Tuesday, June 19, 2018

New Season of Letter of the Week

I tried, and failed, to start preschool with Buddyboy this year while Babycake was at school. He was vaguely interested in learning shapes and counting, would do a craft if I laid it all out for him, but really he was happy to just run rampant.

This summer however, Babycake was provided some instruction to keep her counting, reading, and writing, sharp over summer, and suddenly Buddyboy is into learning as well! I wasn't too surprised to see him sit contentedly for 10 mins crafting and singing letter songs while across the table his sister is doing her own work. Whatever she does, he has to do as well.

So While I've been having Babycake work on her words and numbers each morning with breakfast, I've had Buddyboy practicing his letter sounds and making crafts to go with each letter. It has been such a success! So far Buddyboy knows most shapes at sight, can count on his own to 20 (mixing a number here or there), and knows A is for alligator and apple, and E is for elephant without any help. As far as colors go, everything is yellow, or blue. We're watching to see if he has some color blindness.

In the end, I couldn't be more pleased with his sudden interest in specified learning. We have read every day of his life, and we discuss how things do and don't work b/c he's asking, but I've not been able to sit down with him long enough to specifically point out a 'triangle has 3 sides.' I'm pumped and hope I have the stamina to keep this up once school starts back up and I switch back working mornings instead of evenings. I'd like to at least get 3 days in of preschool-esc education in a week, but wouldn't be surprised if it becomes once or twice a week. Keep your fingers crossed for me!





Kindergarten Graduate

Well. Babycake did it! She made it through her first year of school. She LOVED it. I could not have asked for a better teacher. Mrs. B. was about as Montessori as you can get in a public school. Addison loved her, her class, the bus ride and driver... pretty much everything about school.

Not only did Babycake finish off her first year of school but she also finished her first year as a Girl Scout. One year of Daisies in the bag! Some how I got roped into helping lead the troop... Oh well. Babycake enjoyed the time I spent with her and her friends. That's what matters.

Month schedule of words and numbers for each day
Now we are half way through summer. Life is just flying past. Mrs. B. sent home a little practice binder with all of her 'Kinder friends' so the kiddos could continue their learning and stay fresh over break. Babycake and I are LOVING this! As we all know, Babycake is a bottomless pit when it comes to her desire to learn, so this was such a relief for me that we were provided a layout for education over the summer. The first week, Babycake was all about her dry erase binder work. Currently, she is all about Sciencefusion. She does it all, its just fun to see what each of her favorites are each week.
My schedule I adjusted for what was provided and fits in our schedule


Number of the Day
Word of the Day