Raves about my little man

Where do I even begin? I love my little man, he is cute, handsome and just a really good little boy....good little helper... mama's boy (and daddy's) for sure.

This morning, after some snuggling in bed and breakfast, we read a few books together. Actually, Prime read most of it himself. He always asks me when he reads a book that is above his level. "Is it okay if I mess up?", he asks. "Of course. That means you are learning.", I tell him.

Then he happily reads and points his finger at the words. This boy can read a lot considering we haven't formally learned phonics. I'm planning to start with that in the fall with him, most likely.


I wasn't sure about this set of books in the beginning. But Prime really likes them. I purposely got him the B and Q book (since Prime have some trouble identifying lower case b and d, p and q). I couldn't find the D and P book.

Later, he puts away all his clothes, and his daddy's clothes all by himself w/o me saying anything. I think he started because he saw me putting away my clothes. The sweet thing is he says, "Mommy, I am going to put away my clothes everyday because I want to make you happy." Words to melt my heart. The boy got a super sweet mouth. Sometimes, he will say, I don't want to make you mad because I don't want you to get white hair. :-)

Then he goes down stairs to clean Fluffy's cage ( our hamster) all by himself. Usually, he and J do it together so it's a big step for him to do it all by himself. :-) And he did a great job! The boy even swept!

I tell him, you are getting purple today. And he says, "Yeah !"

This color system is used at the beginning of year in J's school for 1st graders. (Red- 2 or more warnings (note to parent) Yellow-warning, Green-good day, Blue- great day (did 1 thing good w/o reminding) Purple-excellent day (did 2 or more things great w/o reminding and teacher will write a happy note to parents).

When J was in school, she got mostly green, and on a few occasions, she gets blue. Usually, only 1 person gets blue. And even more rare is a child gets purple. But it does happen.

At the time, Prime always asks J when we pick her up, what did you get today? (as the color code report came everyday; the children color in the chart themselves) At the time, I was annoyed at the chart since there was no clear guidelines and very discretionary. Luckily or unluckily, J didn't care too much about the color she got. She never got yellow, but when she did get blue, she wasn't thrilled either. After 2 months, the daily color report stopped and a weekly report came.

Anyway, Little Prime, you deserve a PURPLE today. I love you googel (yes, it is a #).

-mommy

W boy's painting

Today, W boy did a little painting using a combination of fingers and brushes (various sizes). He attempted a painting from a book called "1 2 3 I can paint!" by Irene Luxbacher. The green in his painting is achieved by mixing yellow/blue, the muddy brown is done by yellow/red. The purity of paint we used today is not good but W boy wanted to use those bottles of paint, perhaps it's because they come in big bottles. Anyway, for purity of color, stockmar is excellent though pricy.

W boy also continue to work on his phonics, learning short "a" and short "i" sound as in cat and inchworm. He makes finding the sound seem so easy and got them all correct. Even a few words like "milk", and "camel" I thought was a little tricky, he got them w/o problem. He is starting to read a few words such as cap, bat, as well as bib and pin. This may not seem like a lot but being able to put the letter sounds together is a big step for W boy. : )