Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

With Doll Dragon being in school now and Little Dragon headed there next year I decided to tone down the St. Patrick's Day expectations.  We still had fun just not a whole day filled up with activity.  First the dragons woke up to green toilet water.  Doll Dragon used the restroom first and didn't say anything to me until after she went to the bathroom.  I was packing her lunch and I hear a worried " mommy!?" Coming from upstairs. I smiled to myself knowing what was going on and had to compose my laughter as I approached   She told me the water was green and asked me to come look at it because she didn't think she should pee green.  Before things got out of hand too quickly I asked "was it green before you went potty?"  She paused and then sighed in relief. Then she asked "Well why would the water be green? Did daddy put something in the water to clean it?" At this point Little Dragon was in the bathroom looking ...

This week we read a couple stories about Jesus healing the blind.  This brought some new words to our preschool classroom and a new concept. What is blind?  I asked The Dragons this question.  Doll Dragon answered it means you can't see. Little Dragon did not understand what this meant.  What do you mean can't see?  Don't they have eyes? I explained it was like they were in the dark all the time.  They can't see light.  This helped him understand a little. What is vision?  Neither Dragon knew what vision was.  It is not a word we use regularly but is simple to define. Bible We read the story of Jesus healing the blind man in the streets.  Then talked about the above terms. The next day while reading the story I gave the kids each a pair of googly eyes and some play dough.  They used the play dough to cover the eyes.  When Jesus told the blind man that he could now see the kids removed the play dough from the eyes. ...