Day two
I love second grade, just love it. I am probably going to say that a lot this year. The trickster tales are so much fun and they leave Drew with such a twinkle in his eye. We had a great morning of homeschooling again. I have started using rhymes and fingerplays from this sweet little book.
It was published back in 1904– I just love that. Phoebe loves the fingerplays and will often do them throughout the day. She even tried to teach a few to Haddie which was very sweet.
And that is a good segway to Hadley, the ever present busy body who wants to be the center of my world at every wakeful moment. It is complicated to homeschool with a toddler. Complicated. But I have been experimenting with a few things and I think I know what works. I have to keep her busy with something special while we are reading, otherwise she wants to be on my lap nursing or squirming or chattering. We did a few days with her in the tub (she loves baths!) while we all sat in the bathroom to read a story. This was not ideal, but it worked. Yesterday I pulled out her favorite toy and it kept her busy for our whole morning story.. what is her favorite toy you ask? I am a bit embarrassed to say it is a box of assorted tampons. She takes them out and puts them in all of the little boxes. Great fun. Today I put a few felted beads in a basket and gave her tweezers. She had a ball
I hope to rotate things like this to keep it interesting and new for her.
The big kids also started race clinics again. It is a big group this year and they had a good first night. For the next 8 weeks we will be eating, sleeping and breathing skiing.
Yea!
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Ha! That is hilarious about the tampons!!!