An unplanned lesson

Part of Caley's school is just the everyday things we do. I know that every other mom does these things with their kids, but I *try* to look at everyday things as an essential part of her (and Amelia's!) education. The Monday/Friday "school" days are just a dedicated time we do for teaching reading explicitly. Amelia often sits in her high chair while Caley and I do her reading book. She usually eats a snack or looks at a book. She was looking at Caley's reading book recently and pointed to the letters and made a noise, like she was reading it too! 

So part of school on Monday was that Caley made her first sandwich (thanks for the idea Tamara)! It was her favorite, peanut butter and honey.

Another part of school on Monday, or rather just a reason to get out of the house, we went to the Mukilteo Lighthouse playground. I set the girls lunch, including the sandwich in a plastic bag, on a picnic table, walked away to play with Amelia, and some CROWS started pecking at it! Darn crows! And dumb Mommy... 

There were some holes in the sandwich bag, which meant we had to throw it away because birds could carry disease. It was so sad! Caley's first sandwich and she lost it to the crows. Sorry sweetie...maybe next time. Monday's lesson was one in dissappointment. You can't teach that in "school" on Mondays and Fridays at the kitchen table.

Caley sounding out some words...

with Mom's help, but nevertheless she's making great progress! Enjoy!



By the way, Bill can say words like silver, candle, and meat loaf! We'll be updating our "Billy's Classroom" blog soon with that video!

Potato Prints and Printing

Last week we did potato prints because I (Mommy) had a bunch of extra potatoes that were going to go bad. Although I forgot that some letters would be backwards when printed (give me a break, I went to public school!). Nevertheless, Caley was able to identify a few of the letters and even spelled (with my help) "sat" and "star."


We've also been practicing printing letters. By putting the worksheet pages in a plastic sleeve and using a wipe-off marker, the pages can be used and re-used infinitely! Here Caley practices "Rr."

Today I went Mommy's work (Wonderland Developmental Center) and I played. My favorite was playing in the balls. Then we went to Playland and I watched 2 movies at Playland.

I had to stop at WDC for a few minutes so the kids played in the classroom and motor room and had a blast. There was a wood box with colored McDonald's balls and a slide going into it. That was Amelia's favorite too. Caley showed some awesome motor skills rolling on the foam pads and swinging in the swing. Not that motor skills are necessarily a problem, but she's usually very timid with those things and is coming out of her shell. Amelia's a little more fearless.