About five months ago I
welcomed a former student and her sister into our home. Since their parents were unable to take care
of them, my husband and I agreed to do it.
I loved them and so did my children.
My daughter Olivia became
the best of friends with them, and never wanted them to leave, even though their
presence had changed her life dramatically.
She now had to share her room with her brother, all her toys with the
girls, and of course all the attention.
Then when my husband was deployed in the month following the addition
she really clung to them.
Well a month ago we were able to settle them
into a more permanent situation with their grandmother who lives about four
hours from us. I kept Olivia busy
all of July so that she wouldn’t miss them too much. Now that things are
settling down she is lonely and often wishes they could come back. I asked her
today, “what do you want me to do?” She
said, “bring another student home.” Ahhh!
That’s out of the question and highly unlikely so instead, she has become my
assistant. She loves crafts, learning, and school and there fore is helping me
come up with ideas and creating them.
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| Oops! You can see our mess...its a result of all day play and little cleaning! |
Our
project this week was these toilet paper binoculars. We paint to toilet paper rolls black, glue them together, and hole punch the ends to tie string.
I
had a few of them from a great friend who gave them to me when I started kindergarten. We decided we need a class set. I originally used
them to go on a safari of school during the first days of kindergarten. She and I thought up more ideas this week…and
I am so proud of my girl!
· Search
out sight words
· Play,
“I spy”
· Search
for shapes
· Search
for numbers
· Be
super alert listeners.
· Visualize
far away lands for writing.
We would love
more ideas! It will be interesting
however tomorrow when we go to our neighbors and begin asking for toilet paper
rolls. (I threw away my stash when I moved schools this summer)
