With snow falling again, our activities have been very quiet, which is nice after a busy weekend. We spent nearly an hour yesterday afternoon reading a Magic Tree House book about Charles Dickens. Meg was both scared and intrigued by the ghostly cover on the book and finally worked up the courage to decide we should read it.
We also had a little fun with an idea that came from Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read by Peggy Kaye. Kaye suggests giving words that will be special to your child as gifts so they can learn to recognize them. On nice notecards I wrote "princess" and "fairy" for my two princess and fairy-loving girls and then put each word in an envelope. Each girl opened an envelope and tried to sound out the word. They then promptly decided to share the words with their baby sister. I am sure she'll be an early reader. (Note: we'll collect these special words on a word wall to help the girls start to recognize some of their favorite words.)
We also had a little fun with an idea that came from Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read by Peggy Kaye. Kaye suggests giving words that will be special to your child as gifts so they can learn to recognize them. On nice notecards I wrote "princess" and "fairy" for my two princess and fairy-loving girls and then put each word in an envelope. Each girl opened an envelope and tried to sound out the word. They then promptly decided to share the words with their baby sister. I am sure she'll be an early reader. (Note: we'll collect these special words on a word wall to help the girls start to recognize some of their favorite words.)
But mostly the girls have spent the last 24 hours drawing. While at the craft store buying supplies for our projects yesterday, I bought Clare and Meg each a drawing notebook. There is nothing that better occupies my children than an artist pad. While I painted the bookshelf, they drew pictures of princesses, tigers and complicated road systems (not exactly sure where the last one came from). When Meg was having trouble going to sleep last night, she sat in her bed and drew pictures. When Clare woke up in the middle of the night (because she had fallen asleep at 5:45 pm), she grabbed her notebook and drew pictures. They drew pictures while eating breakfast. They drew pictures while eating lunch. Clare's most recent picture (below) is of a zombie. Yes, a zombie. She knows her dad likes zombie shows, so this is her idea of a zombie.
We took some time to play in the snow today and had fun getting some exercise, but for the most part everyone seems interested in staying warm, quiet and cozy. It's rather a nice way to spend the day.
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