November Goals

October was extremely busy with lots of new challenges and therefore I was not able to create or implement any learning goals. Now that I have a better sense of how my afternoons will go, I plan to implement the following three goals for the month of November:

1) naptime potty trained.
     In an effort to prepare Mat for a full day of school come January, we need her to be naptime potty trained. I will incorporate a prize system, much like we did with initial potty training. It will contain a much simpler calendar with one sticker for every day that she has a dry pull-up after nap and a prize for each of those days as well. Luckily we have lots of leftover Halloween prizes that Mat seems to be very fascinated with.

2) Cognitive Review
    Now that Mat is in school 1/2 day, it's difficult for me to track where she is at developmentally. On days where she sleeps during nap, I'm only with her 2 full hours, if that. I want to do an assessment on where she is at with her sorting, story re-telling, and following 3-part commands. This way I can determine if there is anything I need to hone in on. I also want to get back to working on lower-case letters. Her knowing these letters is the foundation to phonetics and reading.

3) Penmanship
    Matilda seems to have really developed her motor control when it comes to writing. Some of the handouts from school have her tracing over the numbers 1-31 (on an October calendar). Since she loves coloring so much, I plan to find some lower-case letter handouts where she can learn the letter, trace it, and then color a corresponding image. To accomplish all 26 letters, this goal will continue into December, but I think that she will enjoy it.