Science:
Ocean
Books:
Totally Amazing Sea Creatures
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Gentle Giant Octopus By Karen Wallace
BBC Earth Exciting Earth Coloring Book
Earth and Moon:
Books:
Planet Earth Q&A
Claude and Sun
Science Book
Math:
Word Problems (using a number line instead of tactiles)
Spanish:
Animals , Sea creatures
Fun learning tools :
Ocean puzzle, Coloring Book, Sea Creatures toys, art project (space ship)
Blended Broth:
2 green bell peppers
1 red bell pepper
3 bushels of cilantro
2 yellow squash
1 green squash
1 Mexican Squash
2 bushels of green onion
1 lemon
4 cloves of garlic
Vegetables:
5 Russet potatoes
1 yellow onion
1 white onion
4 carrots
1 bag of okra
1 box of mushrooms
and boxed Chicken Broth
3 Carne Asada filets
Olive oil
Canola oil
Seasonings:
Salt Free Seasoning
Garlic salt with Parsley flakes
Italian Seasoning
Today, I volunteered in J’s preschool class. We sang a groovy song , Rainbow Around Me. J merrily belted out the lyrics of the song. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1xx9dhkhs) He sang louder than everybody and did the body movements that coordinate with the song.
After school we went and had a snack…french fries and flavored shaved ice. We encountered our cousin Isaiah. J was excited to see him there working the register. He asked Melissa Isaiah’s coworker ” Did you know we know Isaiah?” While we were eating snack he talked endlessly. We had to leave when he began to try to climb on the furniture.
Next, we went to a discount store to search for my interview outfits. I told him I wanted his help and input on the outfit for my interviews. He immediately said ” You need a black shirt and black pants.” I refuted that black would be too hot because it will be in the 90’s. ” He told me ” You have to wear a gown because you are a princess. Princess wear high heels, too!” We discussed how I needed something professional and comfortable. I also told I didn’t want to be a princess I am a queen and he is my prince. He insisted that I am a princess because he is my prince.
We ended up picking a coral blouse, magenta blouse, and black lace blouse and brown trousers. He persisted that I get a black shirt. So, that I can be a Black Superhero.
It was a lot of having his input on my clothing choices.. he wanted to pick out his clothes from the women’s section. I had to explain that the store was divided into different categories and also how the clothes in the women’s aisle were too big for him.. He then said when he get’s older he will wear big clothes. He saw a Mickey Mouse Club hooded sweatshirt for himself he wanted to purchase. I loved listening to his fast paced monologue, with some occasional questions for me. Lately, he has been experiencing hyperspeech. I understand it is a symptom of ADHD, however, I enjoy listening to him babble away. I remember the scary times when he was speechless, incoherent, and lost in his own world.
J is excited for his Easter Basket.
J loves Iron Man and the color red.
I’m excited that his basket will illicit a big toothy smile.
1) Iron Man Arc FX Armor
2) Iron Man 50 piece puzzle (2)
3) Fresh Fruit: Bananas & Oranges,
4) Sunrise Farmers Market Fruit Snacks
5) Art Supplies: Bingo Dot markers, Primary Color paints, Colored pencils.
J is amazing! His smile and imagination mesmerize me. He is a reflection of his father and paternal grandmother. Seldomly, I see glimpses of myself in his image.
I devour his cuddly moments…sometimes they are to avoid a directive I have given. Today, he jumped on me several times and gave me cuddles and told me he loves me. I grab him close and tell him I have a secret I whisper in his ear I love him. His rebuttal is ” Mommy, that is not a secret…everybody knows you love me….I know you love me.”
His self-esteem is sweet. He has soaked up all my positive affirmations. J knows he is amazing, thoughtful, and intelligent. When we were at Chik-fi-la he made sure to help the babies open the door. He always makes sure babies are safe…he stays close to them to make sure they don’t fall. He freely hugs and kisses little girls and finds something positive to say about them like ” you have a pretty dress.” He always tries to find commonality between he and other children ” We both have a red shirt, but you have Spider man on your shirt , I don’t.” J is a social butterfly like myself; He talks to anybody and makes himself comfortable with them. He mirrors my behavior…I am SUPER social..I engage in conversation with everybody….greeting anyone I come in contact with. I wish them a wonderful day and share a smile.
