ok, on to happy things....

It's time to start thinking positive again. No, I can't give my oldest daughter the fun, exciting education I want. But, I DO have 3 other daughters, who share a perfectly reasonable daddy ;)

We are getting ready to wrap up Week 2 of the Letter of the Week curriculum with Bella. This week, we covered Jungles, number 2, letter B, and the color green. I gave her a shallow plate with some dry rice in it, to give her a way to make her numbers and letters. She is great at recognition, but at 33 months old, not so great at making them lol. She does enjoy dragging her finger through the rice in circles and squiggles. I am putting together an Amazon.com order of things mostly for her-math and science primarily.  Melissa and Doug Beginner Pattern Blocks, Unifix cubes and Early Pattern cards, Lace and Trace Pets Lacing cards, Learning Resources Baby Bear Balance Set, Preschool Science book, toddler-sized tweezers, and some other odds and ends. I'm thinking I also want to get this puzzle rack to hold all the great puzzles my mom has gotten for her over the last year or so. Alan wants me to get a microscope as well, so he and Kate can still have some fun, after school! Anyways, today Bella, Kate and Alan had some fun with finger painting. All 3 made some great rainbow pictures to hang on the fridge! Oh, I almost forgot to share our funny for the week-On Monday, Alan was going over the Jungle theme with Bella. Her vocabulary word this week is "vine". Alan asked her if she knew what a vine was, and her reply was "That's what Diego swings on!" Smart girl <3

I am debating the wisdom of starting a "curriculum" with the twins. Keep in mind they are almost 15 months actual, but when you go by their adjusted age, they are almost 12 months. Both girls receive services through Birth to 3, our state's early intervention program. Lana gets 1 hour a month developmental therapy with our awesome Miss Carolyn, while Brie is twice a month. Brie also receives 1 hour a month PT from our wonderful Miss Darlene. Not a lot (especially when you realize last summer both girls were getting both services weekly!), but I don't want to start something they aren't ready for. I'll have to ask Carolyn what she thinks the next time she is here. The program I am looking at for them would take maybe 15-30 minutes a day, if that. It entails a 2 week per "theme" lesson plan, where there's a nursery rhyme, song, story, sign, exercise, and later on Arts and Craft. This program goes from the ages of 1 year to 2 years, then they move to the one Bella's doing. Take a look: Letter of the Week Oh, and we might have to add OT for Brie and possibly speech down the road. Hmmmmm, something (else) to think about....