Sharing Week - 9/20/10

This week is sharing week. We are going to be reading a number of books that encourage children to share. I found that there were a lot of books about sharing that focused on fixing a negative attitude. Although we got a few books along that line, I tried to instead get more books that showed kids wanting to share out of a cheerful heart. I think a positive book would accomplish better what I'm trying to convey to my preschooler.

For our music, we will continue listening to the Carnival of Animals. My son enjoyed it so much this last week. Playing it during lunch seemed to work really well when I propped up his book to look at while he ate and listened to the music.

We are going to wait do our art appreciation until October. I do want to start doing crafts though a couple times a week. One day we will do baking and another day we will do art. I found a great book with the obvious title, Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product. I like that we aren't going to be focusing on the product since we just want to have fun with it.

We will keep working our this month's Bible Verse of Philippians 4:13. My preschooler pretty much already has it memorized, but we are going to review it through the end of the month.

We are still working on the ABCs and our numbers hopefully everyday.

So, here is our weekly line-up...

On Monday, we will visit the library again to pick up our sharing books. I realized last week that I couldn't really make the library an "event" or field trip since we can't really stay long. This is one of the difficulties I've found with having a very mobile (and climbing!) toddler while keeping my preschooler occupied. Also, the computers in the kids section of the library are very distracting. My preschooler and one-year old are both drawn to them instead of the books. Instead of wanting to read all the wonderful picture books they are surrounded by, they are attracted by the entertainment of technology. The computer games are good and educational, but they lack the natural imagination of a child. All this to say, on Monday we will go to the library quickly and read our books at home.

Tuesday will be one of our craft days. I thought it would be fun to make some friendship bread to celebrate our sharing time. Anyone local want some?

On Wednesday, we will take a field trip to the indoor playground. What better place to practice sharing than to go to a place with lots of toys and lots of friends!

Thursday is traditional preschool again. This week, I'm going to make sure that we have food in car so we don't have a meltdown when we get home. I'm also hoping to get to talk to his teacher more so that we can complement what they are doing in class at home.

Friday will be another craft day. I bought some poster chalk last week, so we are going to do some chalk drawing. I hope that the different medium will make it so my preschooler actually wants to draw. He hasn't shown much interest in it before.

I also want to go outside a fair bit this week. The forecast is a bit unpredictable this week, but maybe we can at least make it out for our rain-walk sometime this week since we missed it last Friday.

Well, there is our week in advance. The adventure continues!