Tot School- The letter "A"

This was our first official week of Tot School , we started with Tot Trays and the Letter "A". We had a lot of fun projects and we both learned a lot this week :-)

**Tot Trays**

Here are some of the highlights from our Tot Tray fun

Play dough and shape cookie cutters

Pipe cleaners and spice shaker
Daddy and Lucy even got in on the fun :-)

This one started out well...

I put rice in two bowls and hid some letters and numbers for Liam to find. He liked digging for the "treasures" but I guess I didn't take into account Liam's current obsession with throwing things...

Yes, this one ended very poorly...

Rice will not be making an appearance on our Tot Trays for a while :-)
I just love his face here, "What, Mom? Did I do something wrong?"

**Letter "A" Activities**

Paper tearing and gluing

My friend introduced us to Starfall, we really enjoyed their Alphabet activities! I would highly recommend it! One thing I especially like is they incorporate signing in with the alphabet. I have been signing with Liam since he was about 9 months old, and love that he is able to use this to communicate with us.

Doing an Alphabet activity on the Starfall website. Finger painting the letter "A" with Aunt Emily :-)

**Memory Verse and Sign Language**

Our memory verse for the week was taken from this book.

~ A soft word turns away wrath. ~

Proverbs 15:1

Liam isn't old enough to really memorize anything yet, but just intorducing him to God's word is important at any age. I made a page with the verse at the top and made it more of an activity, playing on the word "soft" and adding soft things to the page throughout the week.

Things Liam Learned This Week

1. Letter A- He can recognize the letter and say "A" if we point to it and ask what it is :-)

2. How to sign the letter "A"

3. Recognize the sign for the letter "A"

4. Learned to sign Airplane and Apple

Things Mommy Learned This Week

1. Liam's memory verse :-)

2. I am blessed beyond belief to be here to teach my son

3. Rice is not a good Tot Tray activity for Liam

4. I need a better storage area for my Tot school activities

Next week is Letter B!

Check out what other Tots are up to here :-)

Super Simple

As I get organized and ready to start Tot School next week, I have been trying out a few new simple things with Liam this week.

Activities:

1. Spooning- We worked with beans and different spoons transferring the beans from one bowl to the other.

2. Fine motor- I cut up some paper towel and toilet paper rolls and let Liam put them on and off the the paper towel holder. Liam really liked this :-)

We are going to be starting with Tot Trays and the letter of the week starting on Monday! I am excited about all of the fun we are going to have with the letter A :-)

Here we Gooooo!!!

I am so excited to be starting this blog!! My friend recently introduced me to 1+1+1=1, and my mind hasn't stopped racing ever since! I am a stay at home mom to an incredible 18mo. old little boy. I am beyond blessed to be here to teach him and watch him grow and develop into a child of God. I consider it my job and my duty to teach him not only his colors and numbers and the like, but to teach him values, character, and the word of God. This is my journey as a mother and a follower of Christ. I am excited to start documenting his journey as we La La Learn :-) I came up with the name of the blog based on my son's love of Elmo, or as he calls him "La La". So WELCOME to La La Learning!!