Since I am going through this attitude and cleaning transformation, I figured I would get my son involved, too. Today we played a game I called the Get Rid of It game. I told him to go find 10 things he truly, honestly did not want in his room, gave him 10 minutes, and we [...]
My son and I were reading books today, when all of a sudden he pops out with the question: How do they make paper? Off to trusty YouTube for the answer. Which then lead us to how toilet paper is made: How I adore these teachable moments
How do you curb the independence of a free thinking 5 year old? This child of mine decided, after SO many times of warning him NOT to go near the door when someone knocks, that he should answer the door this morning. His father and I were still dozing and didn’t hear him leave his [...]
Today he took the reigns on Tim and Jim Takeoff and is reading mostly by himself with a little help from me. I am so proud I have tears in my eyes. He has read nearly 3 full pages with no help at all. I am so happy!!!
We just read The Best Vacation Ever by Stuart J. Murphy and A Children’s Book about Whining by Joy Berry. I think I will continue in the series of books that are supposed to help the child build a better character. I read that one to him, but he helped me read the book about [...]
I was privileged to be able and preview the full version of this awesome game called Brainiversity. This game is set up to hone your brain power and help you improve all the basic skills that you need in order to retain, categorize, and deal with information. There is so much more to it than [...]