When everything remotely flat is getting used as a bookmark. DH and I were looking for a coupon the other day and Becca said, "Oh, I used it as a bookmark..." I had two small envelopes sitting on a shelf by the door, waiting to be mailed. I discovered one in a nearby book, being used as a bookmark. And I was just putting away some of Sylvia's BOB books from this morning's reading (she read 5-8 of the first set) when I noticed one missing. Where was it? You guessed... being used as a bookmark.
And it doesn't do any good to have bookmarks either. Any other reading families can attest - those things disappear. I cut a whole stack of bookmarks out of cardstock a few months ago and there's no trace of them now. I use clothing tags, yarn tags, and perfume sample cards (the real cardboard ones that come with a mini-vial).
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
This is my life (for you WTMers)
This is for anyone who visits here from the WTM boards - it looks so calm and quiet there because I don't have the girls in my siggy! Well, here's a little snippet of what the girls are REALLY like:
My grad-level distractor and disruptor is on the left and my six year old stretcher is on the right!
My grad-level distractor and disruptor is on the left and my six year old stretcher is on the right!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Because I can...
Becca is sitting next to me on the couch, reading Ramona the Pest. On her own.
Sylvia read two Level 1 Barbie books this morning, almost completely on her own. She kept bringing the book over to me and asking, "What's this word?" and I'd tell her, and she'd wander back to the chair, reading the sentence aloud again. I was flabbergasted, especially since this is the same Barbie book we bought Becca last year and were pleasantly surprised when she read the whole thing (3 Level 1 books and 3 Level 2 books) on her own, only needing help with proper names. And a mere year later, Sylvia can read some stories from it!
Sylvia also has been enjoying sitting in on our math lessons. We're stepping back and using Right Start level A, a K level curriculum. I want Becca to loosen up and have fun with math so she can truly master the basics. Anyway, it's all very simple and fun right now, and Sylvia likes to sit and listen and participate. She can sing all of "Yellow is the Sun," Right Start's song for remembering numbers from 6-10.
I'm pretty proud of both of my girls!
Sylvia read two Level 1 Barbie books this morning, almost completely on her own. She kept bringing the book over to me and asking, "What's this word?" and I'd tell her, and she'd wander back to the chair, reading the sentence aloud again. I was flabbergasted, especially since this is the same Barbie book we bought Becca last year and were pleasantly surprised when she read the whole thing (3 Level 1 books and 3 Level 2 books) on her own, only needing help with proper names. And a mere year later, Sylvia can read some stories from it!
Sylvia also has been enjoying sitting in on our math lessons. We're stepping back and using Right Start level A, a K level curriculum. I want Becca to loosen up and have fun with math so she can truly master the basics. Anyway, it's all very simple and fun right now, and Sylvia likes to sit and listen and participate. She can sing all of "Yellow is the Sun," Right Start's song for remembering numbers from 6-10.
I'm pretty proud of both of my girls!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Recent Becca and Sylvie-isms
A "Becca": It was way past her usual bedtime on Saturday (Feb. 28) and I was trying to do a few things on the computer. She was supposed to be lying down on the couch and going to sleep, but she was too full of energy. The lights were out, when suddenly she says, "Is today February 28?" Close to the end of my patience, I replied, "Yes it is." She exclaimed, "Then tomorrow is MARCH 1!!" Frustrated, I gave one of those silly hyperbolic parental responses: "Yes, but if you don't go to sleep, it'll never be March! It'll stay February forever!" A little voice responded from the dark beyond the computer screen's light, "No it won't." (In case you don't already know, she's excited about March because her birthday is coming up.)
Now a "Sylvie": Becca was doing some school work and Sylvia went into the kitchen to look at the US map. I went in to throw something away and Sylvia said, "Is this Tennessee where we live?" and pointed to TN. So I said yes, and then she pointed to Georgia - "And this is Georgia where Grandpa lives?" "Yes." "So when we went to visit Grandpa we drove from Tennessee down to Georgia (and she traced it on the map)." "Yep, sweetie, that's right!" She paused for a moment and then pointed at the western part of the map: "I don't want to drive over to Nineveh!"
Now a "Sylvie": Becca was doing some school work and Sylvia went into the kitchen to look at the US map. I went in to throw something away and Sylvia said, "Is this Tennessee where we live?" and pointed to TN. So I said yes, and then she pointed to Georgia - "And this is Georgia where Grandpa lives?" "Yes." "So when we went to visit Grandpa we drove from Tennessee down to Georgia (and she traced it on the map)." "Yep, sweetie, that's right!" She paused for a moment and then pointed at the western part of the map: "I don't want to drive over to Nineveh!"
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