The Letter A

I decided I was lacking on the "teaching" part of my mom job. Calvin is soaking information in like a sponge (good and bad). So I decided I really need to start trying to have a plan for teaching him. We are starting with the ABC's. Each day we start with a letter that Calvin colors. We then figure a food and an activity that starts with that letter. I am also trying to incorporate church things in with this. So here we go:

The Letter A

A is for Arthichoke and A is for Artist
We ate an artichoke for our vegetable for dinner and we were "artists" and finger painted.
We also talked about Adam. I asked Calvin if he new who Adam was. He said "Adam was our first Prophet." I was a little shocked that he knew this, but then we started to sing "Follow the Prophet" and I understood how he knew that Adam was our first Prophet.


I think Simon painted more on his tummy than on the poster
Calvin loved this activity... getting dirty

Where did he get it from?

This is Simon sleeping. Why did I take this picture? Notice his shoes. They are together with his socks placed in them. When i put Simon down for his nap, I took his shoes off and just threw them to the side. When i came in to check on him, he had taken his shoes , placed them nicely together, taken his socks off and placed them inside the shoes. This kid is a neat freak! He doesn't like his hands dirty, he is always picking up trash around the house and throwing it away. And now his shoes and socks have to be nice and neat before he will take his nap. Where did this kid come from??? Maybe I could learn a thing or two from him:)