School these days is all about letters and maps, maps and letters. We have now done 13 of the 40 sounds, or about a third. I’m really impressed with DJ’s memory for sounds. And I’m beginning to catch him outside of school time exploring words on his own such as h-h-hat. And we haven’t even done /h/ yet! A new addition to our language shelves is a sand tray. It is used to practice writing letters without needing to use…
For his 3rd birthday, DJ received a camera, and not just any camera… a Nikon Coolpix S32. The key features of this camera when purchased for a 3 year old? Waterproof to 33ft, Shockproof to 5ft and only a few, large, easy-to-use buttons. And he loves it! In the three months since he has had this camera, he hasn’t taken any masterpiece photography, but he has captured some interesting shots. Well, some may only be interesting to him, but here…
I had to work on Saturday and when I came home in the afternoon, I was greeted by DJ screaming “Webakedbread! Webakedbread!” He was SO excited. And the best part? My husband took pictures! So this is how to bake bread with dad while mom’s at work: Measure ingredients Whisk Add yeast Stir Pound Pound Pound Bake in pan Enjoy!
We continued our sandpaper letter work this week. The Keys of the World albums I use suggest that once you start, all the letters should be completed rather quickly in just a few weeks. We started with three (a, c & m), then added two more (d & t) and today added two more (s & p). Before adding the latest two, we did a review of the first 5 by playing a sorting game. I piled all our objects…