July 27, 2026

Month: August 2014

A Mind Wide Open, Art, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Developing Self, Drawing, Engineering, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination, Language, Lils, Literacy, Playing, Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Storytelling / Recollection, Writing

Cecily, the Author

Watch out MO!! Lily’s on the trail! – Rebecca Lily decided yesterday, after playing the Stickman game (browser version), to write her first book, “A Big Hotdog”! Today, she wrote her second book, “A Mermaid”.  Both are of her “Stickman” series.      

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A Mind Wide Open, Art, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Creative Solution Generation, Developing Self, Economics, Empathic Awareness, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination, Kindness, Lils, Literacy, Self Esteem, Social Development, Writing

First Tangible Letter – Mailed

Lils brought this picture she created for her grandma to me today, folded in an envelope, hoping to send it off to Denver (where Grandma lives).  I worked with her to create a second envelope for mailing, as her first had her image folded into a fully 4 dimensional object. I explained the machines, sorting, […]

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A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Lils, Literacy

Pigeon

Lily says, “Wait a minute, I need a Pigeon book….” “I want all of the Pigeon books, except the one that says, “The Pigeon Loves Things That Go”. “You didn’t love that one?” “Nah.” “Why?” “Because it was only six pages… but I suppose I could get it again, it was good. I’ve already read three […]

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