Micah’s “Pre”-Schooling

I had high hopes of getting Micah to join us for some schooling time this school year.  However, he hasn’t shown much interest.  And – knowing how Micah is, I figured it would be best to just let him be, and wait until HE was ready.  You see – that’s how Micah works.  We tried getting him to potty train, but he wanted nothing to do with it.  However, out of the blue, he woke up from his nap one day, and he asked to go potty.  He never looked back.  It has to happen on HIS terms.  So, I quickly learned that school was going to be the same way (heck, it’s not required that I school him now anyway, so really it hasn’t been a big deal).
However, on his 4th birthday, he decided he was ready to sit and do some schooling.  We started by letting him work on tracing his name.  He then did lots of tracing and maze pages (prepping him for writing).  To my surprise, he kept asking for page after page.  In fact, he did every tracing page I had to offer.  Once I explained that I didn’t have any more on hand, he was content to go about his business and get back to playing.  LOL!
The next day, he again wanted to do some more schooling.  So, he worked on his name again.  And that’s how it’s been progressing…I do not ask him to school with us.  If he wants to, he comes and asks me if he can do some more ‘traces’ as he calls them.    ***And mommy had to search the Internet for more tracing pages.***
Over the past two weeks, he’s shown a lot of interest in schooling, and I have obliged him.  He’s continued to work on his name, joining big brother to make paper bag puppets, circling objects that belong together (hammer/nails, bread/jam, etc), circling objects that make a pair (socks, skates, etc), and using manipulatives to make patterns.  He’s happy, and that’s what matters to me.  He is seeing school as something fun and enjoyable, and it’s my hope that he will continue to see it that way the rest of his life. 

Tracing the letters in his name

So very proud of his work

Making a paper bag puppet

Thinking about what to use next

Completed project – ‘Puss in Boots’

Working on going from left to right

Circling pairs of objects

Continuing an AB pattern

Continuing an ABCD pattern (He actually asked me to make a red, blue, green, and yellow pattern.  I made it for him thinking that he may not ‘get’ it.  Well, much to my surprise, he did!)

I’m looking forward to seeing him progress and learn as he continues to ask to do school.