I've enjoyed the past two lazy days at home (most of the time) with Luke. But I've felt like kind of a slacker mom. We've played some games, read some books (I cannot believe how much Luke is reading), made a card or two. But we've watched some TV and played some Wii too. I sure am going to miss these lazy days once school starts.
But to make myself feel a bit better, and because I forgot to add this to my South Dakota trip post (though I can't imagine that post being any longer), I thought I'd blog out this little project we completed on our way to and from SD. Of course this was Mimi's idea, so I can't be too proud of myself.
Luke is really into license plates and states. He loves spotting different states and even notices the counties. And he's learning to read many of those words. I had planned to keep a list of all the state plates we saw on our trip. Mimi suggested taking our United States puzzle and placing a little sticker on the state when we spotted it. And Mimi just happened to have some perfect little dot sticker. Mimi rocks.
Luke LOVED this the first day of travel. And day 1 was definitely our most productive day. On Day 2 I lost the stickers somewhere in the van. We had to stop at Walmart for more. And we ended up buying a Buzz Lightyear that talked (not that giant one on display in Target. We aren't THAT indulgent).
While we were in Sioux Falls Lamar found a cute book of travel games that had a picture of each state's plate. We thought that would be fun for the drive home, but I think we were all a little over travel and I couldn't really gather the enthusiasm myself to attempt to get Luke excited about it. And a lot of the plate photos were out of date (including our home state). I digress. So here's our map:
We saw 39 states and 3 Canadian provinces. Luke learned lots of state names and some geography. If you should ever do such a project, do NOT use a puzzle. I lost New England more times than I can count. I can't believe we made it home with all the pieces. We may try this again with a paper map.
Luke wanted to pose with the puzzle. I told him to look happy. He said, "I am happy!" and made this face.
2 comments:
Luke is a very smart young man. I am very proud of him. That was a great idea that Mimi had. I think that she rocks also.
Next time that I am at SAMS, Saturday, I will look for a map book for him.
Take care and will see you sometime this summer. School starts back on the 5 of August.
Love to all,
jan
That is such a good idea to keep up with the state plates with stickers! =)
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