How the Grinch Stole Christmas

We are already in full Christmas mode at our house. We have been listening to Christmas music and reading Jared Christmas children's books. We haven't put up our decorations yet, but we do have lights on our house. :)

I tried to upload an EXTREMELY long video here of Jared reciting the entire Grinch poem, but I finally gave up (or, rather, Blogger gave up on the video). He seriously knows the whole thing by heart, except I noticed that he skipped a couplet here and there. It is so cute to hear him recite it!

And while we are on the topic of Jared, he and I have really been enjoying having our Mommy School twice a week (I stole the name from you, Jennifer!). It is totally casual and only lasts about 20 or 30 mins. each time, but it is helping Jared learn about shapes, colors, numbers, and the alphabet, and I really enjoy the easy crafts and songs we do together. Jared asks almost every night before bedtime, "Do we get to do Mommy school tomorrow?" He loves it.

Also, a few of my blogging friends recommended the site Starfall.com to me, and I just have to pass on that recommendation! Jared has learned about each of the ABC's from this site. In just a few weeks, Jared not only learned how to use a mouse on the computer, but he now can recognize both capital AND lowercase letters of the alphabet, and he knows most of their sounds now. He routinely asks me throughout the day things like, "Mommy, does m-m-m-milk start with the letter m?" And last night, at the late hour of 11:00 pm, Jared thought it was really important to get out of bed and ask me "what makes a ch sound, like ch-ch-chicken?" He asks me almost every day if we can "learn a letter" on the computer. I would totally recommend this website! I look forward to utilizing more of the other features on the site, like the beginning reading sections.