Everyone has begun their homeschooling, and in an effort to feel like we aren’t completely letting our child’s brain waste away, we thought we’d do a little bit of PRE-K with Lala. She’s 28 months old (2 years and 4 months), so we aren’t pushing it too much. Mostly, lots of play time with some focus to vocabulary, ABCs, numbers, songs, and the like. A few days ago, I hopped on Worldbook.com and looked up the Pre-K curriculum list (which is AVERAGE across the US). I printed the list off and began marking through the skills Lala had so we would know what to work on. I was pleasantly surprised to find that she’d already mastered HALF of a list that was intended for 3 and 4 year olds.
Sir and I have been prompting Lala to save money here and there – from birthdays to money she finds when she helps do laundry, etc. Yesterday, we headed to town and she found what she wanted to spend her stash on – a leapfrog tag game. Originally, she bought the starter set and then leapfrog tagjunior books (2 of them). But…after I had downloaded everything, we realized that the Tag and Tagjunior books WOULD need different sets. I had been hoping that you could use the same stylus pen for both, but NOPE. So, we explained it to Lala and told her we’d need to take it back. However, she had a different idea. She calmly told us that she’d like to keep her starter set but we could take back the two JUNIOR books. So, that’s what we did.
Here she is with the carrying case and all…
She LOVES this thing. We thought it’d be too old for her, but actually…I’m thinking it’s best that the simple aBC 123 Junior books didn’t work out… She’s having a good time with a book that actually has a plot. These are also super cool because they will tell the story, have extra sound effects, and other little games included. PLUS it tracks how much she plays with it and what she clicks on so when I attach it to the computer, it can kind of gauge how much she was exposed to each thing. Pretty cool, right?
This book actually came IN the starter kit and look! ABCs! Woohoo! Oh, and one of my favorite things about this thing? It comes with a headphone JACK! OH YEAH!
Still going…
Another favorite of Lala’s has been this Brainquest set. We found it at Walmart for about $10 for a set of 3. It’s for ages 2-3 and it’s pretty great! The little monkey’s name is Max and it basically asks questions about what Max is doing as well as introduces new vocab words!
I had only planned for a short round of this, but she wanted to keep going. And going.
We also have a set of inexpensive ABC flashcards with the letter and a picture on the front and the letters again on the back. We’ll identify the letters, the pictures, and then I’ll ask her to find certain letters for me. Sometimes she will, sometimes she won’t. I’m thinking it’s more of a matter of she doesn’t feel like doing this activity. SOOO…maybe this should be one of those things we do before she gets too tired but when she’s not as riled up about the “more exciting” activities. She adores singing the ABCs with one of the online toddler websites BUT the catch is…she likes doing it with her Mimi the most. *sigh* I was trying to find an ALTERNATIVE to that. She’s a very independent learner, so I think the LeapFrog Tag stuff will be great for her.
Oh, and did I mention we’re exploring circles? Yeh. She LOVES drawing circles.
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