Ian does sit in on most of the reading I am doing with Sophie. He sits and plays legos or knights while we read aloud or listen to stories on CD. I know he is learning but it isn't stuff that is just for him. He is starting to show more interest in doing school. Which is why I am thinking more about this. Yesterday he sat down with us at the table and grabbed his PreK workbook and worked on some of the pages in it. I was helping Sophie work through some math problems. Ian decided to do a page of cutting. So I got him a pair of scissors and tore the page out of the book for him. He sat there working on his cutting for a while.
He did a great job cutting and then I gave him a glue stick so he could put the pieces together. When he was finished he proceeded to do another page where they had him color in shapes. After doing this one he said he was finished and left the table to go back to his knights which he had scattered about on the floor. He doesn't show a lot of desire to learn to read yet but he does love to do a little school like this once in awhile. I really shouldn't worry about trying to fit FIAR in too much. (I still want to do it though, and will try to fit it in once in awhile. I know the kids have loved it when we have.) I know Ian is learning new things everyday as he listens to lots of books and stories. He goes on nature walks with us and is learning to look closely at nature. I guess the younger kids learn a lot just from following along with what the older kids are doing.
It is so mind boggling to me to think that kids Henry's age are going to be starting Preschool in the Fall. We have friends that are signing there 3 or almost 3 year olds up for programs that will start in August. That just seems so strange to me. Henry going to school? He too loves to read books and participate in things but I really don't see him doing anything formal for a long, long time. I am sure it will be sooner than I think.
