Hands on Learning

Our preschooler is an active little boy who loves to be involved in learning, listening to books, and doing projects.

Here's a highlighted tour of some of his most recent learning activities.

Learning about colors...

Isn't this a nice shade of blue?

He created his own tint of blue by thoroughly mixing the 'regular' blue with white. 

Learning letters...

Then he proceeded to flatten and cut out shapes. 

At one point he cried out,

"Mommy, I made a letter J!"

Do you see the "J" of the umbrella's handle?

Days later, he asked me, "Mommy are you wearing your I shoes?"

I was wearing these sandals.

Do you see the "I" on the buckle?

Learning sounds and spelling...

While sitting on the side line waiting for a football game to start,

my husband helped him identify letters by their sounds.

"Good!  Now what sound do you hear at the end of cat?"

They were using the book: Spelling Bee: Magnetic Read & Spell Book.

Learning about rhythm...

Playing Daddy's drums

Learning about nature...

We found this caterpillar at a park, and captured it for a time of observation.

'Gus' the caterpillar

Learning about families...

We helped him find friends family for Gus.

(He was insistent that they were all family.)

I love how they all didn't have to look alike, or even be the same type of caterpillar! 
To him, they were family.

Names of the caterpillar family, after much consideration and deliberation:

Gus (the large green one)

Harry

Harrietta

Henrietta

Tiny (the littlest)

and

Sandwich

Learning to say good-bye...

Eventually, we had to release the caterpillars.

Good-bye Gus!

My husband spent several minutes comforting our son

 after the release of Gus and his family.

Today, I've linked this post to Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations.  To see what other preschoolers are up to, click here.