Wyatt's First Teacher

As always... still trying to catch up with my tail!

Last school year- when I announced to my students that I wouldn't be back this school year- they demanded to know, "Why!?!" The best and most kid-friendly reason I could give them was because I wanted to be able to be Wyatt's teacher, which was very true... among other more adult reasons. So here we are, on Day 3, and I've already made up a daily schedule- planned out his lessons- and am doing my best to keep up! Whew!

Day 2: 8/9/11

The one thing that I was disappointed with about Day 1 was that I didn't have the time to do any of Wyatt's learning activities! There just wasn't enough time in the day.

So to quickly summarize other things we did today- I planned out his lessons before he woke up. I got some flyers ready to distribute for after-school tutoring to students in the area. Yes- just one more thing I'm throwing onto the plate! And then we were off running errands. Went to Dollar Tree to pick up photo mailers, stopped by CVS to coupon and grab some items we needed & saving 50% off our bill, grabbed Josh's prescriptions, and stopped by the post office to mail off a client's order.

When we got home Wyatt wanted to play outside, and even though it was blazing hot- he had been such a trooper running errands that I couldn't tell him no. It was time for his nap, but he didn't want to come inside. We did anyway- and I told him that after his nap- we were going to come back out to go on a "Rock Hunt." This was part of our lessons for the day. I explained what we would do with the rocks, and he seemed to be content with the idea of taking his nap knowing what fun we'd have when he woke up. Again- nap time was all about the business- but when he woke up, he remembered what I had told him. I was trying to get dinner prepped, and he asked me to pick him up. When I did- he looked at me and said, "Paint rocks." This kid doesn't miss a beat! So... off we went for our Rock Hunt.

He had to have the bike while he looked for rocks.

Found a ROCK!

Putting the rock in his bucket. 11 more to find!

Maghnus whispering to him where he can find more rocks.

All the dogs joined in on the Rock Hunt fun!

Sawyer begged and begged for Wyatt to throw a rock so he could fetch! Wyatt was happy to help him out!

Looking into those little eyes melts my Mommy heart!

Laia is always the first to know when someone is home. Can you guess who it might be?

Yep! It's Daddy!!

Sawyer is pumped that his birthday is tomorrow! He's turning 4!

My sweet Mag-pie!

Laia is always monitoring the boys! She's the boss!

Let's go find more rocks!

Washing the rocks.

Scrub-a-dub!

So after scrubbing the rocks, we're letting them dry so we can paint them. Wyatt is learning about Shapes & Colors. The rocks will be painted different colors and we're using them to organize and sort later this week. It's a process... for sure! Anyway- so today's activities consisted of "Your Baby Can Read" (Vocabulary Development), practicing shapes and colors with Mickey Mouse flash cards (Math), outlining a square with cherrios and glue (Fine Motor Skills), going on a rock hunt (Sensory Exploration), making a rainbow to practice colors (Art), singing "A Beautiful Rainbow Came" (Music & Fingerplay), and reading the book, "What Makes a Rainbow" (Storytime & Language Development).

A snapshot of our day's work at "Mommy & Wyatt School."

We're having so much fun and I had one tuckered out little man when the day was done! Not to mention I was BEAT! I almost feel like I should just open a pre-school with all the work I'm doing to be Wyatt's first teacher! It's been a great couple of days! Now to get started with Day 3! :) Little man is waking up so I've gotta run! (Sip of coffee... and off I go!)