First week of school

On Tuesday we had the official first day of school. It was a little anticlimactic, since it was so similar to what we do usually anyways. But, later that day, as Henry was playing with one our neighbor girls, she was telling him about her first day of kindergarten and said, "When you're bigger, you'll start school, too." Henry replied, "I started school today!" and seemed very proud to be included in such a "big kid" event. It made me glad that we started the same day the the other area schools begin.

From Learning Together

Our usual routine is to read books together on the couch for about twenty minutes and then do four short activities. Our focus for reading this week was books about fall and seasons.

Henry was excited to find trains on his workbook labels on the first day of school. I put one activity in each box; I like how this system clearly defines what we're trying to accomplish each day, and it makes my planning much easier. Some of the workbox activities this week were drawing a first day of school picture, making his name from magnetic letters, sorting pictures that begin with the letters m and r, and using his fingers to tell how many colored blocks were hidden behind a card.

From Learning Together

Other school activities were lots of playing with magnets and rolling acorns around in a box to make a splatter paint picture.

From Learning Together

From Learning Together

Some other highlights of the week for Henry were bike rides to the park, lots of playing with neighbors, and the beginning of regular Sunday School. Henry's also enjoying puzzles a lot, and he's amazed us with his progress. He can now do 24-piece puzzles independently and likes the challenge of 50-piece puzzles as long as he has a little help and encouragement.