Preschool?
Posted: September 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: activity, preschool, toddler 4 Comments »A few concurrent situations have been going on in Nerdhomemathfun:
- the 4-6 pm WITCHING HOUR. Holy CRAPP. Both the Little Scientist and I turn into screaming banshees for two hours after nap.
- a surge in preschool conversations at the playground. Who’s signing up for what, where and when. I know that we’re probably not doing formal preschool (at least for now) for fiscal reasons… And because I’m having WAY too much fun with my almost-2-year-old. Note: I reserve the right to change THAT opinion on an hourly basis.
- the amazing Diana over at Hormonal Imbalances has started blogging about home(pre)school. And while I will nevereverever be as organized as her, a girl can hope / admire / emulate.
DING DING DING DING DING!!
So here’s what I’m thinking: most days from 4-5:30 or 6, the LS & I are going to try to have a kind of structured activity time. (My hope too is that this helps prevent those days – that happen too often – where we get to bedtime and all the running we did all day was adult errands.)
Today, the inaugural day of Nerdschoolmathfun, we:
- fingerpainted (my autocorrect wants that to be fingerPRINTED. Doh.) for almost half-an-hour!!
- made and played with paint bags (pics below)
- played a hand-over-hand rope pulling game
- went outside and ran up and down our alphabet fence
- picked puffball dandelions and practiced blowing them off
- called Auntie K (hiiiiii!)
- unloaded the dishwasher (his “chore” along with sweeping)
My fave moment was when we were sitting outside & LS wanted his water bottle. He ran to get it, drank, stood and thought, grabbed MY water bottle and brought it to me. *MELTS* (That he then proceeded to dump water on my lap doesn’t negate the sweet intention, right?)
I welcome any and ALL ideas for how to make this time better for us both!!
Blobs of fingerpaint in a ziploc baggie, squeeze out the air and tape to a window. Will hold a letter or shape “drawn” in the goo for 5-10 minutes!
Explaining things to me. All the things.
First of all, I love the word ‘concurrent’. Second of all, witching hours make me want to cry, so I really think you are smart to structure them. Do you eat dinner later? Or are you so dinner-organized that it’s just ready to go? that’s my problem. I start dinner at about 4, right when little wee one gets all needy and whiny.
We eat dinner late, around 7… Although I haven’t found a cooking solution that doesn’t involve propping the toddler in front of some electronic device. What do you DO with a 2 year old when the kitchen is kinda dangerous? (Not a rhetorical question… Help!!)
I love the paint bag idea!!! I can’t wait to try that!
Only think I can come up with right now is to have another baby. My kids are 2.4 years apart and the play great together!
We love our paint bags… Although the paint does get weird & bubbly in the sun after a few days (fingerpaint wine, anyone? Blech.)
Will have to talk to the hubs about your solution – but sounds great to me