A Different Kind of Thursday
Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:10AM I have officially started math with Eliana and she has been enjoying it! Kindergarten math is fun, you know.
Today she was sorting pattern blocks by color. She knows how to sort already, but I'm following the book, loosely. We are doing the calendar work and I'm combining lessons as I go since she has been exposed to a lot of what is in the beginning, especially. It was fun to watch her, and she totally understood that the hexagons are made up of two trapezoids, three rhombuses, and six triangles. You know, I'm not even entirely sure that those are the right designations off the top of my head, but it's late and I need to clean up the hallway before I go to bed. That is a whole separate blog post, the hallway is.
After sorting, she picked two colors to make a design with. She made several designs instead of one. She's a rebel.
Christian stayed home today, for a couple of reasons, and so he was along for the ride. He had a scenario going, and I never was quite sure what was going on. The bears were either hiding or buried. I couldn't get a straight answer. (I'm pretty sure I've written a very similar paragraph in another post before.)
She designed.
And designed.
I like watching her toes. They are very wiggly.
She liked having Christian around (mostly).
And she wanted her picture with her design, of course.
What was fun is that Christian looked at what she made and exclaimed,"It's a person!" Which it was.
I can't say I got much schoolwork done with them today beyond that. Christian was home and it changed the dynamic. And while there were a couple of times that I had to send them to their rooms just to settle down and let me have some quiet for ten minutes, there were also peaceful moments.
I'd say at least two!
So while I abandoned the idea of getting schoolwork done, I tackled Mission: Impossible the project of cleaning Michaela's room. I dragged (drug?) everything out of there, except for large furniture. Then I only put back in what belongs in there, and only in its proper place. Her desk is still a disaster, but everything else looks quite good, and she gave me helpful input regarding what could get tossed and what she wanted to keep. We came up with reasonable and logical storage places. Score!
And now to attend to the hallway. It's still reeling from the indignity of being turned into a closet. Or worse, a dumpster.
Reader Comments (2)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching wiggly toes, too. And ahh, the tangrams. They took prominence in my 2nd grade classroom by math lovers and haters, alike. Sometimes, when I read one of these posts of yours, I pretend that we live down the street from each other and that you make me brave enough to attempt to homeschool my kidlets. And then, I eat another devil dog and just decide to read your adventures, instead. ;)
I think I might be able to teach math until the second grade level and then I'd have to find someone else to do it. I like the math Eliana is doing.