Glass Half Something
Life with Littles
Live Learning
Each week, I try to pack our time with learning! Luckily, when you're 2 and 5, learning includes pretty much everything. From practical life skills, to fine and gross motor activities, to topic driven curriculum, everything can be new, expanded upon and most importantly, fun! What we learn throughout any given week is typically tied to a Weekly Animal. Of course, not everyone will do that! The menu selection across the top breaks things out by other choice categories and includes things that aren't tied to an animal. Join us and explore!
All activities at Glass Half Something require parent supervision! Safety first, friends!
Weekly Animal
One day, my oldest asked if we could pick a new animal each week to learn about; it's how this blog got started, actually! What a great idea! Each day, we do an activity tied to our weekly animal, learning fun facts, how they move, what they eat, where they live. Check out what we've done over at the Weekly Animal page.
Practical Life
That real useful stuff
Below is a preview of topics but check out the Practical Life page for more!
Money
Teaching our kids how to manage money
When I was a kid, my parents didn't have the resources or know-how to teach us about money management. What it is, how to have it, how to spend it, how to invest it. They were savers. Now that everything is available at our fingertips, my horizons have expanded. If I'd known then what I know now!!! Check out how we're working with our kids to learn money management.
In the Kitchen
From the basics to the table, we do it all!
Kitchen skills are critical. I'm not talking chef level chopping or hibachi knife skills, but the basics. What flavors would be good together, how to measure and convert, what can we use as a substitute, how to read a recipe, shop for the week. From brainstorming ideas for dinners, to making the list, doing the shopping, prepping the ingredients, measuring and mixing, we do it all!
The Never-Ending Cycle
Laundry gets a bad rap
I once heard a psychologist talk through the fact that we're not morally failing ourselves or our family when laundry isn't "done". Laundry doesn't finish; laundry is a cycle. I'm not sure it helped. But! Laundry is another abundantly educational life skill. We started at age 2, working through the cycle together, and sometimes singing our favorite Lambchop song during the task ("this is the song that never ends...")