Our First Talk About Boys

Imogene: Mom, I'm a girl.

Mom: Yes, you are.

Imogene: I'm a girl and I like flowers. And I like boys.

Mom: Since when do you like boys?

Imogene: I like flowers, too.

Mom: Yeah. But let's get back to these boys. You like them?

Imogene: Yeah. I like boys. I like it when they are nice to me.

Mom: Um. Okay.

Imogene: But sometimes boys are mean. I don't like that. I like it when they are nice.

Mom: Well, let's talk about those flowers now.

Habitat

We have started preschool homeschool. In science, we are learning Zoology. (Mom note: We are using The Kingfisher Animal Encylopedia with The Well Trained Mind model for science.) Last week, our topic was Habitats. We went to the zoo to get a closer look at animal habitats. It was a lot of fun. As usual, I enjoyed seeing the lions and Imogene enjoyed seeing the pandas. We had read lots of library books about different animal habitats, so it was fun to see which ones the animals live in. We tried to find the food, water, and shelter in each animal habitat. We saw the otters and pandas being fed, so that was cool. We also got to play on the zoo playground, which is really the highlight of the zoo trip. One of these days Mom needs to let us go to the zoo just to play. Daddy got to come to the zoo with us, too! - Aidan

Reading

We have started preschool. Yeah, we know most kids are getting OUT of school, but we are ready! We have been working on science- zoology! And we've begun our reading book. (Mom note: We are using The Ordinary Parent's Guide To Teaching Reading by Jessie Wise.) We love our lessons, but they are short. We begged Mom for more. She wouldn't do more than one lesson a day, but she was happy to give us more work on our daily lesson. What extra work? Well, we make alphabet pillows. Mom says I will have a collection of 26 by the time we are done. That seems like an awful lot, but Mom knows her letters. We love making these pillows with Mom. She lets us "shop" her fabric scraps for pieces of fabric to make our letters. Then she shows us how she pins and cuts out the pattern. Then we take turns sitting with Mom while she sews them. While she sews, we practice our letter rhymes and repeat the alphabet for her. We also talk about all the words we can think of that begin with the letter we are making. It is lots of fun! Aidan loves his pillows so much, he takes them everywhere! We'll be reading before you know it! - Imogene