This week’s tot-school… …ran out of activities! Letters seem to be coming up so fast and yet Adam is far from gripping those he’s already been introduced to. With his knowledge of shapes, colours and numbers expanding rapidly, without any...
Teaching from a young age
To expand experience and widen exposure.
We started out totschool journey shortly before Adam’s 2nd birthday and we’ve continued with the process into preschool. It’s a beautiful way to expose him to concepts, not to push early literacy or formal education early. It has always been an option not a necessity for us as a family..
Tot-school | Week 3 | Letter C & Circle
Tot-school | Week 2 | Letter B & Blue
This week’s totschool… …was about getting hands on! I’d really debated the order of letters before we started this week. Teaching alphabetically is often discouraged but this first time round I’m just exposing a child to letters...
Tot-school | Week 1 | Letter A & Red
This week we started totschool… …and we are loving it! With Adam’s name beginning with the first letter of the Alphabet we just had to start with the letter A, and teamed it up with the classic apple image and red colour. Overall we really had a...
The summer project
I have a pinterest board of quiet books. They always look so inviting as sewing projects. This summer I tried to do my first quiet book specifically designed for my brothers wedding. I wanted to make a book suitable for Adam’s experience of the event. I chose to...
Playing with Bing Bunny- Part 1
Our little one loves, loves, LOVES Bing Bunny. Now that may sound odd as Bing is not exported to our part of the world at all, it’s an import we’ve chosen and encouraged him to foster. Like all early obsessions, after watching ad nauseum any parent could...
Out of your mouth! Fine motor play
Our little ball of exploration just wants to feed that inquisitive nature but is stuck in the oral stage. It’s frustrating because some parents seem to breeze through this rather quickly, while others are stuck there for a year or more. Beyond the limitations,...