Playing School

Ah, the joys of playing school. Do you remember acting like your teacher? ...using a pointer to touch the chalkboard? My daughter and I played school last night and she was very good. When she left the room, she made me class monitor (for no one else but me) and I loved it. We did phonics and math and a little bit of manners, including proper tea setting. It must have been a finishing school.

The math was quite difficult.

We didn't start with plus and minus just moved straight to mulitplication. She's working on 0-6 so that was the topic of class.

Little Miss Teacher...

Secret Messages

Who doesn't love the idea of secret messages? I got this wonderful idea from my dear friend, Hannah. She does this with her lovey bug and I thought it was such a great idea, I decided to do it with my kids.




Each of the kids got a blank book in their Easter baskets and since then we have been writing notes to each other. Sometimes we sneak it into school bags or purses and sometimes it gets tossed in the front seat of the car just as they are going to school.

I love that these little ideas are chronicling our everyday lives and positive thoughts to each other. Each of their personalities shine through these pages!

Creative Play

Don't forget the value of Creative Play. My daughter and I played "Bookstore" together where I was the customer and she was the clerk. I loved hearing what she had to say about selling me certain books and how wonderful they were.

Who couldn't play with this little antique register? My son painted it the original red to make it brand new looking! It has a bell that rings when you open it and we decided to use real money. ....just sliding in a good math lesson on correct change.