THIS...
As well as being able to help him identify words by sight, select and stick the words himself, I also
write out what our main plans are for the day underneath with a whiteboard marker.
I'm also in the process of making some activities
Here he can use a white board marker to write over my words and then also select the corresponding letter cards to spell out the words.
In other news Spike's teacher has put in a bid for some of the educational psychologists time next time he/she is at the school to get the ball rolling with him being formally assessed. She was at pains to point out that assessments at nursery don't often happen as at that age they are pretty low priority; the suggestion seemed to be that ed psych have a set amount of time to spend in the school and start with referrals in the top year and work down. If they run out of time before they get to Spike then
Pthere will be no assessment. If this is the case I may have to see if there are other avenues other than the educational one for me to get him a referral/assessment.
With the rising threes staring in January his class size has almost doubled and it has got a lot more
noisy and disruptive. He has started saying things like he "doesn't like nursery" and "nursery is boring" which is a massive shift from before Christmas where he would ask every single day when he was going to nursery next and call a register of his toys using his class mates names. His teacher has said that he is evermore withdrawing into his little rituals in class as the younger children's behaviour and play seems to be overwhelming him.
The nursery have been fantastic on keeping me updated on his progress in class
A drawing of the three little pigs, I think "Miss" did the first pig to get him started.
Self portrait.
The school uses the seesaw app to upload pictures of the children's work and activities during their sessions. It's fantastic, they also just type the homework for the weekend up there so there's no loosing it in school bag - house transfer etc. I just love seeing the photos of what he and his classmates get up to in class.
Spud has been a bit snotty and teethy of late. He is still doing THAT SCREAM. I don't know how to discourage him. It's like acknowledging he has done it just feeds the attention seeking nature of him
doing it in the first place. However, it really is THAT BAD it is almost impossible not to acknowledge it has happened on some level. It's hard to ignore blood coming from the ears.
It's a good job he is my super cute cuddly spuddly or we would be having problems. He's getting super chatty now. We have...
Peeeach = please/ give it to me quicker
Nuh = sod off
Kich = cuddle/kiss
Uh? = what do you want?
Whas thaaa? = what is this thing I am pointing at and can I put it in my mouth?
Ahhh gan = all gone
Key! = spike/ pops/ milk/ drink
Iya = salutations
Car
Bye bye
Night night and various animal noises and names.
After picking up Spikey from nursery today I took the boys through the car wash. I kind of wish I had just had the cheapest one done. My theory was that it was so bad that it needed the most thorough one but with automated car washes the reality seems to be the worse the car is the less effective the wash is. Anyway, Spike thought it was the coolest thing in the world but Spud is yet to be convinced. There was no out and out crying but there was a bit of "the f*ck is this?" Face pulling.
Spike is spending Friday night to Sunday night at his Dad's so I may take Sam swimming on Saturday as he has never been before. Looking forward to it as it has been ages since I last went and Spud and I seldom get quality time together.
Xoxo
