In a nutshell...

Nathan pulled out the cuisenaire rods this morning and began organising them into recurring stripey patterns, progressing along in a long structure.

We then headed off to playcentre (Nathan was interested in mixing various paint colours together to get interesting results, Danielle spent ages washing dishes, I spent ages washing paint brushes and pots - it's actually my favourite tidy up job, and often everyone elses most despised). I collected up several bags of acorns from the ground with help from some of the kids to give to someone I know with pigs - apparently they love them!

After lunch Nathan played with lego - I'm starting to see how lego is tied in with math skills. He was working on different combinations of pieces to get his creation to work and add more stability. He's looking at his creations in more of a (not sure of the word: spacial awareness, 3D, cause and effect??) and ways of problem solving when things don't go right. So rather than giving up or simplifying his creation, he works on ways of making his original vision work.

He then asked me to print out some words for him to read (not sure where that came from, it's not something we "work" on or anything). So after clarifying what he was after, I hunted out a list of sight words for him and he confirmed that yes that was what he wanted, I read some out to him.

He then found some packets of math flash cards we had but not yet looked at and asked me to play with him with them. So I introduced him to what the idea was and using the cuisenaire rods still out on the floor as a means of helping with the sub sets and adding. He moved on after about 5mins.

We finished Charlotte's Web and one of the magic tree house books today and Nathan wanted to re-start from where we left off with The House at Pooh Corner.