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se once the baby comes we ve explained to him that we ll be expecting him to help out even more he is so excited about this new responsibility his endless energy and cheerful desire to help has been greatly appreciated by this very pregnant mama i can t tell you how much waddling around the house he s saved me from doing we decided to reward james contributions by giving him a quarter each time he helps out in a big way he doesn t get a quarter for each thing he does since we want him to understand that things like making his bed and cleaning his room are his responsibility and things he simply must do as a member of this household my husband bequeathed to james a very special wallet that he himself made as a child it s in this wallet that james saves his coins and up until now they ve just been collecting there initially i told him we could go to the store someday and he could choose something to buy thanks to our recent money matters lesson he now understands the concept of money and buying things then i saw this idea on the idea room and was totally inspired i set to work slightly modifying it to create a version that will work for us here s what i came up with our in home store inside of this basket are various items which james can buy with his quarters i opted to include very few food items i m just so wary about using food as a reward and what edibles i did chose are healthy i found just about everything you see at our local dollar store some of it is from my own stash as i ve long been in the habit of keeping books stickers and other simple items on hand for those rainy days or those i completely forgot to buy something for so and so s birthday days all of the items are color coded with star stickers this tag is attached to the basket as a price key i priced things in such a way that james can choose to buy something straight away after receiving a quarter or he can choose to save up for a more expensive item i think this will give him a great introduction to saving since there are actually very few items that are just a quarter the options for what to include in an in home store are limitless for those interested here s a list of what s inside our store go fish card game various sticker sheets grow capsules paint your own wooden snake kit cat pencil a book markers a die cast airplane a bag of unpopped popcorn welch s fruit snacks large and small bags abc silly bandz super balls stretchy bugs set of 5 small frogs game of jacks mickey mouse keychain mini tubs of playdough a bottle of bubbles ping pong balls paper clips with magnetic container james is so into magnets right now alphabet stencils a glow stick in orange james favorite color mini play scene mickey mouse stationary set individual balloons we ll replenish only once all of the items have been purchased i m curious to see how this system will work out and which of the things james really likes one final thought i know to some this looks like just a big basket of junk and others may even think that rewarding a child in such a way is wrong to that i say to each his own i ll admit i m not a big fan of plasticy toys and knick knacks but i chose items that i knew would be interesting to james and my intent is for him to learn about responsibility helping others and money matters in the process and i should also note that we are always sure to thank james for his efforts with hugs and praise thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 3 30 pm 27 comments labels math rhythms in our home sunday july 17 2011 on our shelves july august this is my last on our shelves post for a few months the baby is due is just 5 weeks and i m now shifting my focus toward preparing for her arrival our theme is summer keeping the theme broad like this really allowed me to put pretty much anything on our shelves so long as it looked summery as always there are a few activities that aren t theme related click here and here to see what was on our shelves last summer practical life water transfer when james is ready to do this work he ll need to fill the bowl of little sponges with a bit of water then he ll place one sponge square into the garlic press and squeeze the water into one section of the ice cube tray oops i now realize i need to add another bowl to the tray for the squeezed sponge squares to remove the water from the ice tray james will simply put the squeezed sponges back into the section to absorb the water and then transfer them back to the bowl pencil sharpening pouring sand this is sand from one of our local beaches i added a funnel to make this work a little more exciting the bottle on the left is in a basket to keep it from falling off of the tray james is really careful about transporting his work to the rug or table but this tray just isn t that great paper punching this is something new for us and i think james will really like it the blue container from mexico holds small paper squares of various colors textures and weight the silver container will hold the punches tweezing transferring we ve done something similar to this several times before so this is nothing really new but i know james will enjoy it the mason jar is what i think he will find most interesting there are two parts to the lid and they have to go on in a certain way in order for them to fit properly sensorial sensory tubs we have two available right now pond transportation sandy playdough same as last year creating polygons these colored popsicle sticks have been used for so many activities in our classroom i printed out this chart from the internet and james will use it as a guide to create some basic polygons i provided a control of error by using a single color for each polygon still on our shelves knobbed knobless cylinders and the pink tower language poetry basket i found this poem online and modified it a bit i needled felted the water and grass and knitted the little fruits in the basket summer bingo i made this myself using graphics from here the small bingo cards are in the little box and the colored shells will be used as card markers btw i did not color the shells i found a bag of them at our local thrift store sequencing these stars are filled with water meant to be reusable ice cubes we ll use them to create various patterns tracing james finds worksheets a bit boring so i try to liven this kind of work up by adding fun writing utensils to the tray you d be surprised how often this works to entice him these printables came from abcteach btw since a few people have asked yes i do have a membership to this site and yes i do find it well worth the price i use it quite often moveable alphabet i collected a bunch of images from google and made these cards to accompany our moveable alphabet james will spell out the name of image in the case of the card shown in the photo he can opt to spell either shovel or pail memory game this is one from last year when we focused on independence day books on the seashore by anna millbourne the sun egg by elsa beskow bermuda 123 by dana cooper summer series by nuria roca america a patriotic primer by lynne cheney l is for liberty by wendy cheyette lewison coral reef by marcus phister the scrambled states of america by laurie keller swimmy by leo lionni still on our shelves dry erase spelling and the grammar farm math buying water balloons put on your creative hat go into the dollar store and you ll be amazed at what you turn into a learning activity in the past i would