This has really been exciting for me. Especially since I've decided once we move into our new place (named "Little House" by Brea) to start my own variation of The Letter of the Week Curriculum.
I stumbled across one blog not too long ago (I wish I still had the link!) of a mom who made sure her children did a craft every day. It was awesome! I've always been told I was creative, but I wish I was as creative as some people I know!! Maybe this will help. :D
Each day once we begin this 'curriculum' we'll be doing a daily craft. I already have the first week done. I'm pretty excited! :)
Until then, we've been delving into phonics. We're not really using anything special except for a box of cute phonics card I picked up at the $1 bin at Target, and a dry erase book my daughter LOVES.
Brea has my attention span when I was her age. I remember the story my momma told me all the time; when I was young she was reading to me and my two sisters. Apparently I was climbing all over the place, hanging upside down from furniture and trying to stand on my head. She stopped mid-sentence and asked what she has been reading about, and I recited it all back to her. That is Brea!
When I first started using her flash cards, it was the typical scenario: look at the card, say "a".. what does A say?
Well, that stopped around "G".
Obviously I was going to have to do something a little different if I wanted to keep her attention span.
So we started laying out the cards in order on the floor, reenacting things that started with the letter we were working on. (example... J is for jump, so Brea would hold the card and go leaping about for a moment before laying it down)
We made it through the entire alphabet! I never have seen her attention held that long! It was really exciting to me, and she was so proud of herself!
See?
But you know who has been learning the most during these activities?
Me.
I learn so many things I do that don't work, and am learning what things do. I'm learning patience, flexibility, and a myriad of other things. I have so much to learn from this, and think sometimes that I am bringing away more from teaching Brea than even Brea is learning! It's pretty incredible. :)
So here is my blog. I will be updating it with random posts from our schooling, outings, crafts, and projects.
I hope you enjoy reading! :)
Oh, sorry if my writing is poor right now. I'm trying to write through a massive headache while the babies sing and dance around behind me watching Word World on Netflix. ;)
