Boys' school

The boys are on the mend. They're feeling a little better and that means no more Motrin!(yeah!). I got to sleep through the night last night! (yeah!) and those rowdy boys can't play nice. They're feeling better, but not all better so they keep crying at everything the other one is doing. They didn't want to sit and do papers (understandably), but were completely antagonizing each other.

So, we had to do boys' school. This idea can be done with a bucket or a box or a piece of carpet. It can be done with any flash cards (math, latin, phonics) and is even better with something heavier like montessori-type letter tiles.

I put down a box and a stack of phonics cards. They can't step past the stack of cards. They pick up a card and try to read it (OO - has the sound of 'book' or 'moon'). If they get it right, they get a chance to toss the card in the box (notice the little toes in the background). If they get it wrong, they pass it to their brother. If he gets it wrong, Mama gets a chance to toss it in. We didn't keep score because it would've ended up in tears on a day like today (almost better, but not quite). They came in shouting WE WON!! WE WON!! at the end of the "game."