Lettter of the Week ~~ X

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Please note...I am playing catch up a little on my posts (already??  I just got started on my blog!!  Yikes!!).  but seriously, I am trying to only work on one letter a week with Hayden (while reviewing the ones we learn as we go also), so this was actually last weeks letter, because this weeks letter is P.  I have asked him what letter he wants to learn about these past few weeks and he has told me which one to work on.  I thought this would be a fun way to get him started...before we get real serious! : )


So he chose the letter X last week.  That's kind of a hard one, but he is able to recognize it on paper and his magnets on the fridge now.  That night before we started I got out his xylophone because I knew how much he loves music but that is a really hard word to explain to a 3 year old, when it doesn't sound ANYTHING like the X sounds!!  One of his favorite songs to sing at night is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and when I was searching information on the internet for teaching the letter X, I came across crafts/activities on the First School website that worked great!  They also had a link to DSO Kids that allowed you to listen to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on a xylophone...how cool is that for Hayden!!  You can listen to it here also!!


So here is Hayden playing his xylophone to "You Are My Sunshine", until he decided he didn't want to be videoed anymore and just kind of stopped...lol!

~To The Moon And Back~