A is for Apple … Aa-Aa-Aa

Preschool went pretty well today. Tru didn’t even have a tantrum. Hopefully he’s used to the schedule. I love preparing lessons… more tiring to execute, but this has been good for me to do with Truman. 3dinosaurs.com has some awesome free printables for preschool. Today we learned about the letter A and the number 2. We test-tasted apples. Lily liked all of them. Tru and I didn’t like the granny smith as it was way too sour compared to the others. I think my favorite flavor was Gala… favorite crispness was Fuji. Pink Lady are really my favorite but they are usually too expensive to buy. Anyhoo… we had exercise time, watched part of Johnny Appleseed, for snack pretended to plant apple seeds, grow pretzel trees with broccoli as leaves, and then ate apples. I liked the Ants Tru was drawing on his picture. Last of all, we threaded apple jacks necklaces. Lily’s motor skills were more advanced and she quickly put hers together. I helped Liza and Tru. They enjoyed eating them.

Last year I so wasn’t up for doing preschool at home with Max (and Tru & Liza as guests). I even talked with a friend about trying to do a simple one. Interesting that one year it sooooo wouldn’t work, but this year we can pull it off. Fewer kids at home to quarrel/teach makes a difference on my emotional capability I guess.