Tot School 9/11-9/18/2009

Working on opposites with these great little matching cards I got at Ross. Surprisingly, Jacob could do several of them. I was impressed. I can't take the credit.

God has truly given me an amazing child!

Jacob loves little books with flip up cards. This one is teaching him all the states. I also found one that has geographical places in the world. (Mommy is learning lots with him :)

He loves this little dry erease alphabet book I found for a steal at Ross. I love to pick up little educational books/toys at places like Ross and TJ Maxx. Even if they are too advanced at the time, I know I can use them later and anything less than $5 is a great deal!

Helping mommy make her first ever blueberry pie from scratch..or rather helping her eat the ingredients. :)

Jacob LOVES, LOVES, LOVES music! His daddy bought him his first guitar last week.

Aren't they both just sooo cute??

He was into his musical instruments this past week a lot.

Loving my TOT and loving TOT School.
Thank you Lord for a little boy is so fun and loves to play and learn!!

Tot School Tuesdays

Hello everyone,

One of the things I hope to do here at The Bargain Woman is to get regularly involved with the ladies at Tot School and Totally Tots. I've been following Carisa and her beautiful family's adventures in Tot School for about a year now. Her site, and the others that link up, offer great ideas and activities for teaching and playing with your tot. Don't let the word "school" scare you because Tot School is about making play time into teachable moments. There is not rigidity to what I do, except that I enjoy making the homemade teaching crafts and turning every opportunity into a time to teach Jacob something new.

He is currently 27 months old and to my surprise about three weeks ago demonstrated that he recognizes about 15-20 letters in the alphabet, can count to 10 and count pictures in a book, and is gaining understanding of many of the shapes such as circle, heart, and star. He is, however, still having some difficulty mastering his colors, but I am not sweating it or anything. We just play and identify them as often as possible.

One of the great things that has come from Tot School for us is Jacob's love for books. While he does watch probably a bit more TV than James Dobson would approve, Jacob is very content to read. Most nights now, instead of calming him with a soothing musical video, we turn off the TV and go to his room with daddy for story time. He is so animated and just loves to act out all the scenes in the story. He and his daddy are a hoot and mommy enjoys sitting back to watch the show! :)

So here are a few pics from some of the things we do in Tot School. I hope on Fridays to do a post called, "Family Fun Fridays" where I will share the activities from our weekend family time. My husband is blessed to have a three day weekend every week (which is one reason we have decided to home school) and we really enjoy finding new adventures for the family. Last weekend we went berry picking and had a blast!

God bless you and your families and Happy Homemaking everyone!