Pssst…….I’m also over here at Faith Lifts today. I’m tying to get back in the swing of things with my Frugality Posts. Stop by and visit, k? 
With Parker aging out of Early Intervention this November he should be transitioning into Pre-school. But when you have the kind of health issues that Parker does, sending him anywhere isn’t the best of plans. So I have been spending time putting together a curriculum for Parker. I know what I want, but I wasn’t able to find just the right thing, so I am taking a bit from here and a pinch from there and creating a curriculum that is geared just to Parker.
As a brand new three year old I’m not so interested in having him memorize his ABC’s and count. I want more of an exploratory environment. One with lots of hands on activities, movement, literature, signing, and the excitement of discovery.
I want each lesson plan to focus on only one objective. Our first lesson will be on pumpkins. Just pumpkins. With finger plays, sensory experiences, art projects, songs and books. I’m not going to go into the life cycle of a pumpkin or counting to 20 with pumpkins. These objectives can wait. I’m keeping it simple, fun and engaging. I’m creating an experience base here. A good foundation to build on.
But while I’m creating thematic units, Parker is still busy. He’s been creating masterpieces with several different mediums. Yesterday’s medium consisted of two markers, a piece of paper and an older brother:
The medium:
The artist:
(Yeah. I know. One day I really need to learn how to crop a picture.)
The ever helpful big brother:
“Dude!” “I can SO do this myself!” “Pul-ease!”
Now I have to start all over again……
Ta-Da!
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Oh, the cuteness! The unbearable cuteness!
And the big brother is pretty handosme, too. You and Reed do indeed make beautiful babies.
You should top off your pumpkin unit with some fabulous pumpkin bars or pumpkin muffins for yourself. OOOH! Or pumpkin chococlate chip bread. Yummy.
You should start planning all your curriculum around food. That is my unsolicited, completely irrelevant advice.
Gotta agree with The Wiz on the food based curriculum.
Seriously, your plan is perfect.
Now…good grief…I have overdosed on this Parky fix. Man, that is 20# of pure adorableness. Topping it off, he is stealing my heart through art. Completely smitten, I am.
Can I “third” that you totally make BEAUTIFUL babies!
It’s awesome how cute they look together! 
I have 6 kids, 22, 20 and 18, then 7, 6 and 4 there is nothing quite as heart warming as seeing the big ones loving the little ones. My littlies adore the biggies and I feel as though I have won the lottery every time I watch them all together. Also that ” Wow I made those” feeling when I see my 6′ 5″ son holding my teeny little 4 year old. Treasure indeed. Looking at these pictures of your big boy with beautiful Parker gave me the same feelings. How blessed are we?
Your plan sounds wonderful. That is just what a three your old needs, there will be plenty of time for numbers and letters later. They need the basics firsts, then the other stuff can follow when he is ready.
Great photos.
Beatiful work of art, and your curriculum sounds wonderful! Parker is blessed to have you!
I love your plan! You and Parker will have so much fun! If you ever find yourself in need of inspiration, try the Five in a Row curriculum, too. It’s similar to what you’re doing, only it’s based on childrens books. There’s a preschool one that might be fun for you, and they go on from there.
Parker is a shining star!
Beautiful Parker!!! I would love to buy a piece of your art!! I would treasure it forever. I am so excited for you both!! He is such a sweetie pie!!
Hugs,
Amy
He is just the cutest little thing. Look at him DRAW!
(and what a handsome – and sweet – older brother, too.)
He’s SUCH a cute little guy! I’ve heard a lot of parents of preschoolers saying they wish they could homeschool their kids with special needs… so I think Parker is lucky to be able to be getting a “preschool” education tailored just for him!
LUH VIT!
Too cute- I got those markers for Nana and she won’t even pick them up- I think we’ll be calling on Parker for artwork
Your kids look beautiful. Did you do one with you and Reed? When you are ready to do abcs, and even before, I want to share with you a great spelling, reading, and writing program that I have found. I have used it with Caleb for 4 weeks now, and his jargon has changed from only making e’s and bah’s sounds with a couple of other sounds thrown in to making many, many, different sounds! Plus he is mimicing A LOT more. (This is the kid who could only mimic b’s) He still only mimics b’s at the beginning of words but now he can also mimic vowels and some ending consonant sounds too. I’ll let you know in a year if it is still the best program, but right now I definitely think so.:) I have got to call you and tell you all about it sometime.:)
what a fun art class!