I’m sure it will suprise no one to hear that we’ve decided to take a Montessori approach to Ian’s pre-school education. We also decided to include his little friends with a series of “school” playdates. We started on Friday by introducing a simple color and shape sorting activity, which they loved.

Playschool week 1

Here are some pix of Ian doing his “homework:”

homework

As you can see, no fun at all! Next week: Scooping with spoons, which is sure to be a big hit and a big mess!

(What am I knitting, you ask? Well, other than a chapeau with serious math issues, check out: www.birthinghandsdc.com)

(What math issues, you wonder? Well, if you try to calculate an increase while supervising a two year old, you may find yourself ending a round on a half a repeat instead of a full one. Horrors! Then, thinking yourself quite a clever girl, you might think, “oh, I’ll just add in the other half a repeat over a few rounds and then I’ll put an embellishment on top, and it will never show. Then you try to do this while supervising said two-year-old, and end up with:

From math

Nice. ‘Cause apparently, although Ian can count, Mommy cannot!)

Ian's helping out with the dishes from my birthday lunch. This was all him- he pushed the chair over, turned on the water, and stacked the dishes up in the sink.

As you can see, my little man is getting pretty big. He’s loving the fact that we can get out more now that the weather is nicer. He’s also started using conjunctions (Nico AND Raba!). Recent new words have included “Zebra” and “chocolate.” (Good thing he got that last one, it’ll take him far.) He is also managing somehow to grasp his ABCs and 1,2,3s- I say “somehow” because we’ve made no concerted effort to teach them to him. He’s frighteningly clever, delightfully happy, and gives the best hugs and kisses ever. Hope spring is bringing you only the best.