Swim Class and Lesson Plans

To keep you updated on Henry's swimming lessons...

We missed a week because we were at the beach and were late to our last lesson, but Henry was a champ. We jumped right in the water and he did great following all of the directions and was a lot more comfortable! He knows what it means to grab the wall, be on his back,can be dunked with mouth and nose under water, and when we started to jump off the side from a sitting position he kept saying "more" to go back and do it again! He will be a natural before we know it!

For other news, and this may sound cheesy to some but I have started incorporating little lessons throughout our days. Henry and Mary Kate are so interested and quick to learn that I thought it couldn't hurt. This past week was my first week with a theme for the week, bible lessons, songs, and crafts. We now have a routine- not very structured mind you, but a routine all the same.

You think they aren't always listening, and we do do the same thing everyday for a week, but they are picking up on things! Just this week little things I've seen them do that are new...
Say new words like star and house. Sit on their bottoms on a blanket when asked to read books- I was very impressed at this!, try to sing twinkle, twinkle, little star, try to do motions to zaccheaus was a wee little man, and color on the paper to make fireworks (well, mostly on the paper!). It has been a busy week! So if you hear me talk about school, this is what I am referring to. It's funny how when you actually teach school you hate doing lesson plans and getting stuff together, but this is different! I guess once a teacher, always a teacher!

I just realized how long this was. Sorry no pictures, but we'll try to put some up after the holiday weekend. No big plans here, but it should be a nice relaxing weekend!

Happy 4th!!