Expectations

Today was my first day trying out my new plan with my daughter.  I was super excited before we began and it actually was a lot of fun.  We are working on our first theme of apples.  She really had fun with the apples and wanted to bite right in them.  The books were a semi-hit as well.  She didn't want to read them all, but she liked looking at them and bringing them to me.  By the time she was "done" we'd only spent about 20-30 minutes on the whole thing.

My first thought was, "All this planning and it didn't even last that long!"

But then I realized that I just need to lower my expectations a little.  One of the neatest things about it was that she now knows the word apple!  I asked her to get me an apple and she went right over to the bucket of apples and pointed to them (we're still working on the "getting me one" part).  Before we began she really probably couldn't have told me what an apple was or pointed to it.  I call this a success!  My daughter learned something new and I learned something new...to lower my expectations.

So, if you try this out or any home activities, keep in mind the age and attention span of your kids.  Sometimes I'm sure that our activities will take much longer and some days they will be shorter.  It should all be geared to the needs of your child and then it will be a success.