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The items below are apart of our  Letter of the Week Series . You will find a list of everything you need to teach your child about Letter D! A bunch of the materials listed below you will use for other letters in the series as well. Pick and choose which activities work best for you and your child. You may want to do all five days, only your three favorite days, or just find one simple activity to do at home. I hope you enjoy these activities as much as we do!  The numbers next to the items refer to the day you'll be using them. Item's to Print : Elephant Size Order Cards  (2) Elephant Number Matching  - print two sets (2) Pattern Block E  (3) Elmo Pattern  (4) Oviparous Animal Pictures  (4) Materials Needed : Animal Alphabet: slide and seek ABC's  (1) Letter E Songs  (1) Washable Paint Colors  (2, 5) Magnetic Foam Shapes  (3) Egg Counting Mats  (5) 5 pieces of White Paper (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Construction Paper - 1 Red (3), Four Colors of Choice (3, 5),  1

Xylophone Craft : After watching a Youtube video of someone playing a xylophone, we made the xylophone craft below. I would do a line of glue (to show Easton where to glue the pieces) and have Easton glue down the pieces himself. I let him decide where he wanted each of the colors. I thought it was so cute watching him pretend to play his xylophone with the mallets (picture one). Notice how we glued the mallets to make an "X" (picture two). Again, we hung this picture on the fridge to remember our letter this week. Xylophone Size Order & Color Sorting Activity : This activity teaches so many great things! I've been saving toilet paper and paper towel rolls for the entire month. I cut the rolls into different sizes and had Easton order them from smallest to biggest. Then he helped me tape strips of colored paper onto the toilet paper/paper towel rolls. You have to make sure the strips of paper you choose match the colors of pom poms you have. After taping on the

The items below are apart of our  Letter of the Week Series . You will find a list of everything you need to teach your child about Letter D! A bunch of the materials listed below you will use for other letters in the series as well. Pick and choose which activities work best for you and your child. You may want to do all five days, only your three favorite days, or just find one simple activity to do at home. I hope you enjoy these activities as much as we do!  The numbers next to the items refer to the day you'll be using them. Items to Print: Letter D Songs  (1) Letter D Book  (1) Dinosaur Color Match Cards  (2) Dinosaur Classifying Cards  (2) Number Cards 1-8  (2) Dinosaur Patterns  (2)   Paper Plate Dinosaur Template  (3) Dice Roll and Cover  (4) D is for Dog Template  (5) Build a Snowman Dice Game  (5) Materials Needed: Letters and Numbers Bath Toys  from Amazon (1) Dinosaur Counters  from Amazon (2, 3) Dinosaur Stamps  from Amazon (3) Do-a-Dot Markers  f

The items below are apart of our  Letter of the Week Series . You will find a list of everything you need to teach your child about Letter C! A bunch of the materials listed below you will use for other letters in the series as well. Pick and choose which activities work best for you and your child. You may want to do all five days, only your three favorite days, or just find one simple activity to do at home. I hope you enjoy these activities as much as we do!  The numbers next to the items refer to the day you'll be using them. Items to Print: Letter C Songs  (1) Letter C Book  (1) Counting Coin Identification Book  (2) Coin Pattern Strips  (2)  Cookie Numbers Activity  OR buy count & Learn Cookie Jar (3) Materials Needed: The Letter Factory  from Amazon (1) Count and Learn Cookie Jar  from Amazon OR print Cookie Numbers Activity (3) Cash Register  from Amazon (5)  5 pieces of White Paper (1, 3, 4, 5) Construction Paper: 3 Brown, 1 Blue, 1 Yellow, 1 Red (3, 4

The items below are apart of our  Letter of the Week Series . You will find a list of everything you need to teach your child about Letter B! A bunch of the materials listed below you will use for other letters in the series as well. Pick and choose which activities work best for you and your child. You may want to do all five days, only your three favorite days, or just looking for one simple activity to do at home. I hope you enjoy these activities as much as we do!  The numbers next to the items refer to the day you'll be using them. Items to Print: Letter B Songs  (1) Letter B Book  (1) Butterfly Dot Page  (2) B is for Butterfly Template  (2) Pictures of Family Members (4) Body Cards  (5) Bear Counter Pattern Strips  (5) Bear Dot Cards for Counting  (5) Materials Needed: Baby's First Library ABC  from Amazon (1) Do-a-Dot Markers  from Amazon (2)  Counting Bears  from Amazon (5) 3 pieces of White Paper (1, 3, 5) Construction Paper - 2 Black, 2 Blue, 2 Ora

