October 15th Report

We started late tonight (after dinner) and only did about 40 minutes of Montessori time. But the timing seemed nice, actually. Elijah was quite excited to play games with mommy and was very engaged...until he needed to poop.

We started with "chalkboard games". I wrote the number "1" and he drew little lines on it. Later, I drew it again and asked if he wanted to write it too.







He got bored of that quickly, so I asked if he'd like to play a new game. I asked him to close his eyes and I'd write a number. He'd open and then guess.



He enjoyed the game, but really doesn't know his numbers yet. This will be more fun when he has a better grasp on the numbers.

Next, I asked him to tell me what number to write. He said a number, I drew it, and he erased it. Repeat. Sometimes he'd say several numbers and I'd write them all. He seemed intrigued at the similarities between a "3" and an "8".



Then, he moved onto the imbucare box knitted ball. This material is a toddler Montessori work designed to give the child an experience putting objects into holes and to develop hand-eye coordination. This is possibly the least challenging material available on his shelf. He doesn't pick it often and I suspect he did tonight because he was trying to not poop. He did eventually make it to the potty, and afterwards we got ready for bed.