Letter "B" Day

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Today was letter "B" day!!!  We started our lesson with a scavenger hunt.  I sent the boys off to find three things in the house that started with the letter "B" and they had to bring them back to their desks.  They were super-speedy!  Then we did a worksheet where they had to circle all the letter "B"s on the page.  Then we practiced writing big B's and little b's.  Caleb is definitely more interested in practicing his letters and is a little better at writing them.  After our writing practice, we did some cutting practice again.  This time I had drawn lines on black paper.  It was good practice for the boys to try cutting on the lines, plus we needed some black strips for our art project!  If Caleb is better at writing his letters, Matthew is definitely a bit better at cutting.  Matthew was able to cut out beautiful strips!  Then we used the strips to make a little bumblebee.  It was the boys first time using glue and they loved it!  I expected giant gobs everywhere, but they were actually pretty good with it.  I do have to admit that letting them do their craft projects 99% on their own is really hard for me!!!  I want to help them so it turns out just right, but I know I have to quiet my OCD and let them to their own cutting and pasting, even though it means a messy mash that barely looks like what it was meant to  :)  But hey- we knew this was going to be a learning experience for all of us!!!  Our last letter "B" activity was to read one of our new birthday books Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies.  It is full of letter B alliteration and made a perfect story for today.  Plus, the drawings are totally adorable and there's lots of fun "adult" things in the pictures that the boys ask me to explain...  and its so cute when they get them and chuckle!  I also just learned that Brian Lies has a whole series of Bats books.  We have Bats at the Library and when we found the beach book I realized that there is a whole series!  Woohoo!  More books to buy!!!


Caleb's scavenger hunt finds- Bear, Book, Blocks

Matthew's scavenger hunt finds- Bowl, Bun, Book

Circle the B's

Writing practice

Cutting practice

Making Bees!!!

Woohoo!  Our first time using glue!!!

Bumblebee!