B is for Ballerinas

 Today was a wonderful summer day!  We started our day with an enormous breakfast, a quick trip to Walmart for some pool toys, and then a wonderful trip to the pool with Gogo and Pop.  After splashing and "swimming" around the pool we went to Daddy's restaurant for a visit and some lunch.  Then we got home and snuggled down for a little nap and some TV time in the big bed with Mommy.  Ahhhhh lazy summer days!

 Once we were done being lazy Gooba actually asked if we could play with some cards...awww yeah!  So since today was going to be ballerina day anyways which I was happy to postpone, we busted some stuff out and got a few things done!  First we started with pattern cards which she rocked yesterday and was still pretty awesome at it today.  These were a bit trickier, but still fun.

 Our next card game, which is now a classic favorite in our house, was size sorting.  For some reason, Gooba continues to LOVE sorting things by size.   These cards were a bit trickier as well today.  There were several sizes, but they were all very close in size to each other.  Nevertheless, she was able to sort them from largest to smallest and from smallest to largest with no problem.  We played this game a lot!

Our next card game was sorting the capitol and lowercase letters.  Yesterday I realized Gooba had trouble understanding the difference between B and bee, but had no trouble with B and butterfly.  She apparently has no trouble with B and ballerina bears either.  She was able to complete this activity with absolutely no problems.  In fact she completed it so fast that when she placed the last card she yelled "done!"  I didn't know we were racing!  Go Gooba!

Our next activity was a color matching card game.  Gooba thought this game would be much better if she used her magnifying glass and her binoculars.  As usual she was fantastic at her color matching.  It's so fun to see her rock out at the same activities time after time.  She is just so sweet and special!  I love when she adds her own little special touches to our activities, sometimes I'm not sure who is teaching who!

Next we did some coloring.  Gooba loves coloring, but is very much a scribbler.  She also loves to use the black and brown crayon or marker.  First we colored a B is for ballerina coloring page.

 Then we used the dry erase markers to try and color the letter B.  Don't get too excited from the photo, I colored the lowercase b to try and show her what to do!  She did a little better today attempting to stay on or near the letters.  She also changes which hand she uses quite often; she is definitely way better and controlled with her right hand, but uses her left hand a lot as well.

Next we tried doing some writing practice sheets.  This, as you can see, turned into scribblefest.  I tried helping her by holding her hand, but that did not go over well.  I tried getting my own marker to show her how to trace the lines, and she put the cap back on and took my marker away.  So I let her just have it and she colored all over the paper with lots of different colors.  The most important thing was that she was having a blast coloring.  She'll get it eventually.  Another opportunity for Mommy to watch her grow!

Gooba was really into the coloring today, so we took out the B tracing page.  She worked on this page a lot today.  For a short time she actually tried to color on top of the letters before she just went crazy with it.  She was clapping at one point and yelling "I'm writing a B!" So the intention was definitely there.  We have some cute ballerina crafts and a few left over things to do over the weekend, but all in all I think we got a lot of things done today considering we spent the entire morning shopping and at the pool.







Printables graciously borrowed from 1+1+1=1 and Confessions of a Homeschooler.