Last week was Ava’s first week of toddler school!  I use the term toddler school, because she’s not technically a preschooler yet and we’re being pretty laid-back about it at this point.  She’s only 2, and the curriculum is meant for her age group, but our main goal is to get her used to doing school and hopefully teach her a few things along the way!

I’m using this curriculum and I like it so far.  They don’t have a rigid plan of what they want you to accomplish each day.  Instead they have objectives for what the child should be able to do at the end of each month.  They also have some seat work and some out-and-about projects (identifying parts of the community, learning about transportation, etc.) so that you can choose what suits the child’s mood that day.

I bought the pdf download of the curriculum, which was considerably cheaper than buying the wipe-off book.  This week, I’ve just been printing out each worksheet for Ava and letting her write straight on the page, but I think we’re going to change that this week.  I didn’t realize how many times she was going to need to do each worksheet!  Instead, I’m going to put the worksheets in page protectors and let her use a dry-erase marker.  That way she can trace whatever she’s working on that day over and over again without me having to print out new sheets!

While we are having some issues with attention span and cooperation, I do understand that she’s only 2 and it’s to be expected.  I definitely do not want to make school something she doesn’t enjoy (especially at this age), so we’re being very flexible and following her lead.  I’m hopeful that as we keep going, she’ll get used to it and we’ll have lots of fun this year!

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