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conulyEvangeline doesn't really *need* the silly game like Ana did. She's perfectly happy to memorize and regurgitate information. (And when she wakes up early from a nap she fetches a toy and goes back to bed. She doesn't sneak out and get into trouble! It's scary!)
But it's still fun. So I say I'll kiss her nose, she covers her nose, I kiss something else and loudly proclaim I succeeded - "NO! That's my FOREHEAD!"
(She doesn't need this variation either, she knows her body parts. But it's still fun.)
So we were playing the other day and I got her forehead, and then her cheek, and then her hand. Finally, she decided to let me win by moving her hand away. So I go in for the kill... I get her nose... "That's not my nose!" What is it, I ask in wonder? "MY 'NOT!"
Ew. I just kissed snot. What a delightful child she is!
Ana sang me a new song from school today. Bananas Unite! (I had to explain that unite doesn't mean "going to bed" but "coming together". Love how she worked that one out, though :)
And we've been working on (quite outside of what they're doing for school because school math is way easier than what she's been doing) counting by twos. It's hard! So first we just took turns saying numbers, with Ana taking the evens. Then I clapped when I said my numbers, but Ana just said hers. Now I clap and she (tries to) say the next in line. She's pretty good at it, but she often gets confused at either six or eight. Still, we only started doing this yesterday so lots of progress there :) (Oooh, I should write to her teacher and tell her.)
Today, searching for something to do, Ana and Evangeline made word posters. Well... Evangeline worked on her name (her one time writing of it appears to have been a fluke. We're working on it) and Ana wrote "purple", a word she's become infatuated with. So she wrote purple in triple letters (overlapping letters in different colors), then she wrote it on all sorts of fancy lines (tracing over my letters since this was harder) - mountains, curvies, and a heart. Stuck hers in her folder to show her teacher at Ana's request.
But it's still fun. So I say I'll kiss her nose, she covers her nose, I kiss something else and loudly proclaim I succeeded - "NO! That's my FOREHEAD!"
(She doesn't need this variation either, she knows her body parts. But it's still fun.)
So we were playing the other day and I got her forehead, and then her cheek, and then her hand. Finally, she decided to let me win by moving her hand away. So I go in for the kill... I get her nose... "That's not my nose!" What is it, I ask in wonder? "MY 'NOT!"
Ew. I just kissed snot. What a delightful child she is!
Ana sang me a new song from school today. Bananas Unite! (I had to explain that unite doesn't mean "going to bed" but "coming together". Love how she worked that one out, though :)
And we've been working on (quite outside of what they're doing for school because school math is way easier than what she's been doing) counting by twos. It's hard! So first we just took turns saying numbers, with Ana taking the evens. Then I clapped when I said my numbers, but Ana just said hers. Now I clap and she (tries to) say the next in line. She's pretty good at it, but she often gets confused at either six or eight. Still, we only started doing this yesterday so lots of progress there :) (Oooh, I should write to her teacher and tell her.)
Today, searching for something to do, Ana and Evangeline made word posters. Well... Evangeline worked on her name (her one time writing of it appears to have been a fluke. We're working on it) and Ana wrote "purple", a word she's become infatuated with. So she wrote purple in triple letters (overlapping letters in different colors), then she wrote it on all sorts of fancy lines (tracing over my letters since this was harder) - mountains, curvies, and a heart. Stuck hers in her folder to show her teacher at Ana's request.
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Date: 2008-11-27 01:41 am (UTC)One day soon after that we had one of those "math aptitude by speed" tests, and my teacher saw mine and was a bit worried because I hadn't gotten very far (I've never been fast, but this was "worse") and none of the answers were right. Not too far along, she saw that I had multipled on every problem, quite correctly. The speed math test was for addition, and apparently my mind was still fixated on multiplication enough not to notice the addition signs. She was actually impressed with me for multiplying relatively quickly, then, aside from missing the addition sign.
I only remember this because my sister and I sometimes find it amusing to read back in my mom's "Gnome Gnotebook" where she had written various amusing anecdotes from us (ranging from interesting word uses to blaming the other sibling for a wet underwear accident). The teacher found it interesting enough to let my mom know about it. And I had learned to check the sign usage when doing math problems.
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Date: 2008-11-27 01:41 am (UTC)One day soon after that we had one of those "math aptitude by speed" tests, and my teacher saw mine and was a bit worried because I hadn't gotten very far (I've never been fast, but this was "worse") and none of the answers were right. Not too far along, she saw that I had multipled on every problem, quite correctly. The speed math test was for addition, and apparently my mind was still fixated on multiplication enough not to notice the addition signs. She was actually impressed with me for multiplying relatively quickly, then, aside from missing the addition sign.
I only remember this because my sister and I sometimes find it amusing to read back in my mom's "Gnome Gnotebook" where she had written various amusing anecdotes from us (ranging from interesting word uses to blaming the other sibling for a wet underwear accident). The teacher found it interesting enough to let my mom know about it. And I had learned to check the sign usage when doing math problems.