Mommy and Larkyn get lots of special time together now that she is the only kid left at home during the school day! I wasn't exactly sure what our new routine would look like, but we easily developed a comfortable new rhythm of a fun outing, errand, or social activity in the morning after we drop off the older kids at school, coming home for lunch, and then a quiet afternoon of Mommy-Larkyn preschool, Bible reading, quiet time, and cuddles/books on the couch until we pick up the big kids. I have truly enjoyed my time with Larkyn this week and love, love, love the fact that I get these special two years filled with 1-on-1 time with her. I have been looking forward to this ever since she was born, as it has in the past been tricky to get time alone with her given her busy, talkative older siblings! Here is a look at our first week broken into two pieces: 1) Preschool with Mommy and 2) Fun with Loo
Preschool with Mommy
Every day Larkyn asks to do "preschool". She loves it, and doesn't want to stop! Its pretty cute. This week we worked on letter names and their sounds, identifying numbers, counting objects, and writing her name. Here are some pictures and videos from this week.
Practicing tracing in preparation of writing letters (using paper in plastic sleeve and dry erase marker)
Practicing identifying numbers and counting objects
VIDEO: Identifying numbers and counting objects:
Practicing tracing/erasing her chalk name with water, paintbrush, and chalkboard.
VIDEO: Chalk Name
Reading her Bible daily
Making her first bar graph out of last Easter's jelly beans (lol!) and learning about "least" and "most"
Practicing tracing the letters of her name in a salt tray
VIDEO: Salt Tray
Letter flashcards to practice identifying letters and their sounds
Larkyn's shaving cream art done at a Mom's Club event
Showing her art to her siblings after school :)
Candy corn math
Practicing tracing her name with a pencil and forming her letters correctly
VIDEO: Name Tracing
Love this handy dandy pencil gripper for teaching her how to hold her pencil
Larkyn's name tracing
Fun with Loo
We spent our first day of school at the zoo with friends!
And then came home to cuddle and read books!
Larkyn gets a lot more opportunities to cook now that the older siblings are out of the way! (Spreading the oil on the spaghetti squash)
Larkyn is my most adventurous eater - so we've had fun cooking different lunches together and trying new recipes. She tried shrimp for the first time and loved it!
I didn't get any pictures, but on Wednesday morning, we volunteered to watch the kids of the BSF leaders while they had their training. On Thursday morning we had swimming lessons and went to a friends house to play. On Friday morning we went to the children's museum.
She loved working the car wash
We spent about an hour in the air/ball room sending balls all different directions. I had fun with this room too!
Sledding/skiing down carpet hills with the special shoes :)
I have really seen a confident and independent side come out of Larkyn when her older siblings aren't around. She is no longer in their shadow, but her own person, proactively introducing herself to others, initiating conversations with employees, and actually surprising me by how outgoing she is in public! Here she initiated puppet play with a worker at the children's museum.
Balancing area :)
Generally speaking, our weekly fall routine for Larkyn at home will include:
Monday: Chore Day (Cleaning, laundry, and groceries) Tuesday: Dance Class and time with Grandma and Grandpa K while Mommy volunteers in the big kids' classrooms and with math connection at their school Wednesday: Bible Study Fellowship/BSF (and after school gymnastics with Summer) Thursday: Swimming Lessons Friday: Volunteer at Southview together and Play Day!
I know its going to be a great year with my little Larkyn!
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