The Name Song

To the tune of B-I-N-G-O:

There is a boy,
He is the best!
And Trevor is his name.
T-R-E-V-O-R
T-R-E-V-O-R
T-R-E-V-O-R
And Trevor is his name.

It works no matter how long or short the name is, you just have to sing the letters faster or slower. Dash (aka Trevor-- yes, I debated on posting this, but he is very proud of his poster...) is into writing his name on everything. He kept leaving the vowels out, though: "TRVR"

So we used this idea, and created a poster (overlook the imperfections!), so I could sing and point. After referring to the poster for a day, he is now writing his name correctly! YAY! (although still not holding the pencil with the correct grip, but that will come....)

Next, we practiced with foam paint stampers:

I'm so proud of this boy! He is an excited kindergartner.

Now I need to make a poster for my Little Lad. He already knows how to spell his big brother's name, thanks to the song. :-)

It's also time to break out the color songs!! Wow, third time around. It feels weird to be starting kindergarten with another child.
If you know of other learning songs, please inform me. It helps us a lot! :-D
We usually focus on one per week, as part of morning "circle time."

Works for Wendy Wednesday-- Word Wall

One of the bloggers that I frequent has Works for Me Wednesday. For the life of me, I can't remember who it is now. So, if it's you, jot me a note and let me know. I appreciate the idea!! And, you know, imitation is the purest form of flattery. :-)

So, today's Works for Wendy is The Word Wall! We used wrapping paper as our "wall." I actually would have used a solid color, so it would be less distracting, but I didn't have any, so my Dayspring crosses had to do. Doesn't hurt to have Bible verses behind Ethan's words!!

Every time we add new words to his weekly spelling, we will add them to our wall. Of course, if we run out of space all we have to do is hang up more wrapping paper! I'm trying to group the words according to kind: pronouns, colors, position words.

This will be "officially" added to our schedule now, in the morning routine. And more on that later, perhaps in the next Works for Wendy Wednesday! :-)