Now how the heck are we going to hook letters to it? Well, I had also picked up some glass marbly things to use as part of a counting game. (Perhaps I'll get to that next week) They came in this net-like bag. It's perfect. I shoved some pipe cleaners through it and wrapped them around the base and good golly, we are in business to hang some letters. I think it turned out better than I imagined.
I also picked up these alphabet tiles. Came with two of every letter. Very nice for when we undoubtedly lose some.
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| Not only did we play letter recognition, but we also did counting and colors. |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!
We also played with his felt storyboard set. I'm not a big fan. I like the storyboards as fun ways to "read" stories, but this one has all lower case letters. The b, d, and p could be interchanged. They are not sturdy and become misshaped quickly. Probably why I wanted to create another activity to go along with this book. But we will continue to use both, I'm sure.
See that backward e...Gavin told me it was a g. And honestly, it doesn't look much different than the actual g that came with it. Not to mention the w and m will be tough as well. Although, I do know it's good for him to see the upper AND lower case letters.
♫ A, B, C, D, E, F, G.....♫
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