Dance images 08/28/07

'Nother August update

Mo's got her ABC's down pretty well, can say them all and recognize most. Numbers, however, have been something she shows little to no interest in.
Until yesterday.
We've worked on them all the while, until I could see her becoming bored or agitated (to keep learning fun, stop when it isn't) and it finally payed off.
Last night, on the throne (where all our best moments are) we started counting on our fingers to five, then to ten.
Sweet - this is the first time she's been agreeable. BTW, we start with a pinky. Maybe that's the trick?
Anyway, after counting off for ten minutes (really) I said, "HEY - wanna try something new?"
Well sure, if you put it that way!
I grabbed her foam bathtub numbers/letters and started counting them, as in quantity thereof...and she thought that was cool.
Wanna try?
OK.
BAM.
Right up to five, then ten.
I pushed the envelope all the way to twenty and she happily went forth after me, counting all by herself, figures in hand and sorted as she went, proud of her BIG GIRL abilities.

She now knows how to count items, not just rattle off numbers willy-nilly.

I have NO idea where she should be academically, but at 3.5, or maybe we're at 3.75 at this point, I'm pretty damn pleased that she is able to do this. I was starting to worry that SAHM was not as beneficial as we assume it should be, not knowing what she'd be learning in daycare.

Tomorrow we go to 50. Or try to, anyway. We've done it before as a matter of words, but never counted anything of such quantity.

:)

Disco dancing

Morgan had her first dance class today; a gift from Aunt Sofia which included now beloved Ballet shoes...:D
Mo still has some trouble taking instruction because she gets sidetracked (HEY - this is fun!) but did well with the instructor. Did not need me for anything! I sat there and helped use the right words as needed but Mo is finally to the point where someone else can do their job without my meddling.
(Mama is Disco dancing.)
Colleen was fantastic with the girls and had the right amount of patience needed for the job...
While the basic positions for Ballet were "OK", Mo went off once the Tap shoes came out. That's her thing. Even in a borrowed shoe 2 sizes too large, she was stomping like she'd been doing this for 6 months already, laughing, toe to heel and shuffling...she REALLY liked that...and it was clear to me that a trip to Payless this weekend for her own pair was in order. $19.99 toddler. Buy one get one 1/2 off. So the nice clerk on the phone informed me.
Proper Ballet may or not stick, but the Tap thing - she's down with it. We will go with this until she says otherwise.

FCC Palm Beach County party pics