Yeesh, the last two days have been full! Lily made a new friend yesterday, and today decided to roller blade with them (and the entire run of kids on our street), as well as Russ and I around the neighborhood. She has learned how to have mama on her blades while Lils enjoys a very […]
Flinging Planetary Rings – They Make Great Boomerangs!
We watched a Zula today on the planets and their rings. So, rings are made of ice, dust, and rock… “Mom? Why are the rings stuck around the planet like that? Why don’t the rings orbit on their own? Cecily comprehends gravity well. She also understands the relationship between orbits and gravity, as well as […]
Mama! I Can Do It (so, take your finger away and hush)!
Lily and I were reading before bed tonight and she did something she hasn’t done before; Lily insisted I not assist her in reading. She pulled my fingers from the words, put her fingers to my mouth, and told me to shhh and let her do it. Listen to the video (I didn’t want to […]
BOT
“Buh, ahh, tuh” “What’s that spell?” “Bot” “What letters make the word ‘bot’?” “Beeee, ohhhhh, ppeeee” “Those letters make ‘bop’.” “Oh, oh, oh, beeeeee, ohhhhhh, tuhtuhtuhteeeeee.” “Yep.” Lily is generating/spelling words both tangibly (like with fridge letters and foam, etc..) and virtually (abstract). In the last week, she has begun to decide to read […]
Numeracy: Addition, Subtraction, and a 5th Wheel
Well… she can add now. 🙂 She picked up three items tonight (tires, as it so happens – Legos) and said, and I quote, “I have three tires here, but I need one more cuz this car needs four. So, if I have one more tire then I’ll have four.” After a moment Mama said, […]
Friction, Fly Eyeballs, and Staring Contests
Today Lily learned that flies don’t have teeth. She also learned they spit on solid food to make it turn into a liquid, because their tongues are like straws. Flies don’t have stingers either, but Hobo Spiders bite. She was a Pest Investigator (see website – http://www.pestworldforkids.org/index.html ) We played all the games, which gave […]
A & T, Last Tuesday
On May 17, Cecily’s ability to read and build words solidified. While she is still developing an awareness and knowledge base of many of the letter combinations (since English is so straight forward, after all), she is demonstrating a reliable and solid comprehension of the concept of word construction, sound, parts of a word (at […]
Words, Words, Everywhere Words
Cecily is now not only recognizing some words (written), but is creating them. She regularly indicates the initial sounds and their letters of words as she chooses, and will ask for more information about the words sometimes. She is putting together patterns, similarities, and exceptions… and states her thoughts about each. Words that she’s familiar […]
Reptilian, Smelly and Slimey
Waitress Read Bracelet (make me more) What sort of lights are those? Abstract some? What does _________________ mean? …. A fav new game. What we did on Thursday.
Aug, 2010 | March, 2011
Then & Now And Now… She started spontaneously singing this, along with the dialog that follows. I tried to encourage her to give me a little more footage, but discovered singing in a whisper is well, I sound like I’m 6. AND she copies me (on the quiet factor). But, hey, it was worth it […]