With April just a couple of days away, I thought I would share some of my plans for April. There are many things happening in April. April is Autism Awareness month. It is also National Frog month, National Garden month, National Humour month and National Volunteer month in the US. It is Stress Awareness month and National Poetry month. I am hoping to include some activities to celebrate this with my boys this month. Another noteworthy occurance in April is Week of the Young Child which is the third week of the month- just before Easter this year.
We are going to celebrate Spring, Easter, Earth Day and Farms & Gardens with some special activities this month. My older two boys enjoy working with the alphabet and within my "yearly" plan, April is the month to focus on the letters N, M, H and B. They have also developed some interest drawing lately and in the spirit of leanring, I am working on shapes with them- how to draw them, what their names are, what they can make with that shape and how to cut it out. April's shape is an oval and maybe we can learn how to draw people-especially their faces. My oldest has been learning to count (even in different languages) and can now count up to 60 something more or less unassisted. So in April I hope to help him reach 100 more or less unassisted.
April is also a busy month in our household because the breastfeeding support group in this area (to which I belong) is putting on their bi-annual consignment sale. I'll be getting my own items ready to consign and getting other various tasks taken care of before the sale. It's happening the weekend of April 15th- so don't be surprised if there are no new blogs for a couple of days around then. (Thanks to my husband who made this little ad for our sale so it could be put up on the electronic sign where he works).
Some of the observances during the first week of April include: April Fools Day(1), one cent day (1), Hans Christan Anderson's birthday (2), National Children's book day (2), Find a Rainbow day (3) and National Read a Road Map day (5). I'll post some activities and ideas for these days later this week so you can join in on our fun and adventures too. Some of the activities and booklets that I have deisgned for use with my boys will be available for purchase . I'll post a picture of it and then you can paypal me a small fee and I will send you the pdf files. Or you can make your own. Sometimes I'll just share the name of a book or a resource I use and you can look it up. Or I'll explain an activity you can do with your little ones at home or in a preschool/daycare setting.
