I’ve been on furlough from homeschooling the past couple of weeks mostly because I was a bit burned out and looking forward to the summer. But there is no stopping DJ. He’s like the Energizer Bunny, if anyone recognizes that reference. As mentioned in recent posts DJ has been crazy about math lately. Last week, he selected the Pink Tower for the first time in a long time so he could count the number of cubes. As he was putting…
I’m terribly late in writing this post. It should have been written at the end of last week but I just didn’t feel like it. So thank you for waiting patiently! Since there wasn’t anything new on the shelves last week, DJ selected some old favorites. The Land & Water forms hadn’t been touched for months but he started off the day with an eager “let’s do these!” I was impressed with how much he remembered. He still can’t say…
Happy Valentine’s Day! Although I don’t do much with themes, DJ did participate in a Make & Mail Valentine exchange in his toddler playgroup this year. I was so incredibly impressed with the way he chose to paint the hearts. It made me a little sad to not be able to keep them! DJ was playing with his markers the other day, stacking them together and counting them. So I pulled out his number rods to compare each set of…
We didn’t do any formal school time this week and probably won’t next week either. ‘Tis the season for celebrating! And learning hard lessons on being patient while waiting for exciting holidays. DJ received the Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards for his birthday. His initial response was frustration when he didn’t have the dexterity to make the patterns without the tiles sliding all over. After getting some great advice, I began playing with the tiles without the pattern…