I made a deal with Missy that when she turned three we would start our own school.  She calls it "class." So we've been doing "class" most everyday.  She decides if we do or not.  Sometimes she chooses to "do something at the big table."  Those something's are usually letter oriented.  She loves to play with magnetic words and I also have some letter tiles that seem to hold her attention for awhile. I must admit we did a lot of this before she was actually three.  We just didn't give it a formal name.  More for Mommies sake than for hers.  It's hard to accept your child is ready for this so soon. One of her all time favorites is to make a letter from either dried beans or colored macaroni.  I draw a large letter of her choosing on construction paper and then I outline it with glue.  Then she puts the beans or macaroni on the glue in the shape of the chosen letter.  She even gets to pick if it should be an upper or lower case letter.  We talk while she's doing this … [Read more...]