A few days ago, my wife put up this sign in our kitchen. This morning, my daughter noticed it. “I get it!” she said without prompting. “CREEP it real! Like, KEEP it real!” Later in the day, she wanted to share a joke of her own. “What did A say to B?” “I don’t know.”Continue reading “Getting and Making Jokes”
Category Archives: Education
Mama Questions
Today, my daughter wanted to make a house and play mama. She inevitably had questions. They included: Do mamas take breaks? Do mamas always sit down? What do mamas do beside read to their babies? These are good questions. I may start giving her the task of playing as a certain vocation, just to seeContinue reading “Mama Questions”
Theme Days
Today was the first of several theme days at my daughter’s school. The short list includes: Rocker day 50s-theme day Pajama Day Spirit Day I see the appeal. You get to do something out of the ordinary, and you get to compare notes with all your friends and classmates who are doing the same thing.Continue reading “Theme Days”
Pumpkin Patience
This pumpkin is a tribute to patience: my daughter’s and my wife’s. It took two days to complete. My daughter painted it yesterday and, with my wife’s help, decorated it today. My daughter was frequently impatient about her pumpkin, but she knew it was worth the wait when she completed it this evening. Her motherContinue reading “Pumpkin Patience”
Inside the Clubhouse
My daughter loves the idea of a secret room where only she (and maybe her cousins?) can go. Today, she built that special space in the middle of the living room. It consists of: two kitchen chairs a living room lounger a blanket that functions as a curtain thanks to some packing tape collection ofContinue reading “Inside the Clubhouse”
Rules
Here’s how I know I need to up my parent game: I have a vague idea of where my daughter’s hare-brained schemes come from, but I don’t know for sure. Today, she wanted to invent a game. I think was because she got to watch this TV show called BLUEY where such inventive games areContinue reading “Rules”
Crafts
It’s starting to feel like there’s a division of labor in the child education market. It takes a village, I’ve been told. Well, our daughter spent Saturday evening with her great aunt and uncle. She was there for about five hours. When we picked her up, she had completed some crafts. A. I love theContinue reading “Crafts”
“Hurray for Ice Cream!”
When my daughter eats enough of her dinner, she can have dessert. Tonight, she showed me her nearly empty plate which she finished long after we’d finished dinner. “Can I have dessert?” she asked. I assented. She chose an ice cream drumstick. I asked her to eat it at the dinner table. Watching her, IContinue reading ““Hurray for Ice Cream!””
Parent Conference
This afternoon, my wife and I met with our daughter’s kindergarten teacher. The meeting last thirty minutes and contained the following takeaways. Our daughter is reading and writing at the level of a first-grader. She’s a rule-follower who looks to her teachers for help and does whatever she’s asked. She gets along well with herContinue reading “Parent Conference”
Book Lab
Every Wednesday, my daughter has a lab session at school where she learns how to use her Chromebook. When she comes home on Wednesday, she tries to extend what she’s learned. Today, that consisted of taking photographs and then adding audio commentary. She was trying to replicate the read-along book videos her teacher had recorded,Continue reading “Book Lab”
Learning Together 