These first five weeks of school have been very hard. We have had one great-grandmother pass away. The other great-grandmother broke her leg and had major surgery. Nanny came to visit for a week and a half. Princess L was sick for a whole week. Other various issues have plagued us as well. So about a week and a half ago, I was feeling extremely discouraged about preschool. I think it was just another in the litany of spiritual attacks that I have had to weather. I have been lamenting that she just doesn't seem to be cooperating or getting the idea in many areas. So I've been contemplating either dropping preschool completely or going with something a bit less structured. One thing I had been doing is incorporating the letter stories from IEW's PAL curriculum that I'm using with Princess L. The day after my major frustration hit, Princess M was paging through a workbook and pointed to the letter e. She said, "Hey it's the toothy letter!" She then pointed out an i and said, "And that's the sad letter!" She could even tell me the sounds. I was amazed. So, I'm thinking that I just need to loosen up and not expect too much. She will catch on in her own time.
So, we finished up the letter i this week. I had figured to be all done with the vowels by now, but since I'm loosening up, I will not be pushing to finish on any schedule. Here are a few pictures of some things we did.
We made an I iguana.
We made an inchworm.
We made an iguana bag puppet that says - of course - \i\.
We will be starting the letter O next week.
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