We've been "rowing" (Before Five in Row) through Pre-K for a few weeks now and are settling into a routine. Trying hard to balance simple with stretching and creativity.
A shelf has been designated for our book/theme.
It was fun to see the girls play with the bears and read through the books all week.
It was a "this might actually be working" gut check for my doubting self.
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Our next classic book was Blueberries for Sal, which is a favorite, and continued our bear theme.
All of Claire's "work" goes in our wanna-be Montessori baskets.
After reading the book every day, I show her all of her work baskets. She then can pick the order that she does them.
We scored with a library find of the book CD for one of her tasks.
A fun task we started, but never finished, was painting blueberry hill. Reality, peeps.
Ain't no perfection 'round these parts.
A wee bit of word work,
and some math with "blueberries" for Sophia. Sometimes learning is easy and fuss-free.
a counting book for our bear.
I also left out "berries" in tin buckets and canning jars for acting out the story.
I had a Sal and a bear cub kirplanking and kurplunking berries all week.
My brain was rolling with all kinds of "I could do x,y,z" ideas,
but simple proved to be enough.
