30 September 2018
24 September 2018
23 September 2018
20 September 2018
Otso: 4 Years, 11 Months
Summary
He has settled into the "school" year at päiväkoti.
The biggest change this month is getting over the fear of putting pencil to paper. And now he is really enjoying drawing.
Learning/Development
He is interested in what words look like. He sometimes wants to know what words say in the books we look at.
One thing lately we have been working on is comfort with drawing and writing and art. His teachers are also working hard to help him over his fear of mistakes. And now suddenly he loves to draw! He sits with a marker and a piece of paper and demands "what should I draw?". The kids are making drawings and taping them to the walls. They said they want to completely cover the walls with their drawings so that "you have to put them on the ceiling."
Language
He enjoys both English and Finnish books.
His favorites in English are Richard Scarry, Arnold Lobel, and Sandra Boynton.
Toys/Games/Other
He is enjoying playing Alias. He can do a pretty good job of describing things so that we can guess them.
Social
He has started to list the preferred guests for his birthday party.
Health (eating, sleeping, etc)
He branched out from the strawberry fluoride tablets, and now he likes the mint ones. He says they are "spicy!"
Events
25.8 brunch with Vaari and Leena and family
26.8 Samuel birthday party
2.9 first time back at perhe sähly for the autumn
3.9 - 9.9 Matt and Mike visit
8.9 Suomenlinna
9.9 Maunula maja
16.9 - 21.9 isä gone
19.9 school picture day
20.9 "airplane trip day" at päiväkoti
Random
He had a great time at hoplop at Samuel's birthday party. He played with Salli most of the time. He was delighted to get a hoplop token and didn't want to spend it.
He has settled into the "school" year at päiväkoti.
The biggest change this month is getting over the fear of putting pencil to paper. And now he is really enjoying drawing.
Learning/Development
He is interested in what words look like. He sometimes wants to know what words say in the books we look at.
One thing lately we have been working on is comfort with drawing and writing and art. His teachers are also working hard to help him over his fear of mistakes. And now suddenly he loves to draw! He sits with a marker and a piece of paper and demands "what should I draw?". The kids are making drawings and taping them to the walls. They said they want to completely cover the walls with their drawings so that "you have to put them on the ceiling."
Language
He enjoys both English and Finnish books.
His favorites in English are Richard Scarry, Arnold Lobel, and Sandra Boynton.
Toys/Games/Other
He is enjoying playing Alias. He can do a pretty good job of describing things so that we can guess them.
Social
He has started to list the preferred guests for his birthday party.
Health (eating, sleeping, etc)
He branched out from the strawberry fluoride tablets, and now he likes the mint ones. He says they are "spicy!"
Events
25.8 brunch with Vaari and Leena and family
26.8 Samuel birthday party
2.9 first time back at perhe sähly for the autumn
3.9 - 9.9 Matt and Mike visit
8.9 Suomenlinna
9.9 Maunula maja
16.9 - 21.9 isä gone
19.9 school picture day
20.9 "airplane trip day" at päiväkoti
Random
He had a great time at hoplop at Samuel's birthday party. He played with Salli most of the time. He was delighted to get a hoplop token and didn't want to spend it.
16 September 2018
09 September 2018
03 September 2018
Lumi: 7 years, 7 months
Summary
This month, Lumi started school. She also got her own phone.
Social
She has some new friends from her class, Enni and Helmi. She seems to be having a good time with them.
Leisure
She loves to read. Lately she has enjoyed some Japanese comic books.
On the weekend of 18 August, she stayed in bed reading after she woke up in the morning, instead of coming downstairs to play with Otso.
She loves to take her money and shop at the second hand store in Maunula. She sees how much farther her money goes at a place like that.
Learning
One of the summer assignments is to practice walking to school safely.
She started piano lessons. She seems to enjoy it.
At first she insisted that she needed to wait to do her homework at home, instead of getting it done during her after school club. But she may be starting to see the wisdom of getting it done earlier and leaving her more time to play.
She likes her math workbook.
Language
Now that she has started school, she gets a mix of English and Finnish each day. Her school day is in English, but the afternoon "club" is in Finnish.
Health
Her afternoon club is run by HJK, and it is very sports-oriented.
She has branched out from the strawberry fluoride and now she likes the mint one. She says she likes how it feels fresh, and when she opens her mouth then it feels cool. She is pleased with the sensation.
Events
3.8 MuuMaa
5.8 drive home from Nakkila
9.8 first day of school
12.8 BBQ with Hilla and August
13.8 first piano lesson
17.8 her phone arrived!
19.8 BBQ with vaari and leena
22.8 play date with Helmi
23.8 phone is active ; she walked home by herself
25.8 brunch with Vaari and Leena and family
27.8 first chorus meeting
29.8 forest field trip
31.8 Enda birthday party
Random
8.8 I suggested that she read a curious George book and instead she chose something else, saying, "this makes more sense. A monkey?! In school?! "
She has a phone now. We are working out family rules and protocol.
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