TCDC November 2020

We are now 3 months into our home preschool experiment, and so far, so good. Joey and Spencer are practically reading. Shayna has almost mastered counting with 1-to-1 correspondence. My children have conversations distinguishing between digraphs and blends. If that wasn't nerdy enough, we've introduced vowel teams and diphthongs into our vocabulary. We count syllables for fun. And I recently overheard Ethan exclaim, "This is SO fun; I LOVE organizing!" My heart beams with pride. Here are the wacko, educational, and getting alongly-like pictures and videos caught with TCDC in the month of November.

what our living room floor looks like most mornings during "Quiet Toys"

If they're going to beg to weed and clear leaves, who am I to stop them?

Despite the pictures of dressed-up superheroes I often send to Gilden parents, we do a whole lotta learning!

matching words with the same "rime" and then encoding

matching capital and lower case letters

counting with 1-to-1 correspondence

initial sound/letter match domino train

clothes pin independent learning tasks

sight word erase game

sorting pictures by number of syllables

learning with magnetic letters

matching numeral to picture

It took until November, but we finally got some pretty colors(ish) around north Austin. We enjoyed lots of outside time, running and playing in the beautiful sunny (and warm) weather.

enjoying the gorgeous weather

leading their own "Music & Movement"

sidewalk chalk art

And then there are those times that the superheroes need to protect the neighborhood from the villainous evil on our streets.




After each of 2 outdoor recesses, we eat either snack or lunch. All children are expected to visit the bathroom and wash hands first. And all children comply because children respond to routines and clear expectations. The challenge is getting these 2 dressed afterwards...


For those that are curious what it would be like to be a fly on the wall: