Tot School ~ Letter Mm

~Ladybug is currently 26.5 months old~

Letter: Mm

Object: Mouse

Vocabulary Development Theme: Small Mammals

You can find the printables for this unit here on the Tot School Printables webpage.

I set many of her Mm activities up in our pocket chart so she could easily see the options and show me what she would like to do. I also set out a few books about small mammals, some stuffed small mammals, as well as our Pet Sounds puzzle which features a mouse and a hamster. She went straight for the puzzle!

She then saw the little animals {these are from the pets toob} I set out and we used the vocabulary cards in her dry erase board to find the animals…

Coloring mice…

We got out the cookie sheet for some magnet work…

This cute little Mm is for Mouse puzzle is from A Heart for Home…

Counting…

Dot Painting Mm’s…

Shocking me with her line tracing…

She didn’t want to color her accordion book this week but she enjoyed “reading” it and playing “up-down” with it!

More coloring…

Letter Mm printables here!

Fun Books & Toys for this unit here!

The set-up for her shelves was the same this week…

In case you missed last week’s post with details, here’s the info:

• top left: USA book from $1 section Target
• Bucket of red/blue foam mini shapes {$1 section at Target last year}
• USA States & Capitals Learning Wrap {obviously not for Ladybug ;-)}
• Red and Blue Rainbow Blocks
• top left shelf: 4th of July book
• top middle shelf: Red and Blue Skyscraper Building Pieces and board
• top right shelf: USA puzzle {Dollar Tree}
• bottom left: 6 shapes and disks from Guidecraft Feel and Find
• bottom middle: tongs and red/white/blue pom poms
• bottom right: Styrofoam bock and red/blue pick up sticks to poke into it

Working on her shape matching with Feel and Find…

Stacking too…

Tongs {these are from an old bug play set from Target years ago} and pom poms. I worked with her on her grasp this time. Tots will progress from a whole fist to a grip more like you see below as their little muscles develop. {If you need more info about this-I recommend purchasing John Bowman’s eBook, Montessori at Home. For those of you who already own the eBook, Mr. Bowman explains this progression in great detail with photos starting on page 55}

We are starting to introduce patterns. She enjoyed this.

She loved working with the USA puzzle and the little USA book. She had me tell her every state as she parroted back to me. This particular puzzle I got at Dollar Tree last week and it is perfect for her little hands.

She asked to do a pattern block puzzle but got frustrated a lot with the wiggling of the pieces. I want to get her the magnetic version.

Mini Perfection…

The 4th of July Sensory Bin was enjoyed all week long!

This week I decided to throw together an “Mm” sensory bin. I just used beans as a sensory base and added letters and items that begin with M. She loved it! It was great phonics practice for Krash too!

We have a college student living with us for a few weeks as he serves alongside of my husband in ministry. Ladybug has claimed him. She is seriously in love. Thankfully he is totally sweet to her and spends a lot of his free time with her. Here he was reading her the book Mouse Mess-her favorite mouse book from our letter Mm-mouse week!

My little 4th of July firecracker. I love the way her hair curls in the hot humidity.