June's preschool sent home a list at the beginning of the year explaining things a 5 year-old should know for kindergarten. I read it and got pretty worried might not be prepared. So I've taken it upon myself to make sure June is ready.
I decided work stations would probably be the best approach. In this one, June has to practice writing her name.
Next up, mama made a number-color-matching station. (And if you're wondering, Jo is complaining about the fact she wrote all over her hands and it won't wipe off on her shirt.)
June liked the stations, or at least when she felt like doing them. The rest of the time she just tells me to leave her alone because she's doing her own homework (writing letters on a paper). We did just get a new app for the ipad that let's you practice writing letters correctly, so maybe we can at least get her to stop drawing her J's backward. (Though she says she does that on purpose because that's how her J's go.)
When we go to the library, mama lets us check out whatever we want. So June generally checks out all the books she can on reptiles. On the last trip, mama said she'd exhausted the collection, so June moved on to bugs. She found this DVD that just shows close-ups of all kinds of bugs. Mama thinks it's pretty gross looking at them so close.
Georgie likes the bug DVD, but we've recently discovered that if we really want to get something done, she LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba. You can see how brain dead she is in this picture. We generally reserve this for Friday mornings when June is at school and mama needs to get things done around the house. Jo gets very needy when she's alone with a grown-up. We just hope that awful show doesn't do permanent damage.
Kindergarten prep. You are hard core, Miss Becky. I was just happy John was potty trained...
ReplyDeleteWe also just discovered Yo Gabba Gabba! John loves it, Christopher is skeptical. But we have already incorporated the "Try It, You'll Like It" song into our parenting techniques.