Brown Bear

We are starting school with Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. I wanted something that would be academically easy for Tiny as she got used to the routine of school. Especially since we don't have those natural bookends of actually going somewhere else. We are focusing on the color and the animal. We've gotten through Green Frog and Tiny already has the book memorized. She knows exactly what comes next and will yell at you if you say the animals out of order, but I think she is getting ready to move on as she is starting to say the wrong colors as a joke. Only a few more days.

Everyday, we color the animal from the book. She already knows her colors, so I am not picky about what color crayon she uses, but this is more an exercise for fine motor skills, and when she wants to she can color quite well and even stay within the lines at times, although it is hard to get her to stop coloring once the animal has been filled and she often scribbles over what she has done so nicely. She is much more interested in coloring these days. The first day of school, Sept. 17th, she spent about 5 minutes coloring the brown bear, and two nights ago, she spent three hours coloring pictures of My Little Ponies after we got done with Blue Horse. We're making progress.