Been meaning to do a similar exercise for Tarly to the one I did for Davies. Although his education is far more likely to be put under a microscope than her’s I *think* she might be getting towards some sort of pre school groups (3 in December) and is about the same age now that Davies was when I decided on HE so given how much headspace his early years education got back then (although it has of course slid to non existant proportions in the following two years 😉 ) it seems only right to think about hers a little.
Actually I think she might be the classic negected second child in terms of not getting any of the individual attention so learning all by herself. She has amazed me a couple of times this weekend by just ‘knowing’ stuff I have certainly never showed her. In the lifts at the hotel and museum she heard me tell Davies which number or letter to press buttons for and did it first and then she pulled some of Ady’s socks out of the holdall with ‘3’ on them (he has comedy socks with days of the week and numbers 1-7 on them, cos he’s so wacky!), held them out to him and said ‘here’s your 3 socks’.
I have got a shelf full of 3-5 workbooks on reading, writing and maths which Davies has never shown any interest in and if I can get over my feeling that she really shouldn’t be eclipsing him in such matters I think she’d love to be sat down with me doing them with her. I also think she might be ready for 100EL first few lessons. I could be completely wrong but she loves books, craves cuddling up and having individual attention from me (which TBH she rarely gets) so I think it might be good all round. Also it might just be the catalyst for getting Davies to do what he and I both know he is capable of but he lacks the wanting to do (ie start reading) as I imagine he will be bothered by her getting ahead of him.
A friend has offered to take her along with her 2yo to toddler groups which is something Scarlett has never been to so that might be interesting. I am not signing her up for anything additional to Tumble Tots for the time being and of course she comes along to HE group every week, plays with her cousins (same age) at least twice a week.
She demonstrates some sort of imaginative play every day, often with Davies, does drawing constantly (although frequently not in appropriate places!), is fearless, daring and competant in her physical ability and agility, is very sociable, loves to learn, sings all the time, loves to dance and is a happy, healthy toddler 🙂 Long may she continue to live such a life unhampered by the rules of establishments and able to run naked and grubby whenever and wherever possible 🙂
sounds great to me.