Tonight we went to my parents' house for dinner, and to help them with a few things. On the way there we were listening to Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants, the kids' new favorite album. It was on CJ's favorite, the Bloodmobile (nothing gruesome, tells all about how blood delivers food to your body, and moves the garbage out of it, etc., educational and interesting) when we pulled into the driveway. He told us he would like to wait until the track was over to get out of the car. We sort of looked at him, and paused the song. Neither of us had ever called it a track so we asked him how he knew the word, and he told us, because the radio says it is track 4. The digital display reads TRACK 4. He read it, spelled it, and read it again to us. All I can say is wow. He is reading words in unexpected places all the time, and recognizing rhymes in songs, books and poems. He also shows an affinity for numbers, knowing almost immediately what number you get when you add two more to a number, and immediately recognizing how many are in pictures showing up to 5 of something.
Enough of my bragging about CJ, Eliza bragging will come later in the week. Today was a successful and terrific day. Mason did a fantastic job today. He is showing CJ how to color! CJ had a bit of a freak out when it was time to color their red paper for their color book. He told me, "Mommy you know I do not like to color, I really don't want to do this!" I had to explain that sometimes we have to do things we don't like, and that he won't get any better if he doesn't do it more. Eliza and Mason just sat and colored and talked and did a wonderful job. They all colored their red paper, their A paper, and helped me come up with a list of red things, and words to add to the A letter word poster. We talked about the days of the week. We wrote down on a white board what today is. We talked about yesterday and tomorrow. We wrote down what the weather was, with a little picture to go with it. We drew this weeks shape, circle, on CJ's carpet, and on some drawing paper. We used the larger whiteboard to draw the number of the week, 1. I drew sets of items, and they had to tell me which ones showed one thing. I then drew 1 heart, 1 star, 1 circle and had them tell me which shape we are doing this week. They all enjoyed this activity and participated wholeheartedly. They get so excited about the activities we do. We listened to the Bug music while we had lunch and we danced around the living room. All the kids kept cleaning up as we moved from activity to activity, and room to room, with no nagging or hesitation. All three kids were helpful and attentive all day, and they really seemed to have a lot of fun.
Tomorrow we are going to read a story about alpacas, Eliza's and CJ's favorite animals. We are going to read some information about them and color a paper that shows their body parts. I found some great stuff on enchantedlearning.com. I think Friday after playgroup, I will take them to the Alpaca farm in Bozrah to show them the alpacas in person. This will be our A week field trip. We will be eating applesauce for breakfast, and asparagus with dinner. The kids are going to plan an A food dinner for the weekend. I am excited to see what they will choose. Tomorrow should be much nicer weather than the grey and gloomy weather of the past week. Looking forward to some outside time tomorrow. Thank you all for reading!
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