Wetsipon Workshop : Homeschool Journeys

For a digital native like J,  one of the learning milestone challenges we are having is handwriting.  We have been giving her workbooks, coloring books,  new and pretty crayons,  different types of pens just to encourage her to write or start to love writing.  We have allow her to write on walls because she seems to be interested in writing with chalk but that eventually graduated to all other writing implements only on walls and other surfaces except paper.  There has to be major patience (and detergent and vinegar wiping on walls) to be applied here but we know it would pass.   At 3,  she already reads even big words,  tough words (huh by the way i will try her out later to check if she can decipher tough.. tough is tough) like advertisement,  wellness, Bible, Psalms, business,  she can mentally spell small words, type in words and do youtube, spotify and google searches,  do word play like...

Anywhere is a chance for learning.  Daddy and J have this errand bonding tradition at the supermarket.  Daddy will let J ride the pushcart and tours her in the produce section.  They name each and every item on shelf so J can see the fruits and vegetables in its raw form.  This beats just hanging posters and pointing to her pictures and objects,  beats doing powerpoints of the same.  I know this is still artificial but this is just the only way she will encounter the stuff in the urban setting.  Great venues would be sm hypers, rustans  and puregold.  The bigger the better,  so there would be more cart space because the sessions can take minutes to go around.   Enjoy!

Her first day ballet.  We are ready for her possible first day tantrums.  Great that the class was small,  and i appreciate how the teacher, teacher olive spends effort to get to know the students, quirks and all.   She was open for us to immerse in class unlimited times,  i think itll be a good break for J who does her learning via av.  She can see her instructions live,  over and over and over again.