I saw this idea on Pinterest and fell in love! While my daughter has her phone number memorized, I wanted her to correlate the memorized numbers with the written digits. We have a ton of pony beads- and while I would have much rather used beads with pre-stamped numbers, I grabbed what I had and Boo and I started creating!
Materials needed:
beads (we used plastic beads- if you have number beads then this project will turn out much cuter!)
string or pipe cleaner
sharpie (in case you don't have number beads)
Super easy telephone number bracelets (blurred out the number- sorry, I don't want prank phone calls :)
On each bead, write one digit of your phone number. Then let your kids put their phone number in order on the string (or pipe cleaner). And voila! You are done! Of course you could do several extension activities- such as add the area code, see how many 2 or 3 digit numbers they can create using the digits in their phone number, using a separate phone allow kids to practice dialing their number, and of course listen to this fun song: (This is actually how my daughter initially memorized her phone number!)
Teaching your little ones their phone number is SO important for safety reasons- hopefully some of these resources will help you accomplish this task!! These bracelets would be great to take anywhere your kids might get lost- amusement park, fair, zoo, airport, beach, etc!
It's time for fall! YAY! I love everything about this time of year and wanted to make sure we accomplished everything fun fall related- so we created a Spooky Pail List! I am excited to share our ideas!!
Yellow and Orange popsicle sticks in a festive Halloween pail
Just like our summer bucket list, I color coded our activities. I decided to keep it simple- completing our summer list got to be a bit of a chore- and while we didn't complete it we still managed to do about 100 activities! It was WAY too intense. This is what I came up with- and yes, I only used fall colored popsicle sticks which I purchased at the Dollar Tree (that store is my one true weakness).
Yellow Popsicle Sticks (food and treat ideas)
fall cookies pumpkin pie milkshake- we had this last year and it was SO good- even my husband who hates pumpkiny food liked it!
bake pies
caramel apples
other Yellow ideas that we MIGHT do:
homemade chili
homemade bread bowls
caramel apple cider
plus 50 more fall treat ideas- they look SO good!
Orange Popsicle sticks (activities)
nature walk/ hike
corn maze
pumpkin patch
hay ride
football game
apple orchard
city's annual pumpkin walk
play in a leaf pile- and take pictures "boo" our neighbors (so if you happen to be my neighbor and you are reading this- kindly disregard what I just wrote)
leaf art
decorate a pumpkin
scary movie 13 Days of Halloween countdown Mummy on the Move
I must preface this by saying I am writing this post in TEARS. I never thought I would be so emotional! Mostly because I was always planning on teaching my daughter preschool at home... but I knew in my heart that wasn't the path for us to take. So here I am now- typing this post while my nervous daughter is far away (aka down the street) with a room full of strangers. Oh dear- this post is turning out to be more like my therapy than a list of our first day of preschool activities!!
Last night our family did a few special things to get ready for the big day. We read the Night Before Preschool- a book about a boy that is SO nervous to go to preschool. We can relate to that!
My daughter drew a magnet for our fridge to use to hang her artwork.
We also watched some back to school movies on youtube.
My daughter wasn't a fan of this one, but it totally got me choked up.
After a restless night, I tried waking up my daughter who had climbed into my bed sometime during the night. She is NOT a morning person so it was a bit of a struggle. I believe her first words this morning were "I do not want to go to school." And of course I wanted to tell her that I didn't want her to go either, but I played the part of the semi-strong mom.
I made her a special breakfast on our I am Special plate. Daddy, who usually goes to work before we are out of bed, stayed home this morning so he could have breakfast with us and walk with us to school. He also gave my daughter a special fathers blessing to help calm her nerves. Of course she was petrified of that, too. :)
We spent a couple minutes taking some pictures and then we were off to school. We are fortunate enough to attend an amazing school that is only five houses away. My daughter looked for potato bugs as we made the short walk.
Boo walked in to class, I believe she gave her sweet teacher one of her "I am scared to death" looks, we hung up her backpack, and she sat down and worked on a puzzle.
Daddy signing daughter into the roll book while Boo waves to the only other student she knows- a cute little girl from her primary class.
And my husband told me it was time to go. I think the hardest thing about leaving was knowing that I wouldn't be there to comfort her if she was hurt or scared. I wouldn't be there to help her is she had a question, or give her a hug if her heart was sad. She is my baby- my husband and I waited 7 years to adopt her, and letting her go is heartbreaking. Even though its only 2.5 hours twice a week.
UPDATE:
I was so excited to pick up my daughter after school. I was SO, SO thrilled to hear about how much she loved school. Boo can't wait to go back! Her favorite part of school was circle time because they got to hear a story. There is also a boy from her soccer team in her class. It just makes my heart smile to know she loves it!
Boo came home from school to see that her stuffed animals threw her a little surprise party. They were happy to see her, too!
We spent the rest of the day going out to lunch with a friend, going to a Halloween store and looking at some of the scary displays (per my daughters request), a playdate with our cute little neighbor, a soccer game, and some tasty homemade pizza rolls and corn on the cob on our I am Special plate. What a day. So many emotions- just incredibly grateful that Boo had a fabulous day- it validates our decision to send her to preschool.
Happy Teaching!
First of all, I am the BIGGEST BLOGGING slacker! Oh my heavens!!!!
Second, my husband and I substituted in my daughter's church class today. Our lesson was on tithing, and can you believe it- I couldn't find an easy printable box online anywhere. And we had like 3 hours until church. (I am spreading my slacking skills onto lesson preparation as well. :) ) I created this simple box that I thought I would share with you all! (Just right click and save image- then enjoy!)
One word of advice- don't mess with gluing the tabs together- save yourself time and mental sanity by just scotch taping the sides together. I promise it is so much easier!
Only problem- there is no easy way to get the tithing money out, you'll just have to shake the box until it comes out. It's not a perfect solution, but its an easy one!
Happy Teaching!
I am a mommy and a teacher who has a passion for learning- especially with the help of a good book!
I am a planner by heart and enjoy compiling and creating little lesson plans for my preschooler.
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