Preschool!

Cedrik has had his first week of preschool (at home!).  He loved it.  I borrowed (stole) some ideas from my friend and her schedule but rearranged/added things that Cedrik was more interested in.  Luckily, our kids have similar interests. :)

Since I have no idea what normal preschools teach, we are probably not being normal.

Each month has a different theme.  Each week is broken up into different categories within the broader theme.  This month is earth.  This week was land and water.  Because it was rainy, we didn't really get a chance to explore land and water outside.  But he loved school.  We read fun books, colored, glued, cut.  He learned the Earth is a sphere, not a circle.

Each day we sing about the month, and day of the week, learn about the weather.  Cedrik drew an amazing picture of rain complete with clouds, rain and grass.  He also drew an awesome earth.  He likes to outline the pictures instead of color them.  We also made earth music shakers.  Each day we count, learn a shape (this week was sphere), he practices writing lines and we talk about colors (this week was blue and green, the colors of the earth duh!).  Some of these things are repetitive for him because he has known them for a long time. 

Freddie wants to be included in every aspect of school, which is difficult because he just mauls everything and if he isn't in my lap, he is crying.  I need to figure out how to balance that.  He likes to color, and chew the crayons. 

Next week we learn about continents and oceans!