Day 5

So, yesterday we had an opportunity to babysit the new cousin in our family. We had so much fun and that was a learning experience in itself! The bottle making, diaper changing and tummy time were so exciting to the little mommy in BabyGirl! She thoroughly enjoyed that!

Today we started off as usual with putting the date on the calendar, but today we also added "Lesson 1" since we're starting a new reading program today. After we finish our lesson for that day she will have a chance to put a sticker next to it on the calendar, and also draw a face for how she felt about it. She drew a smiley today! We're trying out the DISTAR method and so far so good. She did really well with the first lesson, and I love how it's not too much all at once. Just right for the small attention span. It was also interesting to her the way it was presented kind of like a game. It really stuck. It also gives me lots of practice on speaking the sounds correctly! :) We also did some mazes for writing practice and a letter search. Mazes and dot to dots are always a huge hit!

We did the number 5 in our number journal today along with the worksheets we have to go with it. We reviewed practice writing and counting 0-5 as well. We also did exercises on recognizing groups with the same number of items, recognizing more and less and matching one to one. As always, these worksheets and exercises are very enjoyable to her and she is excited about each and every one!

We sang some rhyming songs together and she taught me the ABC's this morning. She often teaches our dogs the ABC's as well when they attend her "dog school". She gets a pointer and tells them different words that begin with particular letters. It's so funny to watch! She yells "Time for dog school"...and they come running to see what they will learn today! She also uses her sidewalk chalk when showing them how to write. :)

We went on another nature hunt this morning and found all sorts of cool bugs, flowers and birds. We took pictures of them so we could identify them once we come inside. We took out paper and different pastels and made rubbings of all the leaves we collected. She loved doing this, and has sent some off to share with family.

On our outside adventure we also gave the dogs a much needed bath, and made them some "plum stew" since they are so plentiful on the ground under our tree. What a beautiful day to enjoy the outdoors!!