On our shelves in September

I change out the activities on our shelves every 1-3 weeks, depending on how much time we've spent in the school room. This is what was waiting on the shelves for her the week of September 5th.

A closer look at each activity

This is a transfer activity. The bowl is full of marbles. She

uses the mustard spoon to transfer the marbles, one to 

each hole in the ice cube tray.

Lace and Trace cards. The shoelace is laced through 

the holes in the board cut-outs.

Clothespin Counting. She counts the flowers on the card

and then places the clothespin over the correct number.

This activity is self-correcting because I placed a stamp 

on the back of each card over the correct number.

Clock puzzle. We just use this as a puzzle right now.

In the future we will use it more to talk about

telling time.

Magnet activity. She uses the yellow magnet to 

separate the objects between metal and non. 

The first time we did this activity we just waited

to see what would happen, but now I ask her before 

each object if she thinks the magnet will attract

it or not.

Screw Block. She uses the little screwdriver to

put all the screws in the block. The colored rings

indicate which screw is to go in each hole.

I didn't get a picture of this one before we did it.

We used glitter glue pens to decorate on 3 different

surfaces. We had paper, felt, and foam.

Hand Puzzle. This can be used just as a puzzle, but

we also use it to talk about anatomy and also for 

counting. Each finger has objects underneath matching

the number on top.

Kumon Easy Mazes. These aren't so much mazes

as just paths to follow. We do 2-4 pages.

Phonics. She matches each object to the letter tile

with the starting letter. The tiles are sand paper tiles, so 

she also traces each letter with her finger after

matching the objects.

Sequencing. These cards tell a story but some pieces

are missing. She matches the tiles to their correct spot

to complete the story.

I didn't get a picture of this one before she did it.

For this activity, I read her the directions and she

had to follow them to complete the picture. The

squares were along the bottom and had to be cut out.

She did all the cutting and pasting herself.