We decided to educate Lily ourselves. Most people would assume then that one or both of us function in a teaching role. Well, not exactly. A few years ago, while trying to come up with a plan that would meet Lily’s intellectual needs without me feeling like I was constantly playing catch up, and while […]
Stairs
Have you ever tried to build a stair case, or even a couple steps where there were none? If you haven’t tried, unless you are just inordinately gifted in geometry, especially if you’re too stubborn to follow a simple math formula, then you have NO CLUE how challenging it is (if you want them straight […]
Littlest Pet Shop – Visual Comparison
Lily found this great visual comparison game on LPS’s site. She gets a bit impatient, but seems to enjoy the challenge. The neurological development necessary to support this level of comparison intrigues me and I am looking for more information that describes what’s going on in the mind at this stage, to allow for […]
Fossils, Tea Party Invitations, and Returning
Cecily made fossils with me today. She discovered what plaster can do, the unique properties of silica, and the term, “paleontologist”. She also discovered she could sound out the word, “bacteria”!!! Just so long as I didn’t pay any attention or realize she was doing it… Her level of development in the area of literacy […]
BRAVE fille
Lily is sometimes Merida, sometimes Elinor as a bear, and today, she’s a little and nice version of Mor’du. She’s beginning to memorize the movie in French.. We ordered a How to Draw Brave Characters book, which has been in constant use since its arrival. First, she now knows what a character is… Second, she […]
Multiple Sets of Wings
“I’ve got multiple pairs of wings, but one of them is smooshed…” She wants to go out in the snow in her boots, tights, and dress without sleeves.
Windmill Anyone?
She made a windmill… Well, a wind spinner, but she calls it a windmill. She designed, created, constructed, and presented. Then she told me she was frustrated because it didn’t spin I asked if she wanted to make it spin, she said no, but that it didn’t (in a somewhat disappointed tone). I am […]
Pipeline, er Shower… OR, Turning Water into Air
Ok, so Lily is an inventor now. She’s also a scientist. Reader? Well, if it suits her, yeah… but don’t try to get her to read something you want her to. AND DON’T let her know you know she read something after the fact… way uncool. She’s picked up some new comebacks and comments of […]
What's New
Well, lots. She’s officially a rock climber now. She’s “Crazy Good”, self proclaimed and readily agreed by both the mama and the climbing instructor Amy. She can scale and traverse like she’s been doing it for years! She doesn’t like the racing afterwards, however, as she still has not figured out how to insist the […]
Let's Build a Boat
This morning, while we were watering the sunflowers in Lily’s labyrinth (maze eventually, after they grow a bit), she decided she wanted to build a boat. She brought to my attention a rock that she had placed in a bowl, and asked for a bin of water. I decided we’d have some fun. 🙂 […]