Thinking of creative ways to help Lilly learn her letter sounds and form. This has mostly involved food and has all been Lani’s idea, she even asked if we could have eggs for lunch and she has never liked them, go figure. Plasticine Dotty Dolls on D Day. Our Letter Land tree. We are in [...]

I don’t like to whinge and complain on here, not that I’m a saint, it’s just that massive emotional purges in public places tend lead right into the inevitable regret that slaps you in the face a day or two later when you re read what you wrote.  So I’m just going to tell you [...]

ME:” Adding with nine is easy to remember because Nine always wants to steal a One from the other number in the sum to turn himself into Ten.” Lani: “Shouldn’t he just borrow it” Me: “Huh?” Lani: “It’s nicer” Me: “Yes it is but Nine isn’t nice, he’s always stealing one from the other number” [...]

Lucy wasn’t in her web this morning, we couldn’t find her for a while mainly because we were looking up. Then I spotted her in amongst the dead leaves in a plant pot under her web. I had wondered a little about her the other day when she moved from her permanent position in the [...]

Alanah’s spider face. Sabrina’s spider face.