I am quite relieved that Ant has quickly taken an interest in other books. I simply lay them with the other books and slowly keep some that she already read several times -- some that I myself memorized like Good Night Moon.
Corduroy is her recent favorite and I quickly liked it too. I can see how these books recommended by BFIAR are rich sources of learning. I can "rabbit trail" to so many related topics. I have to admit, it is also fun to work around a theme. I love preparing the simple color matching activity using bear themes.
Ant is loving the bear with the overalls I
made for her. A regular bear now looks
like Corduroy because of the green overalls.
Perhaps her other bear needs a red shirt to become Jesse Bear.
Gluten free waffles with Nutella spread and fruits. My attempts to bring Corduroy and Jesse Bear
to the table. Ant was amused but didn’t
seem to have the appetite for it. She
stared at it, swiped a few with her fingers and licked them. She didn’t want to slice the bears.
Colored bear printouts and her color flash cards were easy
and fun matching games for her. She did
this quite often and enjoyed arranging them.
Her JoyToy alphabet and puzzle pieces are also a
favorite.
Today, some letters are
already missing boohoo.
How do I
organize these?
Getting her to pack away
is a challenge.
Perhaps it’s our fault
too since the playroom looks too cluttered.
Time to throw out some things in the stock room and transfer some toys
in plastic bins.
Fabric swatches from the factory come in handy. And my homemade colored magnets were used
quite often too. And like the puzzle
letters, some are already missing! Oh I
need to teach myself that everything should have a proper place of its
own. My mother taught me this. Tidying up should be a constant daily
practice.
Ate loved this walker.
Sadly, the owner wanted it back too soon. You see, an old lady purchased this walker
for her grandson with special needs. The
therapist saw it and said it was too small already and lent his own
walker. He got this red one and let Ate
use it knowing that her grandson has a taller walker for his needs. When she found out that Anya had been using
it, she wanted it back. We offered to
buy it from her but she didn’t want to sell it, even if her own grandson can’t
use it. The therapist was really upset
for her strange lack of generosity and asked for his own walker back. Unfortunately, the therapist’s walker is
still too tall for Ate. So now, the boy
has no walker and Ate has no walker too.
Maybe the lady has enough money to buy her grandson the walker that the
therapist recommended. Why is she being
selfish with the red walker? She simply
wanted to keep it – that’s what I was told anyway. If she were going to donate it to a therapy
center, I wouldn’t mind also. However,
it was already helping another child and the family was willing to buy it from
her, yet she did not want to share it. I
felt angry for my child. Later on, I
felt sad for the old lady. Ate can always
find another walker to help herself.
Sadly, the old lady passed up an opportunity to help herself become a
blessing to others. Ate will walk on her
own one day. I wonder if the old lady
will be stuck with that walker forever.
Anyway, back to Ant and Ate and homeplay.
Here I took photos of the artworks they
did.
I cut them up into flowers, petals,
leaves and a flower pot.
Handed them to
Ant and she put them together.
Beautiful
masterpiece!
Haven’t set up our wall of
art yet, but will get to that soon enough I hope!
The refrigerator isn’t really good enough for
their artworks.
