Fun With Preschool

Most of the things that Little E knows, he was not taught. I mean, he just sort of picked them up somewhere. I have never really sat down and taught him anything intentionally.

I decided this week that I would take some time each evening to sit down with him and teach him something.

Last night, I introduced him to the lowercase alphabet. He already knows the upper case one, and he is learning the letter sounds and showing other signs of reading readiness, so I figured that I would teach him the lowercase alphabet, which he will need to be able to read books.

I wrote out the uppercase and lowercase letters side-by-side, then I asked him to tell me the similarities and differences between them. I wanted him to recognize that while some letters look the same (like S and s), some letters do not look anything alike (like G and g).

After, I wrote out a few lowercase letters and "quizzed" him. He did well.

Tonight, I went for something a little more lighthearted - "I'm a Little Teapot." He thought it was pretty funny.

After we sang it a few times, he asked, "Why does it say 'tip me over and pour me out'?"

"Because when the water is hot you pour it out," I replied, somewhat confused, since he is very familiar with tea drinking. (Bob and I are big tea drinkers.)

"You pour the water out. You don't pour the teapot out!!!"

I love this age!

Cute Things

I have to share a couple of the cute things that Little E has done lately before I forget them.

Yesterday, it was freezing in here and he was walking around in his boxer shorts (his new thing). I said, "[E], why don't you put some clothes on? It's making me cold just looking at you."

To which he replied, "Then stop looking at me."

Yeah. He's just barely four.

In addition to being a smarty-pants, he is also very sweet. The other day, I was having a bad morning. I just woke up grumpy, so I stayed in bed for a little bit. E came in and said, "You seemed more happy when I was in here before." (He had come in to say good morning when we first woke up.)

A minute later, he came back with a glass of water and said, "I thought this would make you feel better."

It sure did make me feel better, but it was not the water that did it.

The Best-est Way to Wake Up, Ever

Little E came in just as I was waking up this morning and said he needed to give me a hug. He got under my covers, put his arms around me, and said, "You're the best-est mom ever!"

Online Memory Book

I decided that I want to talk more about what is happening with my children individually, so that I can come back and read about it in the future - sort of like an online memory book.

So, I am going to add three more categories: Little E Things, Big E Things, and The D Things.