~Ladybug is currently 26.5 months old~
Letter: Nn
Object: Net
Vocabulary Development Theme: Bugs
You can find the printables for this unit here on the Tot School Printables webpage.
I set many of her Nn activities up in our pocket chart so she could easily see the options and show me what she would like to do. Everything you see can be downloaded from the Tot School Printables Letter Nn section, except for the ABC cards on the left-those are from the Very Hungry Caterpillar Tot Pack.
Coloring things that start with Nn…
A little stamping is always added in, she loves these stampers!
Fun Books & Toys for this unit here!
The set-up for her shelves this week…
- top shelf: ladybug Easter basket {filled with some small bugs}, bug hats {Target}, bug flashcards {Target}
- top left shelf: bug library books
- top middle shelf: bug board books
- top right shelf: mini containers with bug flashcards and bug printables from Montessori Print Shop
- bottom left: sorting colored bugs into cups
- bottom middle: plastic chopsticks and mini ladybug & Butterfly erasers {Oriental Trading I think}
- bottom right: Bee Hive game
- far right: buggy fleece {to use with sensory bin and for play-she LOVES blankees!}
This week I set up both sides with the bug theme, I won’t always do this-especially for smaller themes. Bugs was the theme for Krash and PacMan too, so it took over homeschool {and still is!}
- top shelf: basket of some buggy board books and small stuffed bugs, bug flashcards, an old Valentine candy ladybug box with mini bugs in it
- top left drawer: Hex Bugs
- top middle drawer: Letter Nn printables
- top right drawer: Ladybug ABC puzzles
- middle left shelf: bug puzzle
- bottom left: bug songs {from my K teaching days}
- bottom middle: size sorting from Very Hungry Caterpillar
- bottom right: soft buggy play set
She went straight for the bee hat and has put it on each day! Here she was sorting the bugs by color..
She didn’t like the chop sticks I had for this so she used her fingers which is totally fine!
She loved the net I put out and we had fun catching bugs with it…
She still loves this bug puzzle even though it is way too easy for her now…
Ordering caterpillars by size…
To say she likes the bug books would be a total understatement. I don’t know what it is about kids and bugs but it is a true love relationship. She looks through her bug books daily.
The Bugs Sensory Bin was enjoyed all week long, MANY times! This is definitely a favorite bin. Both little kids have asked for it daily.
She was able to tell me what each one was several times and really enjoyed this!
We went to the zoo with some great friends! Ladybug loved it all but the sheep freaked her out a tad.
At the zoo, she was all smiles-all day long.
Until it was time for a group photo and she pulled out the DRAMA.