Charlie's "B" Bag

Last week Charlie was telling us about the letter bag that they have at school. He told us that he would get a turn to bring the bag home and fill it with things that started with the letter of the week. Of course, the first letter was "A." Charlie didn't bring home the letter bag, but he talked about all of the things that he would put in the bag if it was his turn.

This week, the letter is "B." I don't know whose turn it is to take the letter bag home, but Charlie took it upon himself to make his own letter bag. He walked all over the kitchen and playroom sounding out objects to see what could go in his bag. He looked at the tomatoes and sounded out the t sound, so he moved on to bananas. He was so excited every time he found a "B" word. He took a bag, bow, bubbles, banana, batman, boat, and ball. He had so much fun.

This morning he took his bag to school. Marshall said that he got out of the car, and his teacher, Ms. Angie, asked Charlie what was in his bag. He said, "I'll show you when we get to the classroom." It is so much fun watching Charlie and Hank learn new things and to be intrinsically motivated to learn. They just have this excitement to learn, discover, and explore. I hope that it will last a lifetime.

First Day of School

Charlie and Hank started school this past Monday. Hank is in 3 year old pre-K, and Charlie is in 4 year old pre-k. They were both so excited to start school. Hank a little less excited than Charlie. Hank didn't want to get out of bed. He said he was too tired to go to school. Hank is usually up and out of bed every morning no later than 7:15. On Monday morning, he was wearing Superman pajamas. He told me that Superman would brush his teeth in bed, and Superman would eat breakfast in his pajamas. Charlie was up and dressed in no time. He was so excited that he couldn't eat breakfast.