I've been trying to show Paulchen how to climb up on his rocking horse. I'll place one foot in the stirrup and his hands on the handles. Then I try to have him swing his other leg over. Almost like hopping on a real horse. He really hasn't caught on too well. But today he finally hopped on all by himself. I was so proud. He kept working at it and finally made it.
He put one foot in the stirrup and threw his arms over the saddle, sideways. Then he pushed off enough that he could place his other foot on the back spring. Then it was just a matter of pulling and shimmying until he was up enough to turn himself around and sit properly on the horse. He was amazing.
He also counted in English and Latin today. Okay, so he didn't say all the numbers and they weren't in order, but he's learning the words and understands the basic concept of counting. He pointed to objects on a page and said "six, eight, one, quattor, quinque." I was so impressed.
Later I sat him on my lap and practiced counting in English, raising fingers as I said each number. He said "six" and "ten" with the correct amount of fingers after a bit. It's slow going, but moments like this are what make it all worth it.
On a side note, I read an article about how much stay-at-home mothers would get paid if they worked all the similar jobs in the workforce, that they work at home with the kids. My "paycheck" came out to $158,820 per year. If only it were real money. :-)
Posted by sportell0
at 1:40 PM MEST
