Luke's class walked 5 blocks to the post office at Cap Square. They had been learning about the mail and had "written" letters to us and were going to mail them. The concept was apparently difficult to grasp as many of the kids broke down as their letters were about to go into the mailbox. Also, Luke was very upset because his letter was intended for Daddy and he had to have a Disney Princess stamp. He kept talking about wanting a BOY stamp!! A full blown temper tantrum ensued, with Luke sitting down in the revolving door. He wasn't the only one though, from what Grandma reported.
Luke's teachers report that he still loves building blocks with his friend Sam. When asked to come do an assessment, he balked, until the teacher told him he could use blocks for it. Then he was kind of like, "Okay, lets get this over with" and quickly demonstrated the skills (patterning and counting) so he could get back to his blocks.
Today I sat down to play the Letter Factory game with him and was super pleased and a little shocked to find he knew the sounds to at least 3/4 or more of the letters. He is getting to where he can write L, upside down u, and some lines that will become the k and e in his name!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Farmers
The other day as we drove home from school the girls were talking about being farmers. Cailey decided she was going to be a farmer and Mia decided to join her. They talked about it all the way home. Daddy was going to build them a barn, just like he built their treehouse. I explained that Daddy bought the treehouse as a kit with all the parts cut and ready to go with directions. They thought they could find a barn kit.
At dinner they brought it up again. We were talking about jobs that need a college degree. Cailey thought farming wouldn't need college. We explained that some people did go to college to learn about farming. I also pointed out that since she didn't grow up on a family farm to learn the business that way, she'd need to go to college to learn about it.
David explained learning about how to prepare soil and talked about planting seeds, etc. Then Cailey exclaimed, "I don't want to GROW food. I don't even like that kind of food. Corn... yuck!"
I think Mia piped up that they could grow chickens for chicken nuggets, but then they decided they would just buy their food at the store.
As it turned out, they didn't really want to be farmers, just live on some big open land somewhere and have lots of animals. BUT NOT PIGS! They did not want pigs.
At dinner they brought it up again. We were talking about jobs that need a college degree. Cailey thought farming wouldn't need college. We explained that some people did go to college to learn about farming. I also pointed out that since she didn't grow up on a family farm to learn the business that way, she'd need to go to college to learn about it.
David explained learning about how to prepare soil and talked about planting seeds, etc. Then Cailey exclaimed, "I don't want to GROW food. I don't even like that kind of food. Corn... yuck!"
I think Mia piped up that they could grow chickens for chicken nuggets, but then they decided they would just buy their food at the store.
As it turned out, they didn't really want to be farmers, just live on some big open land somewhere and have lots of animals. BUT NOT PIGS! They did not want pigs.
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