In this strange land we have stumbled upon, we find that patience is a scarce element and the natives will do just about anything to get to use scissors and glue...
Seriously, today was a little harder than yesterday. Not sure if it was because Jillian didn't like the plan for the day or if I didn't execute.
We started with breakfast this morning for our cooking lesson. She has been bugging me to make smoothies for a while, so using frozen fruit, yogurt and milk we made smoothies in the blender. She had about 1/3 of it before she decided she didn't like it. Truth be told, it needed to be sweeter.
When the alarm went off for school time, we started with the Calendar, then read Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater and worked on memorizing it. It was a color page that she had NO desire to color, she was more interested in free drawing. So free drawing it is.
Next, we moved onto numbers 1 and 2. One's are easy, twos not so much. We started out trying to free draw them and I remembered the trick with dots. I put dots on the page and she traces around to make the letters and numbers. I feel like this is something that every PreK and Kindergarten teacher instinctively knows and I'm really behind the curve. I am catching on, albeit slowly. I doubt I'll becoming a career PreK teacher in the future...
We have this really great wooden puzzle that has numbers and on the board part each number has a corresponding amount of items on it. Its good for counting and number recognition. So many ways to 'learn' the numbers without feeling like learning.
After numbers I had her cut simple squares of construction paper from strips. Then using school glue, she glued them onto an outline of a pumpkin. She insisted that the pumpkin have ears and arms... A few observations with the scissors and glue. she wants to make confetti out of everything and she doesn't use enough glue. I'm sure that both of these tendencies will come in handy later.
We finished off with a great Little People book about transportation. Lots of colors, counting and flaps to discover.
At 10:40 we called it quits.
Tomorrow is Family Story day at the public Library. I think we will go to that and take a tiny break from structure.
I think I need to say that our house is set up like "centers." She is allowed free reign to wander and play with toys, most of which are educational. We ask lots of questions and talk about 'school' things throughout the day.
I do really wish we were still napping...
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