I've mentioned this act of kindness that welcomes me in the morning before, but it just never gets old to me. Coming out of my room to find everything ready to go on the counter and knowing that he was excited to do that for me because he loves me, is such a treat. He definitely speaks his father's love language: Acts of Service. I'm feeling the love. Another thing he has started doing for me is making my coffee. Yep, my 7 year old makes my coffee in the morning. He gets to sniff it and also taste test, |
Although we have a reusable cup for our Keurig, we usually just buy the K-Cups. This week, however, there was a sale and Hubby realized they had my favorite, blueberry coffee, available only in the bag. So, he bought himself a pack of K-Cups and bought me a bag. Naturally, we turned that into a math/science experiment. J will tally mark on the coffee bag, each time we make a coffee. At the end of the bag, we will see how many cups we were able to make using the bag and compare it to the number of K-cups in a box. We will use division to figure out the cost per cup and determine which one is a better deal. Ah! Purpose-driven learning is my absolute favorite!
Our tadpoles keep growing. The kids have named them. This here is Grits. He is the first one to grow back legs. I gotta admit, I'm turning into a tadpole lover. They're kinda cute and growing on me.
We did some brief language work in the morning, then focused on math for the rest of the day. One of my amazing homeschooling neighbors, let me borrow her stash of counting bears to go along with this fantastic book I got at the library. Zia spent her time with Miles teaching him colors and how to sort. She grouped them by color, counted them, lined them up and practiced one-to-one correspondence with him. Most little girls her age enjoy playing teacher, as I did when I was her age. Lucky for her, she has a live-in pupil she can actually teach. The look of pride on her face when he gets a concept, such as the name of a color, correctly is priceless. |
This girl is not only fortunate to have a little brother to teach, she also has a big brother to learn from. While I prepared lunch and took care of the baby, big brother taught her all about addition and patterns. Watching them work together and care for one another makes me so happy. I want both of them to value teaching as a gift to be given when you know something, and appreciated when you are being taught. |
To end their peaceful day on a high, the pair decided to put on a show for the rest of the family. They chose costumes, music, choreography, special effects, and everything else. VIP seats to their shows is definitely on my bucket list.