She wrote a freehand letter A today, her first. She also dictated a couple of stories and I was actually able to scrabble most of the plot down. We worked for awhile on making a book, but she quickly lost interest in illustrating her story. She wanted to illustrate the story of Sleeping Beauty. Can anyone tell me how long the princess phase will last?
Today she asked me to dress as the Stepsister for Halloween. Oh dear. I definitely have the clothes for Cinderella (pre-fairy godmother), but nothing fancy for the stepsisters. We'll have to work on this. Of course, she has planned five or six different costumes for Halloween already, so I'm sure she'll have decided on something completely different by October 31.
As far as our lessons go, they are progressing nicely, although she's having difficulty with the narration portion. I read a short story to her, about 1.5 pages, and ask her to tell it to me in her own words. She has been able to repeat 1-2 key points, but lately she can't (or won't?) tell me anything that relates to the story. Lately, Ariel or Sleeping Beauty has figured prominently in her retelling.
I've been using board games to reinforce counting. She likes to play Chutes & Ladders, but our success with numbers varies wildly between morning and afternoon. It's all good in the morning. The witching hour starts at about 3:30 and lasts until 5:00. I've been trying to get dinner started earlier so that we can get her to bed earlier. So far, we're still hitting 8:30 PM as bedtime. We'll see how tonight goes. Of course, she just came in to tell me that her hair hurts, so tonight should be interesting.
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