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.
Here are some pix of Ian doing his “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:
Nice. ‘Cause apparently, although Ian can count, Mommy cannot!)
