Back to School...

August 23, 2010, marked Hannah's first day of "home pre-school". I have always indulged her love of learning, we have just taken it a step forward. I started by carving out a spot for her classroom and decorated it just like a traditional school room only on a smaller scale. This is what I came up with.

An ordinary closet in our spare bedroom..

Transforms into a classroom by day..

Storage and organization are a top priority for the teacher (um ME!)

I hit the Dollar Tree for great teacher supplies for the bulletin boards and educational posters...

Our first week of school was all about

Color: Yellow

Shape: Circle

Letter Sounds: A, B, C, D

Hannah with her circle art...

We made a yellow sunshine..

Did I mention Tilly is in class too?

This is a neat idea I found on the web, no mess finger painting!

Take a Ziploc bag and pour in 2 different colored water based paints.

Add a little vegetable oil and seal the bag. I closed it and then taped it shut. Tape it to a table or a sturdy piece of cardboard and "paint" with your fingers. The oil prevents the paints from mixing.

Where's mine?

This is a picture of all the art from the week.

We finished a few more letters..Q, R, and S..

She even got a reward from the library for her 100 books she read over the summer.

Each week we work out of a great pre-k workbook I found at Sam's and she does lessons from the pre-k level Hooked on Phonics program.