GG Academy

Now that Aunt Michelle has gone back to school for nursing, we have been watching Eli each day while she is in class.  At first, the plan was always to have Tristan start preschool this fall, but since we watch Eli on a daily basis, we've put off enrolling him in preschool for now and have started our own mini-preschool called the GG Academy (George/Goody).  It has allowed me to utilize my teaching skills and pull out teaching items that have been collecting dust in the garage.  I never realized that one year of teaching PreK would help me in the future with creating a schedule for my own one day! 

Along with having a set schedule of Free Play, story time, snacks/lunch, we also have a new letter we learn each week with activities to go along with it.  I also try to plan a theme to go along with the letter that coincides with the season/month we are in.  I pretty much have the next several months already planned and am excited to do the fun activities that are ahead :)

Here are a few of the things we have done so far:

Each morning, the boys "sign in" by tracing their names.

Getting pretty good!

Bringing their A game.

Since we were learning about the letter A and we're in the season of fall, we made applesauce to end our week!

For some reason, they've been really into playing a crazy game that involves wearing socks on their hands.  Go figure.

In our third week, we were learning about the letter F and the season of fall.  Here they are making their fall shape trees.

Finding the letter L in the words!

Going on a fall scavenger hunt!

They had to put an X next to each fall item they saw outside.

Practicing our cutting skills!

Learning about the letter C and reading stories by Eric Carle.  Here we made our own counting caterpillars after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Field trip to Shevlin Park for a fall walk!

Beautiful walk along the Deschutes

Loved being able to find fall trees even in Bend!

Magic sticks are so popular with boys :)

Talia lasted about half of our walk in the stroller - pretty good!

Out of the stroller and trying to keep up with the boys!

Perfect bench for a picnic lunch :)

Love the view :)

Looking forward to more adventures with the GGs!