Monday, March 24, 2014

Teacher Natalie

When the girls aren't playing outside, playing with their Barbies, Lego Friends or dolls, or doing art projects, they are usually playing school.  I'll let you guess who's the teacher...

Teacher Natalie can surprisingly hold the attention of busy little student Audrey for quite some time.  And as Natalie learns more math, reading and writing skills, school at home gets a little more demanding for little sister.  This was Natalie's most recent teaching tool...

She focuses on letters, numbers, writing family member's names, basic shapes and, of course, colors, like any good and thorough kindergarten teacher would.  My favorite lesson, though, is the correct way to draw a rainbow.  Natalie takes rainbows VERY seriously and you'll notice she drew a rainbow the correct way and labeled it "yes" and then next to it drew an incomplete rainbow and labeled it "no."  I loved this.  So Natalie!  If she has her way Audrey will be reading and writing before she even sets foot in a kindergarten classroom.  If nothing else, she will never draw a rainbow incorrectly!

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Lunch Bunch

I can't believe my baby is packing a lunch now!!  Audrey's preschool has the same "lunch bunch" program Natalie's preschool had...where the kids can stay for lunch a few days a month.  At first I hesitated to sign her up.  She seems so tired after school when I pick her up at noon and I wondered how she would do going two hours longer.  But then I came to my senses and did the math and realized it would be 5 kid free hours every other Thursday!  So, I eagerly asked her if she wanted to do it and, of course, she was totally excited and responded, "yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!"  and wanted me to pack her a lunch right then and there.
 Her first lunch bunch day happened to fall on her school's pajama day, 
so she was quite comfy for her longer day at school!