Monthly Archives: February 2010

Life Changes: Home Daycare

Posted on February 22, 2010 by domanmom — No Comments ↓

Life never really does quite sit still, does it? Of course, I’m not sure why that even slightly comes as a surprise to me, but it always seems that whenever I start getting used to something, things tend to get all mixed…

Tagged with: Grade K4 (age 4-5)
Posted in Planning & Organizing

Hunter is [Virtually] Going to Mars

Posted on February 9, 2010 by domanmom — No Comments ↓

The other day we were on NASA’s Play and Learn section and found this neat little thing they’re doing, Send Your Name to Mars. You can put your name and information in and it will be included in a microchip that is going…

Tagged with: Astronomy, K4 (age 4-5), Materials & Resources
Posted in Science

Language Technicalities

Posted on February 7, 2010 by domanmom — No Comments ↓

Sometimes Hunter’s figuring out the world seems to get in the way of himself (and myself). Like recently, for example, he has been obsessed with the technical definition of the words couple and few. If I tell him, “There are…

Tagged with: Grade K4 (age 4-5), Kid Quotes
Posted in Parenthood

First Attempts at the Rubik’s Cube

Posted on February 5, 2010 by domanmom — 3 Comments ↓

I think that I now truly understand Suzuki’s reasoning when, in teaching little toddlers to play the violin, he begins by teaching their parents, while the tots simply watch and observe. This sort of “desired activity” psychology is being clearly…

Tagged with: Grade K4 (age 4-5), Toys
Posted in Logic & Reasoning, Math

Curious Mind

Posted on February 3, 2010 by domanmom — No Comments ↓

So this morning, in the middle of eating his breakfast, Hunter came upstairs and asked me, “Mom, why do Cheerios float to the top in milk instead of sink to the bottom?” (hand motions accompanied) I’m used to this type…

Tagged with: Grade K4 (age 4-5), Kid Quotes
Posted in Language Development, Parenthood, Religion, Science