I've been really excited to start a little home preschool with Ailey. I sorted through all of my past teacher stuff and pulled out anything that I thought we could use. Now, I don't intend to make it crazy structured and take out the fun and relaxed atmosphere of the day. I'm a huge advocate that we need to let kids have fun learning and then when they naturally ask questions, teach them how to dig deeper. So I thought we'd start easy, basic and just have fun. And what better place to start than with the letter "A", right? We sang an "A" song, made an Alligator hat and practiced writing A's in our moon sand and colored rice.
Then, at the end of the week during our "review" I asked her what letter we learned about and she stumbled a bit before yelling, "G"! -sigh- Back to another week of letter "A"! :)
In other, more boring news, we're repainting the outside of our house. Same color, less peeling is the plan. After 5 gallons of the wrong color we found the correct color and got to work. Like any project on a house built in the 40's, we're running into a bit more than we bargained for, but we keep chugging along, hoping that at least phase 1 of this project will be done before our Ohio winter settles in. And as I blog cuddled under a blanket in my 62 degree house looking at the gray sky and howling wind, we may be there sooner than we think. Boo!!
In the past month, Michael and I did find time to hit up an OSU game together and squeeze in some fall activities with the girls. I do love Fall, I just wish our "6 month" Winter wasn't right after it.
Stay tuned! We've got birthdays, milestones and other events to share from the Gill's soon!
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