Who's Teaching Who?

We have some new activities planned this week. And I must say, she has already done very well. A friend of mine was saying her son isn't interested in learning at all. He is a month younger than AB. I would like to say, I have been working with AB for a long time already. This isn't something I just threw together and said, "okay, lets start doing school". I'm a firm believer in consistency and exposing children at a young age, to things that will foster learning. Maybe this little boy isn't ready for the learning that AB is doing. But he hasn't been given the opportunities for learning that AB has been given either. I also don't think to compare children is a good thing to do. My daughter can do things that this little boy can't do and vise versa. I also sort of feel, like its my natural teaching instincts to do these types of things. Would I do them, if I had never been a teacher? I don't know, but I doubt it. I have been privileged to have been taught the importance of the skills AB is doing. A foundation is being set and hopefully a love for learning and exploring have starting being embedded in who she will later become. It is with intent on my part, that we do these things. So maybe at age 5, if the little boy and AB took a test, they might test the same or different. Who is to say? But I am merely trying to be the best parent, that I know how to be, with the knowledge that I have. And I feel, for the most part, every parent is doing the same thing. I don't know if any of this makes sense, and I probably rambled a bit. But I just wanted to say these things. =)

Shape sorting~ I cut out the shapes out of foam and used puzzle pieces, so she knew where the different shapes go

ABAB pattern~ I started the pattern and she finished

I made another ABAB pattern and she is copying it

I let her explore with the blocks now and look what she did...

Made a pattern. Was this intentional? I promise, she did this all on her own!

Pouring pinto beans, she's getting better at pouring

Cooking the beans now

Stirring the beans

This is a 24 piece puzzle. Too hard for AB still. But I take 7 pieces off and she puts them back. She is really good at this. When we first started, I only took off 3 at a time. We have worked up to 7.

She can do this size puzzle.

I put one corner piece in and she does the rest. I guide her just a bit, like reminding her to look for the same color or to turn the puzzle piece around.