June 7, 2018

I have recently done away with most of our toys.  I wish I was one of those people who could commit to throwing away anything, but I am not.  I continually wonder what if I really want this back.  I digress...

The point remains: We have gotten rid of a whole lot-to the point where when I say, "After you clean up your room," what I mean is stack the  large Waffle Blocks and put the books away."  

The waffle blocks are a happy toy.  They never played with them much when all the randoms were out.  After five or six weeks of limited toys, however, these things are the most used and loved toys ever.  The creative play is unlimited.  The 2nd and PS will work together and make castles or traps or chairs or anything they decide in the moment.  This morning after getting read to go to the pool, the PS rode into my room on her Waffle Block motorcycle.  This toy gets the seal of approval from age 2 on up.  

As I mentioned, we technically have a month break before we begin the new school year, but momentum and inertia and JUST STAY FOCUS!!  Part of the reason I have wanted to homeschool the PS id because a lack of routine means many, many more sensory problems.  This week, we have certainly taken off book-work, but we do plan to start back next week.  Balancing book-work, messy and creative work, and social work has always been a task for me.  Next week we will take another crack of balancing.  As for today, we learned through play by building with Waffle Blocks. We went to the pool and learned about friends- sometimes you must find a commonality before friendships can happen.  The 2nd also worked hard on learning to swim.  We, of course, played with slime.  We added different ingredients to hypothesize the effect they would have on the slime.  We finished up with TKD and reading.  The 2nd read Apples Up On Top to the PS tonight.  PS was reluctant to have Big Brother reading her a story, but I think with constant reinforcement, the habit will be formed.  Fingers crossed, fingers crossed