I thought this post could be helpful because it’s something I’m working through right now.
I’m reading a book called the 10x Rule. It’s about expanding your mind and how you can take failures in your life and learn how to make them a success. It also explains how you can even take your mindset on what you’re capable of and times that by ten.
Yesterday, I was writing in my journal (I’m a big journaler) my expectations I have for my life. I was going through what I would love for my marriage, my kids, my business, our finances, and what I would love with my physical health.
All these things I wrote down and none of them have been resolved.
I wrote down goals that I have, and what would be my ideal level of success. What would I deem as success?
I wrote down something for my children, especially for my three and a half year old. What I realized is that I want to work with him one-on-one, with his development going into Pre-K.
So, next year I don't know if you guys follow, me but Leland might have an IEP for Pre-K, for some sensory issues and some behavior concerns about his impulsiveness.
Which, I’ve really overcome now, I was really upset at first when his teachers, and the counselors, and occupational therapists we were meeting with were saying. “You know Leland is an amazing little boy, but he needs additional accommodations to help him transition. To help him make the right choices that are proper in a classroom environment.”
I didn't like that, but I'm okay with it now. I want to be an advocate for Leland. I’m looking at some paperwork that’s going to help me prepare him for Pre-K, so he can have confidence and perform well in the classroom. Not just in academics but in his behavior and social skills.
Here’s what it looks like:
I found this paperwork to be extremely helpful.
It's a summer package, so if you guys are reading this and you have a toddler who is Pre-K age (maybe not necessarily going into kindergarten yet) who is preparing to learn their numbers, colors and shapes - that's where I'm at as a mom.
Now, I’m not a homeschool mom. I don't know anything about that. I don't have an education background. I don't know anything, about anything. I didn’t know anything about raising kids, until I had them.
Every day there’s an activity that’s going to help my Leland develop the skills he needs as a Pre-K student.
For him to develop the skills he needs for Pre-K, he needs to learn how to write his name (and he doesn't now), how to recognize all numbers (right now he knows how to recognize numbers one, four and three but not 1-10) and all shapes (right now he doesn't recognize rectangles). It’s little things like that I want to work with him on.
I have a list of the things that I'm going to do daily. It might just be thirty minutes a day, because he does not have a large attention span (he’s like my husband).
But he’ll learn social skills, motor skills, maths skills, writing skills, reading skills, science skills, reasoning and concept developments, (amen reasoning skills with my three year old, let’s practice that), language skills, life skills, art and music, and imaginative play.
I am calling our pre-k prep “Mom Camp” so each day I have a few activities that are structured.
He loves life, my toddler. But as a mom, according to what I’m learning in my personal development, I’m going to take it up a notch with how I am teaching Leland at home.
If you want this calendar let me know, because I’ve got it and you can have it for free.
So let me know, because sharing is caring and I care.
