I am often asked what the little kids do all day when I am teaching the older kids. Well, wonder no longer. Little Seamus cannot get enough of the reading/spelling program I am using with Aidan and Molly Grace. It is called All About Spelling and it comes with many little letter tiles, among other items. These tiles are awesome for teaching, unless you're the mom of a busy toddler who is obsessed with them, in which case, they may just drive you crazy. I'm pretty sure our little Seamus thinks he is the next Pat Sajak.
We use the tiles each day and store them on a magnetic board. Because Seamus is drawn to the tiles like a magnet himself, we keep the board out of sight, behind a big bookshelf. We slide it waaaaaaaaay far in, so his little paws cannot reach it. It doesn't work. Little Pat Sajak developes superpowers, sort of like Elastigirl, and somehow manages to reach waaaaaay in, behind the bookshelf, and pull the board out. To our amazement, we often walk into the quiet room to find this scene...
To my greater amazement, he has not eaten, lost, stolen or stuck any magnet tile up his nose. Yet.
Do you want to buy a vowel? How about a consonant team?
I am actually thinking about buying a second set of these tiles for him for Christmas. I have a feeling it would make him smile, like this...
And maybe when he's grown and hosting Wheel of Fortune, you'll say, "Hey, I knew that kid when we was a toddler!" And because I'm an optimist, maybe, just maybe, all of the time I'm putting into cleaning up these little tiles NOW will pay off LATER when it's time to actually teach him is letters, reading and spelling. Ha! I can hope!
