T is for Turtle

I'm behind on pics! 

A new unit, a new week, and their first class at LEAP.

And new Montessori toys.  :)

Letter hunt and printables below from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

 Painting our paper plate turtles!

 The theme: 

"I do not quit.  I persevere."

We talked about how we don't give up

trying, or doing something, even 

when it's hard or when it takes time.

We keep going!

Besides reading a ton of turtle books,

the perseverance theme is read in

The Little Engine That Could and

Mike Mulligan the Steam Shovel - 

both favorites around here.

 Feb calendar.

 We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar

and practiced writing and ordering

the days of the week.  :)

 Printables from kidssoup.com.

And I'll end with this one.

I asked Elizabeth what her pattern was,

totally expecting her to say "Red, yellow, red, yellow."

Instead, she answered:

"Trapezoid, hexagon, trapezoid, hexaon, trapezoid, hexagon."

?!?!?!?

I said, in shock, "where did you learn this?"

"From home {you}".

She must've remembered it when I was telling Emilie the names!  

The girl is a sponge!

And I know Emilie couldn't have 

done that when she just turned 3!!  LOL