Our first day of homeschooling started out
with a whimper on a casual note. Our letter of the week is A (obviously). A lady for whom I tutor gave us some animal crackers for Miss F yesterday, so I took advantage of the opportunity. Miss F found the baggie today, and we counted out crackers for her snack. We talked about "A is for animal crackers" and tried to identify the animals as she ate them. As a kid, I remember the animals being much more distinct, but we gave them all names anyway.
We got several books from the library, and read the first one: It's A! by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann. It's a nice little book about the sounds A makes and the words that start with and include those sounds.
While at the library, I also picked up Let them Play by Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger. It's funny, since I'm trying to institute a somewhat vaguely structured learning experience, and at the same time, I am interested in and am actively pursuing learning through play. I can't wait until we move, because poor Miss F has been stifled in the play arena due to the nature of our yard. Since almost everything in our yard is edible, she tries to rip up and eat everything she can find. That means that I have to watch her constantly - not because I'm afraid that she'll hurt herself, but because I'm afraid we will have no plants left when she's done. Everything that's not gardened is on a steep slope. So she can either play on the hill, or on the very splintery deck. Poor kiddo.
Tomorrow is Mr. B's first day back to work since Miss C's birth, so I'll get my first full day experiencing life as a SAHM of two.
