A Quiet Week

We had a pretty mellow week… The girls did a lot of playing, putting together elaborate “set-ups” (as they call them). Blocks and fairies and playsilks and train tracks and boxes and whatever else got in their paths!

I gave a little kindergarten readiness talk at our old preschool stomping grounds.  I miss being there! I’ll be sharing some of my favorite tips over the next few weeks. You might also want to check out all my previous posts on kindergarten prep – lots of fun stuff for learning through play:

• My Favorite Kindergarten Books
• Kindergarten Countdown – Transition Tips
• Print Awareness
• Name Play
• Rhyme Time

I finished reading a wonderful middle-grade book, Ida B by Katherine Hannigan.  The main character, Ida B, has such a wonderful voice and there’s a pretty awesome teacher character in the book as well.  I read it in a few hours, then sent it off in the mail to my 5th-grade niece.  I hope she loves it as much as I did!

That’s about all the excitement around here this week.  We get to watch Natalie at ice-skating lessons tonight – it’s her fourth lesson and she is totally in love with skating!

Have a wonderful weekend!