So Thurs rolls round – where did the week go? That means it’s Barbie dvd back to the library (got watched about 4 times, maybe more so pretty good value for 1.20) and my physio appt. Dd did more workbooks this morning – lots of pages with letters on – circle the picture beginning with type of stuff. Thing is, she doesn’t really seem to get the idea of sounds starting words, and I haven’t been pushing it, figuring that she’d come to it when she was ready. Now she wants to do workbooks, and keeps talking about reading, but doesn’t want to learn to read or do any of the things that I think might help. So I spent some more time this morning reading Montessori books and thinking about a kind of crash course in the younger stuff to get her into the mindset and then really focus on the letters (anyone else made their own?) and dexterity and sensitivity stuff. I can’t really see us doing to calm quiet atmosphere, but perhaps we can slowly introduce some of the ideas – by the time ds is ready to join in we might have a Montessori type household (but I wouldn’t hold your breath!)

I think Montessori chin wags at Melrose would go down great – hints and tips on what approach works best for ppl.

‘Nother library trip this aft, and we’ve come back with Piglet’s Big Movie. Not nearly such a bargain – hadn’t realised that they were different prices, so this one has cost £3 and we’ve only got it til Saturday, which is Dd’s party day, so that will really help having to fit in a library trip! We also hunted for a book on constellations, but couldn’t really find anything brilliant – come home with Usborne Space or some such as it was the only one with a picture of anything other than Orion.

She also spent quite a bit of time playing with her latest birthday present – Grandma bought her a bathroom set to go in her dollshouse. That is getting lots of play, and the amusing thing is that the dolls are called after the Folk from the Faraway tree, which has just been restarted as a bedtime chapter book. (The Mennyms didn’t go down too well – boring we suspect).