Corduroy a bit of Jesse Bear and some painting

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.