Felt and Googly Eyes!

I have been having a BLAST with teaching my kids! They are not old enough

for school yet, but old enough to learn! Ben has been reading for a few months now and amazes me with how fast he picks it up! Sounding out his words and starting to try to read signs around town! He is reading so many words and LOVES reading his Hooked on Phonics Books. He is on number 9 of level one already! The kids have their own way of learning, and he learns his words twice as fast on flash cards than in the book. So that is what we do! Here is his stack of cards, each with a word on it that he can read!

Hannah is reading too, and doing well. She is better at her math and numbers. It is interesting to see how she does better with numbers and Ben is not getting numbers so easy, and how Ben picks up the reading, while Hannah takes a bit longer. She is on book number 3 of level one and to me that is awesome for being 3 1/2!!

Ruthie girl is doing awesome on her colors and shapes and is starting her Letters and sounds! They (AND ME) Love the one on one time each day to learn our lessons!

This week I wanted to try to make my own flannel board and stories and lessons for them. So I jumped in and have been having a blast! The kids keep coming up with things for me to make I love trying my best to make them.

I went to Walmart and bought a moving box for $0.69 and some red felt that was on sale. Cut the board and taped it to stand in a triangle and covered the box! And there it was. A board where two kids could play at once on their own sides!

Here are some of the "requests" for me to make. Ghosts, sun, trees, cars and roads etc.

Here is the counting ice cream!!! Matching the scoop with the right number of sprinkles to the right cone!!! (ran out of tan for the cones so had to use what I had) Great for number recognition!

Got the shapes and patterns lessons in there too!

Need to work on my Noah, but the crowd I am working for is pretty easy to please!

Hannah's FAVORITE! NO MORE MONKEY'S JUMPING ON THE BED. (okay, I know they look like bears, but hey, I do my best!)

And Mama's personal FAV!!!! The Speckled Frogs! Great for counting and math!!!!

This all takes me back to teaching piano and making my own games and game boards to teach a student what they need to learn!!! I am excited about being able to use this tool with the kids for just about anything I can make out of felt! It is certainly not at "crafty" as other could do, but hey, the kids like it and that is all that matters. I know for most, this is pretty menial stuff, but for this stay at home mom, it is our little world right now and I am loving it! Priceless memories!