I have really enjoyed doing a Letter of the Week series with Easton! He has LEARNED so much and we have had a lot of FUN along the way. I have loved having a variety of activities to do at home, especially when we felt stuck inside during the winter months. I started the series when Easton was 18 months old, which is also about the time I had another baby. It was so nice having a few things planned to do with Easton each day, while my newborn napped at home in the morning. Between holidays and my energy level in finding and planning activities, it took me almost a year to complete the series. I am now putting together a list of supplies for each letter to save other moms the hassle of doing it! A lot of the items listed below you will buy once and be able to use for multiple letters in our  Letter of the Week Series . For instance, the plastic sensory bin you'll only buy once, although you will use almost every week. The options are endless for what you'd like to do with your c

Prayer: Song: " Daddy's Homecoming " - page 210 from the Children's Songbook. Father Visual #1 (Heavenly Father) : This is a picture of Heavenly Father . We lived with Him in heaven before we came to earth. He is the Father of our spirits. He is real and loves us very much. He wants us to be loving and kind to others. Ask, "How can we talk to our Heavenly Father?" Discuss the importance of prayer and how Heavenly Father listens to our prayers. Father Visual #2 (Earthly Father) : Heavenly Father sent us to earth with loving parents. Ask, "Who is this a picture of?" Dad is the father of our earthly bodies. Dad loves you very much and loves when we are kind and help others. We can show dad we love him by giving him loves, playing with him, and being nice to our siblings. Add any other examples or a story of a time dad showed love to children. I printed and hung this picture up on the fridge as a reminder of our lesson this week and wha

When I was little and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, my response was always "a mom". It has always been my dream and now I am living it. I have two little boys, who I adore. Easton will be three in September and Connor turned one in May. Before having children, I always knew I wanted to discipline (teach) them well and in a positive manner. However, I don't fully understand "how" this can be done. I have had moments of frustration (and lack of sleep!), where I've made mistakes and quickly realized I need to respond in a different way. My good friend, Holli, recommended "Positive Discipline - The First Three Years" as a starting point. I checked it out from the library as a quest to improve myself as a mom and as a teacher. One chapter talks about 10 basics for implementing positive discipline, which I want to remember for myself and share with you today: 1) Create a connection before a correction : Helping children feel a sense of

A while ago, I was obsessed with watching Giada at Home on The Food Network. With a couple minor changes, this is one of the Giada recipes that we absolutely love! The mix of lemon, browned butter and toasted pine nuts makes this pasta one of our favorites. We keep it in our frequent dinner rotation. Rating: 10/10 INGREDIENTS Dressing: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 medium lemons, juiced 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Pasta: 1 pound penne pasta - we use mini penne 1 stick (1/2 cup) of butter 4 cups of spinach 1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts* DIRECTIONS 1) For the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper until smooth. Set aside. 2) For the pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender, but still firm to the bite. 3) In a high-sided skillet, whisk the butter over medium heat until melted. Simmer until foamy. Continue to cook until

This lesson contains ideas from the current nursery manual, Behold Your Little Ones. Click the link to view the original lesson " I Will Share " from LDS.org. For other Family Home Evening lessons, search our  Family Home Evening Index .  Prayer : Song : "I'm Trying to be like Jesus" - children's songbook page 78-79. We did the actions below as suggested in the manual: Love one another as Jesus loves you (hug self and turn from side to side) Try to show kindness in all that you do (nod head up and down) Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought (hug self and turn from side to side) For these are the things Jesus taught (nod head up and down) "I Will Share" Activity : Heavenly Father and Jesus always want us to be kind to one another. One way that we can be kind is by sharing. I reminded Easton of a time he shared his toys with Connor. I told him how happy it makes Connor and mom/dad when he shares. It also makes Heavenly Fath