DJ had his first art class with our homeschool co-op for kids 3-6 years old. He was supposed to start last week, but he was sick so we had to miss it. I was SO sad. But today, he was able to go and he “HAD A LOT OF FUN”! (His words as we left to get lunch). This is his masterpiece from the class. The class is set up to be an open-ended style. The leader provides art materials…
I finally got the courage to bring out the World Map puzzle. DJ loves it! I showed him how to match the puzzle pieces to the control sheet. This will become more important when we get to maps like the US or Asia where there are a lot of little tiny pieces. I’ve also begun teaching him the continent names using the continent song on this youtube video. There are many, many versions of this song but DJ likes this…
DJ received these new-to-us Lacing Cards this week. I bought them secondhand for $10 and they’re great. They are 9×12 heavy cardboard with adorable pictures of various tools. Perfect for a little guy. He’s selected them several times already. In addition to being fun, it is great for fine motor dexterity of his hands. Pulling the thread through the hole requires the same 3-finger grasp of a proper pencil grip for writing. It also helps to teach order and sequence…
This was a really light week in terms of Montessori activities. DJ has been making a lot of progress with potty training and I’m wondering if that has him preoccupied. We’re so excited though to see success in that area. Still a long way left to go though, but we’ll take all the forward momentum we can get. Maybe there wasn’t a lot of “school work” this week, but DJ did his share of gross motor activity. We went to…