So I'm not really a math person, and neither is Brent. Maybe that is why we discovered that Ella could write all of our letters correctly, but wrote all her numbers backwards. Yes, she even managed to write a number 1 backwards. So we thought maybe we should practice counting and writing numbers a bit.
So after reading in our DK Eyewitness book about all about eggs, we did some counting, all the way to one hundred. I printed out a couple hundred boards, one with numbers and two blank. We practiced counting with the one with numbers first. Then we put 100 tiny egg stickers on our blank hundred boards and counted them again. Ella said, "Look, Mom! I laid 100 eggs!" And we practiced tracing some numbers too.
After that we walked to the grocery store and bought a big bag of 50 Easter eggs and went on a little egg hunt. I can't believe the weather is so spring-like in February. Last year the snow was so deep, we didn't dare set foot in the backyard for fear of losing Mabel until spring time.
Beatrix helped me hide the eggs and went behind me picking them up like, "Hey, Mom, you dropped this."
When we were done hunting, we had to count up all of our eggs to make sure we found all 50. And, if you are wondering, yes, it was very strange to be hunting Easter eggs on Ash Wednesday. But good practice, I guess.
2 comments:
Ever considered homeschooling? I have been reading your blog for a while and you have really creative lesson plan ideas that seem to get your kids quite involved. Seems like you'd be a natural.
- From a Mom of lots of little ones (who has been homeschooling for the past 5 years)
Thanks for the encouragement. My oldest daughter will start kindergarten in the Fall, so we're right in the middle of weighing all the possible schooling options. I'd love to hear more about your experience.
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