Sunday is the official special day of the year set aside to commemmorate the very special and beloved members of the family. The grandparents. With it being this week-end it was super easy to decide on our theme this week. Mimi and Papaw hold such a special place in our son's life. We are so blessed that they are young enough and active enough to interact with our very active boy. They live a 15 hr drive from here, but thanks to facetime we are able to keep our child knowing exactly who they are so they are not strangers to him when we get to be together in person. So here is some of the different ways we have been keeping Papaw and Mimi even more in our minds and hearts this week.
Along with grandparents being our focus we are learning about the letter "Ee" and the concept of empty/full.
Monday- Labour Day/Mimi's Birthday
Facetime video chat with Mimi to say Happy Birthday.
Daddy was off today, so we ended up not doing much work and spent more time playing and hanging out. Free time today.
Tuesday- Importance of Grandparents/Intro Uppercase E
Books: Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
My "e" Soundbox by Jane Belk Moncure
My Picture Dictionary, Ee words only
Songs: Letter E song (from abc mouse)
These Are Grandma's/Grandpa's Glasses
Activities: "E" coloring page
Look at family photos with Mimi and Papaw in them.
Play with the wooden blocks that Papaw and Mimi decorated.
Remind him why Grandparents are special and ways we can make them feel loved.
Books: Grandma by Alison Dexter
Grandma Elephant's In Charge by Martin Jenkins
My First Dictionary- Ee words only
Songs: Grandma's House by Patty Shukla
Willoughby Walloughby by Raffi
Activities: Intro/refresh about St. Anne, Jesus' grandmother
Mimi interview work sheet
Dry rice and containers for sensory play for empty/full
Thursday: All About Papaw/ Intro Lowercase "e"/empty vs full work
Books: Just Me and Grandpa by Mercer Meyer
Emergency by Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer
My First Dictionary, "Ee" words only
Songs: The Grandpa Song by Dennis Jarrigan
Everything Grows and Grows by Raffi
Activities: "e" coloring page
Papaw interview worksheet
Use water play to focus on empty vs full
Intro St. Joachim
Park Day
Friday: Ee Vocab Review/tracing and cutting/ Easter type fun day
Books: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Evil Spell by Emily Arnold McCully
The story of Easter from his children's Bible/last supper for Eucharist too
My First Dictionary, the Ee words only
Songs: Easter church hymns
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Activities:"Ee" vocab work sheet
Dye eggs/egg hunt in the backyard (pictures of the egg hunt will be shared later on this evening)
Build some more with the blocks MiMi and Papaw decorated.
Practice tracing and scissor cutting skills
Other additional dvd's to use as needed: The Prince of Egypt
Dumbo
Elf
Daniel Tiger's eposodes with his grandpa in them
Any cartoon Easter movies
What other ways/activities can you think up to help your children appreciate even more their grandparents?
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