Little moments of Learning

Today has been a day of little moments of learning and Mummy realising what my children know! Today hannah started playing with the nature basket and picked up a snail shell. James asked if you could hear the sea in the shell. I explained this was a snail shell and told him I could not hear the sea in it. He then starts rummaging in the basket and founds a sea shell and said "Mummy I can hear the sea - it's like when you have a power nap (when I nap and sleep I have white noise :-))! The play then moves onto other things including cuddling under blankets. Hannah turns to me and says "Where is the smooth stone?" She had found one stone on the floor from the nature basket but it felt rough to her and so was looking for the smooth one - I did not even realise she knew the difference.

In Bible time we have started reading from the Toddler Bible. I was not sure how to approach Bible time and the Lord placed it on my heart to start SIMPLE. So we snuggled on the sofa and read about Creation. I asked the children some questions to check comprehension. When I putted to a page with clouds and the ocean on I asked Hannah what God made that day (pointing to the picture) - she beautifully said "the clouds and the ocean!" She had been listening depsite her wriggling. It was then time to pray - James then asked to do the See and Know Prayer Song - we used to do this when he was little so it was really sweet to hear him requesting it.

We have borrowed a book called The Blue Horse by Eric Carle. It is a wonderful book showing that anybody can be an artist. A polar bear does not have to be white when painting. Hannah though loves things to be just right and giggled all the way through - she loved the pink rabbit and was so sweet and adamant when we got to the polar bear page and said "the polar bear is meant to be white" with lots of giggles.  We love this book and it would make a great go-along book for I am an Artist.

When we walked to school - where SO much learning happens, the sun was high in the sky and created beautiful shadows. Every so often the shadows disappeared  - the children asked where they had gone. I explained the sun needed to be behind us and sometimes it was hidden by buildings and trees. It was fun to find our shadows and for them to "hide" again. A little while later James said 'my shadow has gone', in response Hannah said "the is not there so the shadow has gone" and she looked behind her. The shadows provide such fun - we move our bodies in different ways and trying to step on each others shadows.

On the way back home we went through a little footpath that is overgrown and we played "We are going on a bear hunt and Hannah loved saying "swishy swashy". I love it when books come to life in the outdoors! Such sweet memories are created.

Hannah has a graze on her elbow at the moment and when she looks at it - she says my x-ray is sore. I think she means because she can see blood she can see inside her body. I know I should have but I didn't want to correct her!