May

So Drew was home for most of the month of May and it was wonderful. While he was here we finger painted, planted flowers, worked in the yard, discovered some baby birds, painted the house, played games, read books, went fishing, worked on the boat, had a yard sale, had normal therapy, two Kansas City doctor trips, etc. The girls participate in most everything we do so there was lots of learning taking place. Lots of exploring and discovering and experiencing new things. Since Drew is back at Ft. Sill we are back to our normal routine. Some 'formal' school work and play dates in the mornings and therapy in the afternoons.
What the girls are doing right now:
Alex wants to 'read' everything. She always points to writing (wherever it is) and says, "Let's do this!" So we identify every letter, sound it out where appropriate, say the word, then read the sentence as a whole. While she isn't close to reading on her own, the desire is still there and we are still nurturing it.
We are still doing lots of math throughout our day. Counting objects and simple addition and subtraction. Both girls participate in this and love it.
Imaginations are continuing to grow. The latest pretend game is taking their babies to the doctor. Emma is all about that and Alex goes right along. They take their babies to the doctor, make them take naps, go shopping, to church, and back home. Guess that sums up what our life is like :)
Emma is finally getting her colors down, a handful of them anyway. Brown, pink and yellow are consistent right now. Don't know why those three stick with her, but they are her favorites.
Alex is also drawing a lot on her own lately. We used to have to prompt and encourage her to draw stick figures, etc. Now she sits with a piece of paper or the magna doodle and draws on her own. She mainly draws people and the sun. She drew a picture the other day and told me it was her family. She is always very specific about who is who in her pictures and she always wants me to write the names of each person.
So kids are getting out of school for the summer now, but we will continue doing what we do. Our schedule isn't a strict 8-3, five days a week thing anyway... so we have to plans to halt learning until the fall. That being said, Alex will officially be a kindergartner in the fall so once that time rolls around we may get a little more serious about the time we dedicate to school work. I need to get our letter of intent (for home schooling) prepared to turn into the school district and in the fall we will look into doing some activities with the home schooling group here.