So today we spent some time doing a few extra bits off Day 7 as yesterday was spent mostly outdoors :-) Saying that today was also spent mostly outdoors! The children today wanted to take their umbrellas to school - I am not sure why but why not? On the way up James discovered he could hang his umbrella on a tree - "Look Mummy it's like a hook!" He did this again and again - he loved it. WE then made up a little story about pretending to live outdoors and hanging our coat on the trees when we finished school James would then sleep in the grit bin and have fire flies provide the light! I said I think James would be great at making furniture out of nature.
When we got home we got the chalks out and played outside. She loved this. It was also her first time to draw hair on a little face (I drew the circle). She also then drew a flower - with a green chalk she kept saying this is the stalk and drew about 3! I think in part she just loved being outside and enjoying the fresh air and being allowed to draw on the floor :-). I did bring the colours out and the stickers with the plan to put stickers on the lines of the diamond - but Hannah was not interested. She did some colouring and her only little thing and then said I've drawn a diamond - it was not quite right but in her mind it was. She knows what a diamond is - so I am not sure why I provided this activity - maybe for review or to reinforce.
We finished our morning with some more scooter practice - there is a big improvement in her confidence and pushing. I think she just loves being on James big boy scooter. Ironically today she spotted two bugs while we were outside and named them both - "fly away bumble bee" and ladybirds (one which was not moving so she proclaimed as dead - I then helped it to move a bit and she said "oh it was sleeping!") It showed me that it is important to point out things gently and not expect her to react in the moment but to watch for that knowledge to make its way out spontaneously.
On our way back to the house Hannah asked to go to the stream.In we went and once again we had a lovely time. I so love the noise of the water - it seems to SO calm me. This is the view of the stream looking away from the house.
Our play was all going well until this happened!
So that ended our morning out - it was then a strip down and a warm towel and a cuddle and some lunch :-) Another lovely morning of gentle natural Hannah led learning.
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