As hard as I've tried I cannot get Aubrey to pay attention long enough to learn her ABC's or numbers. I know she is old enough that she can memorize them but she just isn't getting them. She knows a few important ones, like first letter of all of our names and can even draw an A but she just as no interest in flash cards and stuff that worked when she was 1-2. When I was at Sam's club the other day I decided to get them some ABC and Number Cd's since I don't really want them watching as much TV in the car. Within a few days she had learned the first quarter of her ABC's! After seeing that I realized she more of a hands on learner and I need to change up my teaching techniques. As we get ready for her entering Pre-school in the fall, we will be finding more ways to make learning fun and will be blogging about it. That will include anatomy because right now Aubrey LOVES learning about her body. Just last night we went over "brains, bones and bread" (lol when Aubrey says blood, it sounds like bread) She was co curious about how her heart pumped blood through her veins and how her lungs put air into her blood. I'm not the best at explaining stuff to kids but she seems to get it and really enjoys it.
As for Evvy, I feel I have felt down when I think about what I was teaching Aubrey at this age. She knows most of her body parts, and I think she knows her colors, though sometimes I think she just might be guessing, others she'll get one wrong that I know she knows. Either way I'll be including her in our learning!
Anyway today I opened up Word on our computer and typed a big A so Aubrey could find the matching one on the key board and opened a sticky note for her to type in. She found all of them now knows what a Y is! . Evvy found E.V.V and want to go play but I was surprised at just how fast she found them!
