Adam and I started school yesterday. My goal is for us to do preschool activities at home each day. We’ll be focusing on a different letter and number each week. This week is brought to you by the letter “L” and the number “1”.

I think Adam was most excited about having his own desk to work at (thank you again Aunt Cathy!). We started with a bible verse, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16). And then moved on to words that start with “L”.

Then we sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and did an “L” craft.

We ended school with several “L” stories (“Llama Llama Red Pajama”, “Llama Llama Mad at Mama”, and an ABC book. We also looked at pictures of a lamb online, showing how it grew from 4 hours old to 12 weeks old.

All in all, I would say we are off to a good start. There are a couple of different websites I am gathering lesson plans and ideas from (thanks Becky for the suggestions). Today, in addition to repeating some of what we did yesterday, Adam worked on identifying upper and lower case Ls in a story I printed out for him, we practiced writing the letter “L”, and we did a lamb craft (his request).

I don’t think I’m going to push the writing too much though. He is still pretty young and we don’t know for sure if Adam is right or left-handed (he still switches hands frequently when coloring and eating). I don’t want to confuse him or force him in to one hand or the other.

I don’t plan on homeschooling for real (I have to help keep all those public school teachers in my family employed). But for now, I am having fun being Adam’s teacher, Adam is having fun playing school, and it’s what works for our family.

When we talked about other art projects we could do with “L” words he told me he wants to make a Luke out of poofy things (cotton balls I think?). Not sure where we’ll go with that one. I’m making sure to keep the glue well out of reach when Luke is around though, just in case his big brother gets any ideas.