J loves red. Red is his Superhero color and his regular boy color, too. Today, he dressed himself. He picked a red shirt with white and sky blue bold stripe and red, black with hints of white gray checkered plaid print. He topped his outfit with a red beanie. His socks were red with a green frog prince.
He has a fantastic imagination…He calls his swing his rocketship. He spends hours drawing, coloring and cutting out his drawings. He created a picture of Cyborg as a centaur, He gave Raven a pink cloak; he noted that “Raven changed her clothes.”
J loves and looks forward to story time. He isn’t playing much with his Thomas toys, however, he often picks, Thomas books for storytime. J especially loves the Thomas toys with sound effects. I enjoy when he reads me books.
He is observant. We were waiting at the drive thru and a young woman walks by in a blue shirt that had the word PINK on it. J remarked ” why does her shirt say pink when it is blue?”
J loves numbers and math. J was talking to his friend Josh..J was saying something about the number 100 and Josh said he wanted to have 2 billion. J comments ” That’s a lot more than 100.” Later, that evening J tells me ” Mama, 8 + 4=12 and 3 x 4=12″ I often hear him saying math facts to self throughout the day.
This evening, he had fun watering the mesquite tree. He exclaimed the waterfall from the hose was a “rainbow”. We made jazz music with harmonicas, tambourines and maracas. He sang the ABC’s while we danced and sang.
J’s strength’s are his love, automatic forgiveness, optimism, cheerfulness, and his enthusiasm for learning. He is a cyclone of movement…dancing, tumbling, climbing, sliding and jumping.
I was sleeping and J came over gently rubbed my head.
He rubbed my head the way I love rubbing his head at bedtime.
J quietly whispered ” I love you, see you later!”
J came by later and brought me a picture.
It was a picture of a circle and the numbers 1,2,3,and 4.
He made a pattern of blue and red on the numbers.
Science:
Temperature
1. Observing Hot & Cold by Touching.
2. Can We Measure How Hot Something Is?
Book: Scotts Foresman Science text book
Monday, Wednesday, Sunday
Science in Reading : Expository Nonfiction
Honey Bees
Words to Read: family, other, also, their, some, new
Book: Reading Street
videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSk_ev1eZec
Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
Math:
A is for Abacus
Counting by 5’s, 10’s
Book: G is for Googol
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_wZxzVXLoI
Spanish:
colors, counting , family
Videos: Language Tree
Reading board books in Spanish
Art :
Coloring and creating pictures
History:
Black / African-American’s who changed history
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
While twisting my hair J looked at me in wonder. He said “Mommy, your are beautiful!”
He enjoyed touching my hair and he laid his sweet little head on my shoulder and I put my head against his and read our bedtime story Atlantis.
While he was playing at McDonald’s playing with kids. J told a little boy ” I have the best Mommy.” The little boy continued to talk about his Daddy and tried to get J to talk about his father. J listened quietly to him and ignored questions about his father and rebutted with ” I have the bestest Mommy, she loves and takes care of me.”
J tells me almost everyday. “Mommy, you love and take care of me!?” It is both a statement and question. I always answer back yes and that he is my joy and happiness. He smiles and hugs me.
If you talk to him or ask him a question and he doesn’t want to communicate he says ” I am not available.” or ” I don’t want to talk, please leave me alone.” or sometimes he screams ” Noooooooo! don’t talk to me !” or he will completely ignore me.
He made me chuckle when he told me “Raven has anger issues!” J loves Teen Titans Go!
J is my memorable happiness and joy because of him I smile everyday. God has blessed me infinitely.
J usually likes to line his trains and cars up.
Lately, he has been sorting by color.
He gathers different objects from different rooms and sorts miscellaneous objects together.
He has done this sorting with books; taking out several books and stacking them together.
He focuses on a color for several days, then moves on to another color.
The first was red. Next, orange. Last, was blue.
The funny thing is today in the morning it had been orange and by the evening it was blue.
J also enjoys dressing monotone. His shirt, pants, underwear, and hat will all be the same color.
This morning he was decked out in red and in the afternoon it was blue,
He says everything has to match.
I enjoy the zany and awesome outfits he puts together.
He puts most of his clothes on backwards.
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