As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter G as I did for letter A and all the others. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like each time, we talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big G and little g. Then we colored all the g’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 7. Nathaniel seems to still be enjoying the process so I am grateful. He loves looking at it all week long!
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter F as I did for letter A. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like last time, w e talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big F and little f. Then we colored all the F’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 6. Nathaniel seems to still be enjoying the process so I am grateful. He loves looking at it all week long!
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter E as I did for letter A. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like last time, w e talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big E and little E. Then we colored all the E’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 5. Nathaniel seems to still be enjoying the process so I am grateful. He loves showing it to David and Jake!
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter B as I did for letter A. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like last time, w e talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big D and little d . Then we colored all the d’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 4. Nathaniel seems to still be enjoying the process so I am grateful.
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter B as I did for letter A. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like last time, w e talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big C and little C (which in this case is very little). Then we colored all the c’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 3. Nathaniel seems to still be enjoying the process so I am grateful.
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I mentioned, I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, I did the same thing with the letter B as I did for letter A. I cut them all up and then, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
Like last time, w e talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big B and little B. Then we colored all the B’s.
Here he is gluing:
and coloring
Yey for week 2. Nathaniel loves showing this book off and I love that he loves it!!
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
As I explained a few weeks ago, the goal of this project is to spend some time with Nathaniel, just the two of us, so he can have projects with mommy, too. I plan to keep this project simple and fun for both of us. So, Friday night, I printed some letter sheets and bunch of things that start with the letter A. I cut them all up and then yesterday, Nathaniel and I glued them down together to create this simple page:
We talked about each of the words and then differentiated between big A and little A. Then he colored all the A’s on the left side and asked me to color the one on the right side. And we were done.
Here he is coloring:
After we were done, he said “Fun, Happy.” So I took that as a good sign that this project is going well. Simple and fun. That’s the plan.
Letters with Nathaniel is a weekly project for 2012. You can read more about it here.
Since 2012 will be my third year of doing a project with David, I wanted to take the time to do a project with Nathaniel this year, too. He will turn 3 in April and I think he’s ready for some Mommy and Me project.
I wanted the project to be something fun and useful and not super-hard to do. Crafting with David in 2010 was fun but it was also challenging at times and we didn’t end up following it through all year. So for Nathaniel I decided we’d do a project involving the letters of the alphabet each week.
I had an extra Moleskine Volant XLarge Plain Notebook in Blue which is the perfect size for my project.
My plan is to create a spread each week which will have:
– letter of the alphabet in capital and lowercase
– photos of objects, verbs, nouns that start with that letter
– a big letter for him to color
– a simple craft project that starts with the letter
Here are some sites I’ve found in a quick search:
actionalphabet
First School
The Crafty Crow
I will look for more. And here’s an initial list of activities I plan to do that correspond to the alphabet letters:
- a – apple printing
- b – blowing bubbles or making beads, boat, or balls
- c – making cookies or cupcakes, clock
- d – dancing
- e – creating a paper envelope
- f – drawing flowers or fingerprints
- g – goldfish using glitter (and glue)
- h – hand prints or hats
- i – ice cream!
- j – jumping
- k – making a mini kite
- l – collecting leaves
- m – macaroni art
- n – making necklaces
- o – making an owl puppet
- p – collecting pine cones, potato prints
- q – some game with quarters or a queen crown
- r – making a rainbow using ribbons
- s – sock puppets
- t – making a tissue paper tree
- u – making an umbrella
- v – creating a paper volcano
- w – creating a windmill or wind chime
- x – making a map with a X marking the spot
- y – making a xmas tree using yarn
- z – drawing a zebra
I might change my mind, add, alter as we go along. I’ve learned that being consistent but flexible is the biggest key to success in yearly projects. My goal is for Nathaniel and I to have some special “just us” time, to do some art/crafts together and for him to be familiar with the letters of the alphabet.
I will post our pages on alternating weeks with David’s Book of Good Memories pages.
If you have ideas on other crafts, things he might like to do, ways to incorporate the alphabet more, I would be very grateful for them.
jake
This was another productive week for Jake. He spent most of the week at the office getting clients and setting up paperwork for corporations. He’s made so much progress in the last two weeks that it’s exciting and rejuvenating to watch. He’s also been really a huge help to me this week. He went to volunteer at David’s school and stayed with the kids so I could go to both my doctor’s appointments alone. It was so nice to be able to have that freedom and calm.
karen
This week was productive and stressful. I’ve been having more jaw pain than I’d like but I am trying to keep it in perspective. I’ve been specifically working on having more perspective and a more positive attitude. I am quite proud of myself for not completely freaking out with what happened to David and just doing the right thing and trying to stay calm so that he wouldn’t be scared. Now that the weekend is here all I want to do is rest and recover and do nothing productive. I guess that’s what weekends are for, right?
david
David went back to school after a week of being sick and then on Wednesday he was spinning around and hit his head on the lunch bench when he got dizzy. He made a pretty deep gash but thankfully he’s ok. They closed it up with bandaids and he’s been home the rest of the week. He’s been in good spirits but I am worried cause he doesn’t really understand the gravity of what happened and still jumps and bounces around unless I remind him to stay calm and let his wound heal. My sweet boy whose spirit is unbreakable. I love him.
nathaniel
Nathaniel is doing well, too. He’s thrilled to have David around and he’s been getting into every single thing. He opens drawers, burrows through things, has strong opinions and makes sure you know them. It’s lucky for him that he’s super-cute or I am not sure how we’d be putting up with all his antics.
Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
Recently, I decided I need to take more videos. My kids are growing up too fast and I will miss it a lot. Knowing exactly how they do something. So here’s my way of documenting.
Nathaniel loves eating these puffs and I love watching him. Warning:might be super-boring for you.
Excuse the dirty tray, he had just eaten so it’s a mess.
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monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
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