All of the bigger kiddos were very excited that Bode came to visit for a
couple hours this morning. His big brother, Tate, had a program at
school that he was going to go to and mom needed to go into work but
didn't want to run him across town for just a short period then pick him
up for the program. Bode is so great with the littler kiddos and did a
wonderful job of entertaining them and leading them in some fun play.
He was teaching them some new stunts on the climber and mattress,
"reading" to them, building with the big blocks and Duplos with them and
showing them what letters the ABC banner had on them. It was great!
Alayna was very attentive and involved in our story time today. Sometimes she isn't really engaged and others she doesn't even choose to come join us for the stories. Today she especially enjoyed the "Speckled Frogs" and the "On Top of Spaghetti" books. She was chuckling almost all the way through them!
I love how happy Alayna is almost all the time. She sings as she plays so much of the time and just really gets into what ever she is doing. She will laugh during her play even when there is no one else around.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
5/9/12
Alayna ate all of her peaches and a bite of her biscuit at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her baked beans, a bite of her whole wheat roll and about half of both her pineapple and her steamed broccoli.
Now that Riley is moving around (crawling and pulling her self up to standing) Alayna has decided that she is another one of the mobile infants to entertain. She has figured out several things that makes Riley laugh and will do them until Riley tires of the games and moves away. It is so sweet to watch her!
Alayna was in a great mood this morning -- quite active, but cooperative and happy. She was trying to get anyone and everyone to play chase with her on the rowdy side of the room. Several of the other kiddos were also a little wired, so she always seemed to have someone chasing with her. : )
One of the books she was looking at today had a button to push on it so had an extra thick last page. She kept trying to get it to open into more pages and finally asked me, "Do this page open?" She seemed very relieved when I assured her that it didn't.
Alayna was looking at other books for quite a while also. Most of them were nursery rhyme books or ones that have music with them. She was singing the right songs to the correct pages for most of them. If she couldn't remember what it was she would ask, "Can you help me sing this one?" It was cute!
Now that Riley is moving around (crawling and pulling her self up to standing) Alayna has decided that she is another one of the mobile infants to entertain. She has figured out several things that makes Riley laugh and will do them until Riley tires of the games and moves away. It is so sweet to watch her!
Alayna was in a great mood this morning -- quite active, but cooperative and happy. She was trying to get anyone and everyone to play chase with her on the rowdy side of the room. Several of the other kiddos were also a little wired, so she always seemed to have someone chasing with her. : )
One of the books she was looking at today had a button to push on it so had an extra thick last page. She kept trying to get it to open into more pages and finally asked me, "Do this page open?" She seemed very relieved when I assured her that it didn't.
Alayna was looking at other books for quite a while also. Most of them were nursery rhyme books or ones that have music with them. She was singing the right songs to the correct pages for most of them. If she couldn't remember what it was she would ask, "Can you help me sing this one?" It was cute!
5/7&8/12
I am combining Monday and Tuesday because Gary wasn't feeling too well Monday so I was more focused on the whole group than on taking notes for my small group.
As I do many times throughout the seek I had Alayna on my lap for "a visit". I asked her what she did the night before and she said, "Gabe bloody me toe." I didn't really see where it was bloody, but I thought the way she told me about it was really cute! She also had to tell me her whole bedtime routine when I asked her what she did at home before going to sleep. She covered a lot of typical bedtime routine things, so I am sure she understood what I was asking perfectly. One of the songs she said mommy sang her before going to bed was "Ring of Fire". Imagine that!? : )
Alayna was carrying the stuffed Donald Duck around with her and singing "Old McDonald had a farm", which hit my funny bone for some reason. She saw me laughing and asked me "what funny?" I didn't want to make her self conscious about it so I just told her I like how she was playing.
As I do many times throughout the seek I had Alayna on my lap for "a visit". I asked her what she did the night before and she said, "Gabe bloody me toe." I didn't really see where it was bloody, but I thought the way she told me about it was really cute! She also had to tell me her whole bedtime routine when I asked her what she did at home before going to sleep. She covered a lot of typical bedtime routine things, so I am sure she understood what I was asking perfectly. One of the songs she said mommy sang her before going to bed was "Ring of Fire". Imagine that!? : )
Alayna was carrying the stuffed Donald Duck around with her and singing "Old McDonald had a farm", which hit my funny bone for some reason. She saw me laughing and asked me "what funny?" I didn't want to make her self conscious about it so I just told her I like how she was playing.
5/4/12
Alayna was sitting on my lap and Gary needed to go get her a bottle so I told him I would hold her. Alayna asked if she could hold her and I let her (with my help on my lap). She was thrilled and was so careful and sweet with her. She loves the babies (and actually all the kiddos).
I should have never showed Alayna that "Ring of Fire" is on the iPod. I don't know how many times she asked for it today. I have decided that once a day will be enough from here on out! : )
Alayna was again thrilled that Aaron was here. She immediately give him hugs and then several more rounds of hugs as the day went on. She also got him laughing at her many times throughout the day. She asked me if she could play with him over and over too and then went over and asked him to play. It was really cute!
I should have never showed Alayna that "Ring of Fire" is on the iPod. I don't know how many times she asked for it today. I have decided that once a day will be enough from here on out! : )
Alayna was again thrilled that Aaron was here. She immediately give him hugs and then several more rounds of hugs as the day went on. She also got him laughing at her many times throughout the day. She asked me if she could play with him over and over too and then went over and asked him to play. It was really cute!
