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They haven't been overly cute lately, but let's see....
Today Ana did some word problems with me for practice and she noticed when she messed up. Admittedly she then got frustrated, but I still was pretty happy and told her so. We did a few two-step problems as well, and I carefully explained to her how to write out each step before you do it. (So if the problem is "X is 68 inches tall on a stool. The stool is 9 inches tall. How much taller is X than the stool?" she would write out "How tall is X?" and "How much taller is he than the stool?" so she doesn't get lost.). This, of course, is pointless, she never forgets halfway through! *eyeroll* If I keep on insisting she does this, though, she'll eventually make it a habit even though she doesn't want to, and then it'll be true that she doesn't forget halfway through what she's doing.
She also did this amazing flippy spinny thing on the bannister today where she flung herself wildly over the stairwell. I was genuinely impressed, as was Jenn, and we told her a. never to do it again or at least b. not where anybody will see her. It was impressively frightening, though there's no point telling her things aren't safe. (Jenn turned her back on her the other day for a few seconds and she ended up three stories high in a tree. She's constantly frustrated that I don't let her climb trees, but my problem is that these trees are both in other people's yards and clearly visible from the sidewalk. Whatever you may think of casual trespassing, you really can't do it where the whole neighborhood will see you, especially if you're up in a tree.)
Today Ana did some word problems with me for practice and she noticed when she messed up. Admittedly she then got frustrated, but I still was pretty happy and told her so. We did a few two-step problems as well, and I carefully explained to her how to write out each step before you do it. (So if the problem is "X is 68 inches tall on a stool. The stool is 9 inches tall. How much taller is X than the stool?" she would write out "How tall is X?" and "How much taller is he than the stool?" so she doesn't get lost.). This, of course, is pointless, she never forgets halfway through! *eyeroll* If I keep on insisting she does this, though, she'll eventually make it a habit even though she doesn't want to, and then it'll be true that she doesn't forget halfway through what she's doing.
She also did this amazing flippy spinny thing on the bannister today where she flung herself wildly over the stairwell. I was genuinely impressed, as was Jenn, and we told her a. never to do it again or at least b. not where anybody will see her. It was impressively frightening, though there's no point telling her things aren't safe. (Jenn turned her back on her the other day for a few seconds and she ended up three stories high in a tree. She's constantly frustrated that I don't let her climb trees, but my problem is that these trees are both in other people's yards and clearly visible from the sidewalk. Whatever you may think of casual trespassing, you really can't do it where the whole neighborhood will see you, especially if you're up in a tree.)
