So I explained to her how to count how many sides a shape has while drawing it. I drew a square, triangle, then a circle and dragged out the word “one” while I drew it. I then had her repeat it. She did.
After sorting the shapes first by number of sides, then by number of corners, I handed her a worksheet to do.
I guess she still needed a little bit more of an explanation. haha
So I went over it again, having her repeat the same exercise as before, then having her draw shapes with a specific number of sides I called out. Once she had it, I asked her again how many sides and corners a circle had. She answered both correctly.
After Math, we again breezed through Reading Comprehension with “Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash”. She recalled some details, answered questions, and did her worksheet.
I set her up with another Math game, then headed in the back where Z practiced his shapes. After completing the puzzle, I put some dry oats in a pan and had him draw shapes in it. He loved drawing circles and can’t quite move his fingers abruptly enough to draw any other shape, but he tried. He loved this, and after some directed time, I gave him a few minutes to scribble in it.
We then headed out to the table to see which Mother Goose poem would be recited today. Babe picked “Little Bo Peep”...it figures, another sheep-themed one!
After I told Babe the whole story of Little Bo Peep (again, I have no idea where Calvert is getting their versions because I’ve never heard of it. I mean, did you know the sheep lose their tails? And Bo finds the tails hanging in a tree?!) I asked Babe to only learn and recite the first verse - the most common way to way Little Bo Peep. Once she did, it was time for craft time.
I grabbed some cotton balls again and repeated the direction from yesterday for Z to draw a circle and glue the cotton balls inside. For Babe, I asked her to draw a sheep. I then asked Babe where the sheep went in the poem?
“They hid in the grass!”
Pretty accurate. So then we headed outside and gathered grass, leaves, pine needles, and other things that sheep could hide behind.
Once gathered, we headed back inside to glue the gathered items on top of the sheep, to hide them from Bo Peep.
Both loved this activity. Even Z sat there and glued for longer than normal!
After clean up, it was outside play time, which is getting shorter and shorter because it’s already so unbelievably hot outside. So while outside in the shade, Babe and I discussed how people in Alaska live.
“In Alaska, the sun hardly ever leaves the sky. That means it’s almost always daytime! They need special curtains in their rooms that block out the sunlight when they go to bed.”
“Whoa! Does it always snow?”
“No, it doesn’t always snow, but it’s pretty cool all year.”
“Wouldn’t it be so fun to be in Alaska right now? So we wouldn’t be so friggin hot?”
ha! Cute.
After lunch, I had Babe continue with her story. Again, she found it hard to stray from dialogue, but she ended up with two sentences that I approved of. I’m kind of excited to hear the rest! You should be, too.
And with that, Tuesday ended.
Woo!
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