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Nov. 26th, 2008
Evangeline doesn't really *need* the silly game like Ana did. She's perfectly happy to memorize and regurgitate information. (And when she wakes up early from a nap she fetches a toy and goes back to bed. She doesn't sneak out and get into trouble! It's scary!)
But it's still fun. So I say I'll kiss her nose, she covers her nose, I kiss something else and loudly proclaim I succeeded - "NO! That's my FOREHEAD!"
(She doesn't need this variation either, she knows her body parts. But it's still fun.)
So we were playing the other day and I got her forehead, and then her cheek, and then her hand. Finally, she decided to let me win by moving her hand away. So I go in for the kill... I get her nose... "That's not my nose!" What is it, I ask in wonder? "MY 'NOT!"
Ew. I just kissed snot. What a delightful child she is!
Ana sang me a new song from school today. Bananas Unite! (I had to explain that unite doesn't mean "going to bed" but "coming together". Love how she worked that one out, though :)
And we've been working on (quite outside of what they're doing for school because school math is way easier than what she's been doing) counting by twos. It's hard! So first we just took turns saying numbers, with Ana taking the evens. Then I clapped when I said my numbers, but Ana just said hers. Now I clap and she (tries to) say the next in line. She's pretty good at it, but she often gets confused at either six or eight. Still, we only started doing this yesterday so lots of progress there :) (Oooh, I should write to her teacher and tell her.)
Today, searching for something to do, Ana and Evangeline made word posters. Well... Evangeline worked on her name (her one time writing of it appears to have been a fluke. We're working on it) and Ana wrote "purple", a word she's become infatuated with. So she wrote purple in triple letters (overlapping letters in different colors), then she wrote it on all sorts of fancy lines (tracing over my letters since this was harder) - mountains, curvies, and a heart. Stuck hers in her folder to show her teacher at Ana's request.
But it's still fun. So I say I'll kiss her nose, she covers her nose, I kiss something else and loudly proclaim I succeeded - "NO! That's my FOREHEAD!"
(She doesn't need this variation either, she knows her body parts. But it's still fun.)
So we were playing the other day and I got her forehead, and then her cheek, and then her hand. Finally, she decided to let me win by moving her hand away. So I go in for the kill... I get her nose... "That's not my nose!" What is it, I ask in wonder? "MY 'NOT!"
Ew. I just kissed snot. What a delightful child she is!
Ana sang me a new song from school today. Bananas Unite! (I had to explain that unite doesn't mean "going to bed" but "coming together". Love how she worked that one out, though :)
And we've been working on (quite outside of what they're doing for school because school math is way easier than what she's been doing) counting by twos. It's hard! So first we just took turns saying numbers, with Ana taking the evens. Then I clapped when I said my numbers, but Ana just said hers. Now I clap and she (tries to) say the next in line. She's pretty good at it, but she often gets confused at either six or eight. Still, we only started doing this yesterday so lots of progress there :) (Oooh, I should write to her teacher and tell her.)
Today, searching for something to do, Ana and Evangeline made word posters. Well... Evangeline worked on her name (her one time writing of it appears to have been a fluke. We're working on it) and Ana wrote "purple", a word she's become infatuated with. So she wrote purple in triple letters (overlapping letters in different colors), then she wrote it on all sorts of fancy lines (tracing over my letters since this was harder) - mountains, curvies, and a heart. Stuck hers in her folder to show her teacher at Ana's request.
Just today I googled and dug up this link. By and large, I don't have any need for atheist writings, I was raised godless and have never seen the need to justify my (lack of) faith to anybody. But all that aside, I knew about the link and site.
Looked it up in response to this post (and thank you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ginmar, for giving me nightmares right before Thanksgiving!) that's making the rounds.
The above link contains mention of what I consider to be emotional and spiritual abuse of a young child. Read at your own risk.
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Looked it up in response to this post (and thank you,
ginmar, for giving me nightmares right before Thanksgiving!) that's making the rounds.The above link contains mention of what I consider to be emotional and spiritual abuse of a young child. Read at your own risk.
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"We've already received 2 emails about this idea today, so I'm sure you know each other...."
Guilty as charged! I cheerfully 'fessed up to asking people to email in and emphasized that it's heartfelt, even if I prompted it.
So, if you get that email too, email back and go "No, I really meant it" even if somehow you didn't. (And if you didn't, you clearly don't read enough Sandra Boynton. Go buy some!
Guilty as charged! I cheerfully 'fessed up to asking people to email in and emphasized that it's heartfelt, even if I prompted it.
So, if you get that email too, email back and go "No, I really meant it" even if somehow you didn't. (And if you didn't, you clearly don't read enough Sandra Boynton. Go buy some!
Took a look at the SICM calendar.
Every Friday this month and next they're making holiday foods. (We can't make that anymore. I iz sad.)
They're making Christmas foods, and Hannukah foods, and Kwanzaa foods, and New Year's foods. They're missing a golden opportunity to make Diwali foods, but that's all right - they're making Eid foods! Yay! Multicultural!
Except... wasn't Eid, like, a few months ago? Not in the middle of December, as their calendar would suggest?
Why yes, yes it was!
It's like being back in the fifth grade and taking our multi-cultural weekly class and being told that Ramadan coincides every year with Christmas. Given that I'd just that month met a Muslim woman and had a long cheerful talk with her about the Muslim calendar I was *not* happy to be "corrected" for correcting the teacher. I'm still not happy - she shouldn't teach things she knows nothing about. But she at least had the excuse of not having Google and dealing with a smaller/less visible Muslim population than we have in NYC today.
Every Friday this month and next they're making holiday foods. (We can't make that anymore. I iz sad.)
They're making Christmas foods, and Hannukah foods, and Kwanzaa foods, and New Year's foods. They're missing a golden opportunity to make Diwali foods, but that's all right - they're making Eid foods! Yay! Multicultural!
Except... wasn't Eid, like, a few months ago? Not in the middle of December, as their calendar would suggest?
Why yes, yes it was!
It's like being back in the fifth grade and taking our multi-cultural weekly class and being told that Ramadan coincides every year with Christmas. Given that I'd just that month met a Muslim woman and had a long cheerful talk with her about the Muslim calendar I was *not* happy to be "corrected" for correcting the teacher. I'm still not happy - she shouldn't teach things she knows nothing about. But she at least had the excuse of not having Google and dealing with a smaller/less visible Muslim population than we have in NYC today.