Today we focused mainly on ABC sounds and numbers. After starting off with our song and scripture reading, we read a few books and then we continued learning our ABC's.
I had Emma review each of the ABC sounds and then we used flash cards to review the sounds. Again. I believe its all about repetition. At this point, Emma understands the sounds of letters. I want to introduce new letter combinations, such as "CH", "SH" and "WH" so that when we start reading, she recognizes those sounds. I have flash cards with those new sounds and will put those up alongside my laminated "ABC" wall in Emma's room. Eventually, we continued with our number learning. We reviewed numbers on our # wall. Then I began to draw objects on a piece of paper. Emma had a crayon and would count those objects one at a time, as she crossed them off with her crayon. She enjoys looking at my drawings and then we count as she crosses them off with the crayon- one at a time. An example is posted on the picture slideshow up above. We also played around with number games on our tablet, both links are included above in the "Teaching Tools" page link on my blog. So, what have I been doing to teach Emma so far? I've been creative with my teaching WITHOUT a curriculum so far! I've tried to establish a "learning" schedule that usually consists of the mornings all the way up until lunch time and then naptime. Some days, we may go out and it messes up this schedule but at least we have something started. As for teaching, i've been focusing on numbers, letters, shapes and colors. I use my resources to help Emma understand these concepts a little better. We use online sources, and learning resources(such as shape-toys, crayons, coloring books, laminated letters, flashcards, links to a show on the internet, etc) to help us out with our learning. I include online sources I use in my "Teaching Tools" page category of my blog. I've also been researching and looking into curriculum's so I can start using one of those sometime in the future. Emma is only 2, and just turned 2 in October 2015. Although I teach without a curriculum right now, I feel it is better to start learning now, then regret postponing until later!
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