have made a simple sorting matching activity with these balloons but since that s a bit old hat for james i decided to go this route instead james will need to buy these balloons for a penny a piece 25 cents for the lot i provided various coins that equal that amount and it ll be up to him to decide which combination of coins to use this activity falls in line with our recent money matters lesson cards counters it s true we re a bit past this kind of work too but if i ve said it once i ve said it a million times repetition is a good thing plus i have a bazillion of these fruit counters and i ve been dying to use them i bought them at a garage sale a few months ago but i think you can buy them from lakeshore learning less than more than equal to i chose sea glass for this work and i think james will really like the look and feel of it the less than more than equal symbols come from this magnetic set lego math you can read more about this here skip counting i made these bead bars out of pipe cleaners and pony beds super easy the tiles come from our hundreds board still on our shelves telling time and sandpaper numerals science culture discovery tray it s been a while since i created a discovery tray for our shelves this one is full of ocean treasures shells coral sea glass and bits of pottery washed up after a hurricane a couple of years ago examining sand my husband found the idea for this activity here we ll put some sand on the white paper and make note of what colors and particles we see we ll do the same with the black paper and see if we notice anything different we ll use the jumbo magnet to see if any iron rich minerals stick to it we ll also talk about why bermuda sand is pink still on our shelves parts of the africa continent bag water experiments coming soon art music composer of the month verdi i often get asked what exactly we do with our com right now i m keeping it really simple i download that composer s music onto my ipod and we listen to those songs during our schooltime for the entire month i also print out a photo of the composer at some point we ll likely spend more time learning about the composer and the style of music but for now it s just not something james is interested in coloring book i printed this mini coloring book from abcteach circle time songs i can make these available just let me know if you re interested line art the idea here is simple james can use the ruler to create lines in various lengths and angles he can color the shapes in if he wishes to happy summer thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 8 00 am 24 comments labels art beach books diy activities fine motor fourth of july language learning tools math montessori poetry practical life science and nature sensorial saturday july 16 2011 lego math other activties we are lego fanatics i mean what s not to love about legos honestly aside from building and creating there are so many things you can do with them recently while playing with james i had a sudden brainstorm lego math i created this lego worksheet which has several basic addition subtraction equations on it james will need to find the sum in the little silver bucket and click it onto the worksheet for the symbols i used flat bumpless lego pieces and simply drew symbols on them with a permanent marker for the sum of zero i did something similar i used a flat piece stuck to another lego to provide a control of error i made sure each equation had the same color the thing i like most about this activity is that it has a sensory aspect to it the little bumps on the pieces have such a pleasant feel to them when traced with a finger i m all about tactile learning and i love that it helps to cement concepts into the brain we ve used legos in our learning time in the past here are some other fun and educational things you can do with legos sorting by color size shape type number of bumps etc measuring a mystery bag here you d place several different kinds of legos in a bag and have a matching set available on a tray have your child close their eyes and reach their hands in and feel one of the pieces they ll need to match it to one of the pieces on the tray painting stamping graphing music theory abc 123 simply build jumbo letters and numbers we did this for james when he was first learning his name bingo there s a free printable for this spinny speller i ve seen this idea all over the web but here s a great example picture matching organizing ok so this may not be fun to everyone but this is my idea of a really good time i purchased these containers and blissfully entertained myself for hours for even more ideas hop on over to pinterest and enter legos into your search holy lego mania batman thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 4 00 pm 14 comments labels diy activities learning tools math wednesday june 8 2011 money matters an intro to money shopping we re starting to learn about money over here james likes playing with coins and has been asking what each one is and what it s for so i created some nomenclature cards and we had a fun lesson about money last week first we matched some jumbo coin cut outs i found at the local teacher s supply store then we matched real coins to the cards we also talked a little about the images on each coin next i talked about how different countries use different kinds of money and then i introduced and we matched some bermuda cards and coins then i talked a bit about why we use money i explained how each coin is worth a certain amount and that the things we buy cost a certain amount and that we must use money to buy those things next we played store i found a bunch of random items and i labeled them with stickers each sticker had a value on it i gave james some coins and a basket and he excitedly shopped for things when he selected the items he wanted he brought them to me aka the cashier and purchased them to keep it very simple we addressed each item individually i would take the sticker off the item show him the amount and he would select the appropriate coin from his loot he did a great job and gave me the correct coin each time which i thought was great considering he was working with two types of currency this was such a fun game for both of us james was so funny about shopping he s a lot like me in that he takes forever to make a decision about whether or not a certain item is worth the purchase he was saying things like well i already have one of those so i really don t need it ha a happy customer if you d like to download my money cards click here note there is also bermuda currency included in this file since we use both us and bermuda currency here on the island it s 1 1 i wanted james to be familiar with both fun tip you could always print out the bermuda cards and add them to your north america continent box bag as always my printables are for your personal use only please do not sell or offer them in a giveaway thank you thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 8 30 am 14 comments labels math printables sunday june 5 2011 on our shelves june our theme this month is dinosaurs truth be told james is neither here nor there when it comes to dinos but i thought we d give it a go anyway we finished up our farm theme at the end of last week so tomorrow is our first day with the dinosaurs oh btw how many of you knew that the beloved brontosaurus has been declared scientifically redundant and now has a slightly different 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