We had a busy few days this week so we didn’t do much with the Montessori shelves but as usual, there were a handful of activities. This is something that is most exciting for me. This folding activity has been on the shelves for months, gathering dust. In fact, the last time he worked with them was back in June. He couldn’t figure them out then, so he just rolled them like work mats. But today, he did it! He…
We’ve been home more than usual since DJ has had an early fall cold. So we had two good days of “school” this week. I presented the Trinomial cube to DJ after he moved a table in our spare room to get to where it was stored on a high shelf. A similar occurrence happened a few months ago with the Binomial cube and he surprised me with the ability to complete that puzzle rather easily. The Trinomial is quite…
I’ve had a project in my head for awhile that I finally completed this week! I’ve had this Tell Me About Today Calendar for awhile and I like it for a number of reasons. It’s relatively small, it has Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow in a logical order and the pillowy weather, season and date icons are fun. What I don’t like about it, at least for my 3yo pre-reader are all the words. So I decided awhile ago to replace…
I recently learned of this book for children that has no pictures, titled The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak. I watched the video linked at the end and instantly went to Amazon to buy it. Here is the book cover: It’s pretty plain, huh? Well, so is the rest of the book. Until you start reading. It came in the mail yesterday and I wanted to put DJ down for a nap so I suggested we take it…