Tuesday, July 5, 2016

ABC Unit Study-PreK...Let's do this!


My 1st big project I want to share here is the creation of a school routine for my grandson, Jonathan. (He's the adorable 4yo blonde in the picture collage by the way.)

Kandie has always wanted to homeschool her children & we fully support her in this decision. I, myself, homeschooled my youngest daughter, Whitney, from 6th grade on. We were blessed to have her excel & graduate at the age of 16, so homeschooling does work! As I mentioned, Kandie is a new single mom & being frugal is a must! So I'm putting together a curriculum that is free & can be used by us both. All alphabet fill in projects will be her lesson time with Jonathan. I simply go over the letter shape with glue so she can feel it, a trick I learned when she was young. She can then help him fill in the letters with yarn, cotton balls, buttons...the choices are endless. Counting can also be part of this fun project. So she is getting art, abc's & counting all in one lesson...Awesome!
This program is designed to be a summer program to get Jonathan ready for a full preschool program in the fall.
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LETTER OF THE DAY LEARNING

Letter A -Day 1
Look at the - Letter A
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
A song

Day 2
Letter D Sesame St.
Find The Letter A
Starfall A

Day 3
Letter A
Craft Day
Tracing Letters Workbook-We use a dry erase activity board by Leap Frog.

Letter B-Day 1
Look at the - Letter B
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
B Song

Day 2
Letter B Sesame St. 
Find The Letter B
Starfall B

Day 3
Look at the - Letter B
Craft Day
Tracing Letters Workbook

Letter C - Day 1
Look at the - Letter C
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
C Song

Day 2
Letter C Sesame St.
Find the Letter C
Starfall C

Day 3
Look at the - Letter C
Craft Day
Tracing Letters workbook

Letter D-Day 1
Look at the- Letter D
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
D Song

Day 2
Letter D Sesame St.
Find The Letter D
Starfall D

Day 3
Look at the- Letter D
Craft Day
Tracing Letters workbook

Letter E-Day 1
Look at the- Letter E
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
E Song

Day 2
Letter E Sesame St
Find The Letter E
Starfall E

Day 3
Look at the- Letter E
Craft Day
Tracing Letters workbook

Letter F-Day 1
Look at the- Letter F
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
F Song

Day 2
Letter F Sesame St.
Find The Letter F
Starfall F

Day 3
Look at the- Letter F
Craft Day
Tracing Letters Workbook

Letter G-Day 1
Look at the- Letter G
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
G Song

Day 2
Letter G Sesame St.
Find The Letter G
Starfall G

Day 3
Look at the- Letter G
Craft Day
Tracing Letters Workbook

Letter H-Day 1
Look at the - Letter H
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
H Song

Day 2
Letter H Sesame St.
Find The Letter H
Starfall H

Day 3
Look at the - Letter H
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter I-Day 1
Look at the- Letter I
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
I Song

Day 2
Sesame St. I
Find the letter I
Starfall I

Day 3
Look at the- Letter I
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter J-Day 1
Look at the- Letter J
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
J Song

Day 2
Sesame St. J
Find The Letter J
Starfall J

Day 3
Look at the- Letter J
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter K-Day 1
Look at the- Letter K
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
K Song

Day 2
Sesame Street K
Find The Letter K
Starfall K

Day3
Look at the- Letter K
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter L-Day 1
Look at the- Letter L
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
L Song

Day 2
Sesame Street L
Find The Letter L
Starfall L

Day 3
Look at the-Letter L
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter M-Day 1
Look at the- Letter M
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
M Song

Day 2
Sesame Street M
Find The letter M
Starfall M

Day 3
Look at the- Letter M
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter N-Day 1
Look at The- Letter N
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
N Song

Day 2
Sesame Street N
Find the Letter N
Starfall N

Day 3
Look at The- Letter N
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter O-Day 1
Look at The- Letter O
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
O Song

Day 2
Sesame Street O
Find the letter O
Starfall O

Day 3
Look at The- Letter O
Craft Day
Tracing Workbook

Letter P-Day 1
Look at the- Letter P
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
P Song

Day 2
Sesame Street P
Find the letter P
Starfall P

Day 3
Look at the- Letter P
Tracing Workbook

Letter Q-Day 1
Look at the- Letter Q
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
Q Song

Day 2
Sesame Street Q
Find the letter Q
Starfall Q

Day 3
Look at the- Letter Q
Tracing Workbook

Letter R-Day 1
Look at the- Letter R
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
R Song

Day 2
Sesame Street R
Find the letter R
Starfall R

Day 3
Look at the- Letter R
Tracing Workbook

Letter S-Day 1
Look at the- Letter S
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
S Song

Day 2

Day 3
Look at the- Letter S
Tracing Workbook

Letter T-Day 1
Look at the- Letter T
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
T Song

Day 2
Sesame Street T
Find the letter T
Starfall T

Day 3
Look at the- Letter T
Tracing Workbook

Letter U-Day 1
Look at the- Letter U
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
U Song

Day 2
Sesame Street U
Find the letter U
Starfall U

Day 3
Look at the- Letter U
Tracing Workbook

Letter V-Day 1
Look at the- Letter V
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
V Song

Day 2
Sesame Street V
Find the letter V
Starfall V

Day 3
Look at the- Letter V
Tracing Workbook

Letter W-Day 1
Look at the- Letter W
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!

Day 2

Day 3
Look at the- Letter W
Tracing Workbook

Letter X-Day 1
Look at the- Letter X
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
X Song

Day 2
Sesame Street X
Find the X
Starfall X

Day 3
Look at the- Letter X
Tracing Workbook

Letter Y-Day 1
Look at the- Letter Y
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
Y Song

Day 2
Sesame Street Y
Find the Y
Starfall Y

Day 3
Look at the- Letter Y
Tracing Workbook

Letter Z-Day 1
Look at the- Letter Z
Black & white letter stencils-Get creative...fill in the letters with fun items of your choosing!
Z Song

Day 2
Sesame Street Z
Find the letter Z
Starfall Z

Day 3
Look at the- Letter Z
Tracing Workbook

Along with this schedule we will spend the summer reading books, playing educational games & of course, making good use of our local library. 
Kandie likes twin vision books for reading to the kids. These are awesome books with braille put right on the pages so the kids can follow along when she reads & still enjoy the fun pictures they love.
Below are a couple links to websites we use for ordering these books.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Welcome to my blog

Hi all! Welcome to the Gramma Life! I'm a wife, mom(of 3) & gramma(of 7) who loves her family & will always be there for them. After 6 years of all my kids being out on their own & enjoying the freedom I now had, life has thrown us a new challenge.

My oldest daughter, Kandie, & her 2 kids are now living with us as she tries to navigate life as a single mom. Not only is Kandie a single mom, she is a blind single mom. Kandie was born blind & was raised to believe in herself & be a strong, capable, & independent woman.

As life tends to do, we have been thrown a curve ball. So here we all are, trying to navigate this new chapter in our lives...Trying to live together as peacefully as possible in a small, three bedroom home & meet all the challenges thrown our way.

Which is why I'm here starting this blog, a challenge all its own as I have never blogged before!

My hope is that this blog will help me by giving me a creative outlet & help others by sharing my challenges, experiences & solutions as I navigate this new chapter in my life.

Some things that will be shared here are homeschooling thoughts & ideas & the struggles we face trying to help Kandie homeschool 2 lively kids who are sighted, struggles & funny moments in our daily lives, the joy of being a mom & gramma,  fun & healthy recipes & anything else I feel like sharing.

Check back often for new posts & enjoy your time here!