Spelling Interesting Words
Allison is very proud that she can now sound out words. I attended Parent Observation Day in which she sounded out little pink cards with words like Rug, Pup, Cup, Mug and then put the cards next to little objects. Accordingly, I’ve dug out an early reading work at home. Basically the work consists of little Scrabble-like tiles and mats with 3 letter words. Object is to put the tiles on the appropriate words and sound them out. To scale the work for Katherine, Steve started rearranging tiles to create more challenging words. Allison decided to participate – putting together different tiles “COSO.” She then declared, “Look Dad….Costco!!”
We’ve also started “math minutes” for the Katherine. She now does as many simple addition, subtraction problems in a minute as she can. Allison has decided she needs to participate too. Tonight she did four little addition problems (ex. 1+1, 2+1, 2+2, 3+1), and wrote the answers….backwards! Katherine was highly amused that Allison’s 2s, 3s and 4s are pretty much all backwards, but resisted the temptation to say anything. ๐
Happy Valentine’s Day
The girls both had Valentine’s Day parties the last couple days. Allison’s party was Thursday afternoon, and Katherine’s was this morning. For Allison’s party, we had little activities like beaded bracelets, bookmarks, cards and tattoos. I really enjoyed this party, and it was a great opportunity to meet Allison’s little classmates. She was so proud to have her mom at the party. Her little face beamed as I walked in with materials – and all her friends sat at circle waiting for the party.
Katherine loved her party. She came home with her bag bulging with party favors and cards. She also helped the parent volunteers put party bags in lockers while her classmates were on the playground.