I got out the lacing beads for K early in the week. He won’t lace for long but at least he will attempt it now! This day we mostly talked about the colors and shapes on the beads! It was a VERY musical week around our house, and I think it will be from now on. I used to teach… Read More
Piano Lessons!
We finally started piano lessons! I have been meaning to get serious about the lessons for about a year now and I finally researched and chose our books and we began the day they arrived in the mail! P has a natural desire (a HUGE one) to play the piano, so I knew I needed to put all those years… Read More
In the Works ~ Backyard Birds Lapbook
We began our Backyard Birds lap/notebook and we’re loving it! I let Pac-Man choose the birds we will study, with only 1 stipulation-he has to have seen one in either our backyard or the backyard of his grandparent’s down in NC (he bird watches a ton down there). For his first bird, he chose the White Throated Sparrow, which I… Read More
Cursive?
OK, so I knew it was coming but it has caught me off guard a bit. I have known from the beginning that Calvert introduces cursive (Calvert Script they call it) in 1st grade, but now that we’re here it is a bit emotional! My emotions didn’t really get to me until this was the assignment… He wrote his first… Read More
Handy Manny ~ Tot Book
I got Handy Manny done! K really likes Handy Manny so I went ahead and got this one done. The votes are now reset on the Tot Books main page, go and vote to help me decide which to make next!