Soccer

I have such mixed feelings about this. Sweet Daughter wanted to do more sports this Summer, so we are trying ankle biter soccer (3-4 year olds) and tennis (3-5 year olds). So far we have had one soccer practice. On one hand it seems completely ridiculous to even attempt organized sports at this age. On the other hand, we are so far behind. Most of the kids in our league have already been playing for 2 years (yes, they are 3 years old). Apparently there is a league for 1-2 year olds that they all started in. Seriously? UGH

Sweet Daughter loves it. There are people. She gets to run and kick. People cheer her on. What's not to love? Sweet Son hates it. There are people. He's supposed to run and kick. People cheer him on. The whistle is too loud, the benches are too bright (reflecting the sun), and on and on. We will finish out the 6 weeks and go from there.

Too comfortable

I love my kids. I really do. HOWEVER, if Sweet Son wakes me up at 2am again complaining because his bed is "too comfortable" I might end up with one less child.
 

Kid Photographers - Marble Run

Last installment of kid photographers this month, I promise. Granted today is almost the last day of the month so it's not much of a promise, but I work with what I have. hah One of the favorite Christmas gifts this year (yes, 5 months ago) was a large marble run.

Sweet Son building a new run

Photo by Sweet Daughter

Sweet Son's finished run

Photo by Sweet Son

Kid Photographers - Art

We use many things to decorate the walls. Removable stickers in the kids' rooms, the kids' artwork in the playroom, family photos in the living room, etc. Here are the photos the kids have taken of these decorations.

Paintings made by the kids

Photo by Sweet Daughter

Removable Stickers in Sweet Daughter's room

Photo by Sweet Daughter

Part of our "circle time" area

Photo by Sweet Daughter

Another view of the "circle time" area

Photo by Sweet Son

I want to bring your attention to the calendar in the bottom two photos. While many people use this to practice counting and number recognition, I also add in patterning. Each day they have to predict which color and number will come next. We started with simple AB patterning. We have continued to increase the difficulty as they master one. In Sweet Daughter's photo it was the beginning of an ABAAB pattern. In Sweet Son's photo it was an AAB pattern. The most challenging one we have done so far was AB AABB AAABBB AAAABBBB. It took 2 months, but they finally got it. Not bad for a couple of preschoolers.