5/3/12
Alayna ate all of her blueberries and most of her blueberry bread pudding at breakfast. At lunch she ate seconds on turkey burger on a bun and all of her kiwi and green beans.
Alayna was actually jumping on her knees on the mattress today and getting pretty far off the mattress. It was pretty amazing! I can't think of ever seeing another kiddo do it at all.
Alayna has a pretty amazing play skills. She adapts herself to the play level of whoever she plays with amazingly well. She can play with the babies so well that they just love her. She is very patient and kind to the mobile babies and beginning toddlers even when they aren't the most gentle things. She also related to them and loved to do things that she knows will make them laugh. She can then play with the kiddos that are also her age or slightly younger by doing parallel, associative and beginning cooperative play. It is like she understands intuitively where they are developmentally and can adjust to that. It is a great quality!
She and Kenzie were having a blast playing chase with each other on the "rowdy" side of the big room. They were both laughing so hard at one time that that fell over on the mattress and just lay there cracking up!
Alayna was actually jumping on her knees on the mattress today and getting pretty far off the mattress. It was pretty amazing! I can't think of ever seeing another kiddo do it at all.
Alayna has a pretty amazing play skills. She adapts herself to the play level of whoever she plays with amazingly well. She can play with the babies so well that they just love her. She is very patient and kind to the mobile babies and beginning toddlers even when they aren't the most gentle things. She also related to them and loved to do things that she knows will make them laugh. She can then play with the kiddos that are also her age or slightly younger by doing parallel, associative and beginning cooperative play. It is like she understands intuitively where they are developmentally and can adjust to that. It is a great quality!
She and Kenzie were having a blast playing chase with each other on the "rowdy" side of the big room. They were both laughing so hard at one time that that fell over on the mattress and just lay there cracking up!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
5/2/12
Alayna ate all of her jelly toast and thirds on dried mangoes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tropical fruit and her beef and bean burrito, and a bite of sweet potatoes.
Alayna 'read' books independently for about 20 minutes today. She especially liked the ones with the nursery rhymes in them and was singing the correct one for many of them.
Alayna was doing her usually flopping, jumping and somersaulting on the mattress. She is so watchful and careful of the mobile babies when they are around there. Actually she watches for all of the kiddos. I can't remember her ever landing on any of the kiddos on the mattress.
Alayna was talking on the pretend phones again to day to "Grampa Forrest" and "Great grandma". It is so cute!
Alayna 'read' books independently for about 20 minutes today. She especially liked the ones with the nursery rhymes in them and was singing the correct one for many of them.
Alayna was doing her usually flopping, jumping and somersaulting on the mattress. She is so watchful and careful of the mobile babies when they are around there. Actually she watches for all of the kiddos. I can't remember her ever landing on any of the kiddos on the mattress.
Alayna was talking on the pretend phones again to day to "Grampa Forrest" and "Great grandma". It is so cute!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
5/1/12
Alayna ate all of her cinnamon roll and a couple bites of prunes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her melon, waffles and hashbrowns and several bites of her scrambled eggs.
Alayna played with the "Dress me doll" for about 20 minutes straight this morning. She was really working on doing all of the different tasks. The tying was too hard and the zipping too easy, so she spent the majority of it working on the button and the snap. She got so she could do the snap every time by herself and she was so proud!
Joslyn was sitting in the chair today and told Alayna she wanted to "hode (hold) you". Alayna was more than happy to comply with that and climbed right up onto her nap. Joslyn held her for several minutes then started squirming and said, "That's enough!" : )
I can't even remember what got it started now, but the kiddos started bringing me a stuffed animal (the character type ones are out right now, like Big Bird and Pooh) and I would try to think of a song relating to either the character or what it represented. After I had done a couple, they started bringing them by the handful and I think I literally sang a song about every single one we had out! Some were quite a stretch, but the kiddos all loved it.
One of the "animals" that was out was a turtle. I don't know the character that he is supposed to me, but I made him into our "Tucker the Turtle". Tucker is a character in a book we have about making good behavior choices (using words rather than yelling, hitting, grabbing...; stopping when you are angry and tucking inside you shell -- keeping your hands and body to yourself-- taking deep breaths to calm yourself and then coming up with a good choice or plan). Using the stuffed animal really increased everyone's interest and participation in the "story".
Alayna played with the "Dress me doll" for about 20 minutes straight this morning. She was really working on doing all of the different tasks. The tying was too hard and the zipping too easy, so she spent the majority of it working on the button and the snap. She got so she could do the snap every time by herself and she was so proud!
Joslyn was sitting in the chair today and told Alayna she wanted to "hode (hold) you". Alayna was more than happy to comply with that and climbed right up onto her nap. Joslyn held her for several minutes then started squirming and said, "That's enough!" : )
I can't even remember what got it started now, but the kiddos started bringing me a stuffed animal (the character type ones are out right now, like Big Bird and Pooh) and I would try to think of a song relating to either the character or what it represented. After I had done a couple, they started bringing them by the handful and I think I literally sang a song about every single one we had out! Some were quite a stretch, but the kiddos all loved it.
One of the "animals" that was out was a turtle. I don't know the character that he is supposed to me, but I made him into our "Tucker the Turtle". Tucker is a character in a book we have about making good behavior choices (using words rather than yelling, hitting, grabbing...; stopping when you are angry and tucking inside you shell -- keeping your hands and body to yourself-- taking deep breaths to calm yourself and then coming up with a good choice or plan). Using the stuffed animal really increased everyone's interest and participation in the "story".
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