Luthien is still totally all over the computer. She's been going on www.starfall.com, a phonics/reading website that's blissfully non-marketing character driven. There's a lot of musical and sound bits, and animation for the stories. She really enjoys it.
I got her some new puzzles, a set of 4 12-piece jigsaw puzzles. She enjoys working on them, though she needs a lot of help. We also got out the pattern blocks, and she likes those, though her attention span for actually finishing a board isn't great.
Uh-oh, gotta go rescue David. He's trying to sleep and she decided it was time to go say hi.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Hide and Go Seek
Luthien counting while she hides her eyes as "it" in hide-and-go-seek:
"One, two, one, two, one, two, one.....one, two, one...one, two, one, two, one...."
She also echoes me while I'm counting for her to go hide. She's got the "seek" down, the "hide", not so much.
She knows the color purple and uses the word unprompted.
She is still computer obsessed. I introduced her to Starfall.com, which is a phonics/reading website that starts with simple alphabet stuff. She really likes it. Even more than the care bears.
Have I mentioned that she is obsessed with frogs? We put frogs cut out from the calendar she picked out (from the months that have already passed), and taped them to her wall. She loves them, even the ugly brown horned one. And now the walls in her room aren't quite so blank.
She now posesses three Easter baskets, 2 stuffed rabbits, and a stuffed lamb. I'm either going to have to make a box of Ostara/Easter/Spring decorations, like I do for Yule/Christmas decorations, or I'm going to have to just plain purge.
Meanwhile, in school I did a paper, and in researching for it I learned all about how corporate agrobusiness is undermining organic dairy. I'm tempted to start buying Creme de la Moo, a local brand of raw organic milk that costs $8/gallon.
Yeah, I know. So Luthien is drinking Goat's milk again, which isn't organic, but is hormone/antibiotic free and by the smaller scale of the industry unlikely to be factory-produced.
Maybe I should check...
"One, two, one, two, one, two, one.....one, two, one...one, two, one, two, one...."
She also echoes me while I'm counting for her to go hide. She's got the "seek" down, the "hide", not so much.
She knows the color purple and uses the word unprompted.
She is still computer obsessed. I introduced her to Starfall.com, which is a phonics/reading website that starts with simple alphabet stuff. She really likes it. Even more than the care bears.
Have I mentioned that she is obsessed with frogs? We put frogs cut out from the calendar she picked out (from the months that have already passed), and taped them to her wall. She loves them, even the ugly brown horned one. And now the walls in her room aren't quite so blank.
She now posesses three Easter baskets, 2 stuffed rabbits, and a stuffed lamb. I'm either going to have to make a box of Ostara/Easter/Spring decorations, like I do for Yule/Christmas decorations, or I'm going to have to just plain purge.
Meanwhile, in school I did a paper, and in researching for it I learned all about how corporate agrobusiness is undermining organic dairy. I'm tempted to start buying Creme de la Moo, a local brand of raw organic milk that costs $8/gallon.
Yeah, I know. So Luthien is drinking Goat's milk again, which isn't organic, but is hormone/antibiotic free and by the smaller scale of the industry unlikely to be factory-produced.
Maybe I should check...
Monday, April 10, 2006
Computer whiz
I put a new game on the computer for Luthien yesterday. It's a care bears game, and the activities on it are rather more advanced than her other game so I had my doubts as to whether she'd be able to really play it. But she started getting the hang of clicking the mouse, and while some of the games are beyond her, she's pretty good at the memory-style matching game. She also liked watching me do one of the puzzle games, and tried to do it herself but couldn't quite get the hang of how the arrows and clicking the mouse all went together.
The job she did on the matching game makes me think I should get her a non-computer Memory game. She's also learning her colors. I told her to go get a pair of yellow, orange, or purple pants to match her shirt, and she came out with her purple striped pants and said "purpur"! She's also building a little more complex sentences. Instead of just "Where shoes?" yesterday morning while looking for her shoes she said "Where shoes are?" First time I've heard her use that verb!
The job she did on the matching game makes me think I should get her a non-computer Memory game. She's also learning her colors. I told her to go get a pair of yellow, orange, or purple pants to match her shirt, and she came out with her purple striped pants and said "purpur"! She's also building a little more complex sentences. Instead of just "Where shoes?" yesterday morning while looking for her shoes she said "Where shoes are?" First time I've heard her use that verb!
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Here are some photos from Estrella War in February. Another plus over Homeschoolblogger, I managed to figure out how to upload them!
First, Luthien on the swing at the playground. She spent quite a bit of time in that swing, it was the first time she did a "big kid" swing.
Second, Luthien with Thomas.
Third, a wide shot of the battlefield; bottom, the kids from the Children's Center singing a song for the guests at the Queen's Tea. I did several hours of volunteering at the children's center, and plan to do more next war, because it was a lot of fun for both Luthien and me!
First, Luthien on the swing at the playground. She spent quite a bit of time in that swing, it was the first time she did a "big kid" swing.Second, Luthien with Thomas.
Third, a wide shot of the battlefield; bottom, the kids from the Children's Center singing a song for the guests at the Queen's Tea. I did several hours of volunteering at the children's center, and plan to do more next war, because it was a lot of fun for both Luthien and me!
Friday, April 07, 2006
Pretty Cute for a non-morning person
This morning when Luthien woke up, she found a book in the bed and sat reading to herself for at least 15 minutes. She was quite happy and chattery, which was absolutely cute because usually when she wakes up to find herself alone in bed she cries until one of us goes in after her.
I must be doing something right, if she already enjoys looking at books to amuse herself! It was a little I Spy board book.
She came to our bed last night at abou 11:30, shortly after I went to bed. She bumped into the wall her bed is up against and then kicked it repeatedly. That wall is also where her uncle's headboard is on the other side. Unfortunately, there's really no way to rearrange her room to put the bed somewhere else. It's 3 big pieces of furniture: her 6' square cubby bookshelf, large dresser, and bed.
I would like to get her a different bed frame; Ikea has a cool one that can reverse to be a mini-loft or a canopy bed. I think she'd really like it. But we certainly won't have the money any time this spring or summer.
I try to do little things to make her room more appealing. I'm planning to take the Frog calendar she picked out and re-using the pictures in her room. She's really been into frogs the past couple of months. Better than Thomas the Tank Engine, that's for sure!
I must be doing something right, if she already enjoys looking at books to amuse herself! It was a little I Spy board book.
She came to our bed last night at abou 11:30, shortly after I went to bed. She bumped into the wall her bed is up against and then kicked it repeatedly. That wall is also where her uncle's headboard is on the other side. Unfortunately, there's really no way to rearrange her room to put the bed somewhere else. It's 3 big pieces of furniture: her 6' square cubby bookshelf, large dresser, and bed.
I would like to get her a different bed frame; Ikea has a cool one that can reverse to be a mini-loft or a canopy bed. I think she'd really like it. But we certainly won't have the money any time this spring or summer.
I try to do little things to make her room more appealing. I'm planning to take the Frog calendar she picked out and re-using the pictures in her room. She's really been into frogs the past couple of months. Better than Thomas the Tank Engine, that's for sure!
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