Nora - 10/16/2020

Nora ate most of brown rice and most of raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her meatloaf, half of her whole wheat dinner roll, ate riced cauliflower, and ate her mangoes.   

First picture:  I want to make a few comments about all the "free drawing" the three big girls have been doing.  I want to remind ALL of us (including myself) of a few of the benefits the girls are getting from doing this.  One thing that kind of amazes me is the fact that the more I offer it, the more they do!  I think yesterday Atley took home over 20 sheets of paper.  Sometimes we may think in terms of "wasted paper" (please recycle), but the process is what is important and they are learning SO much from this.  I believe it expands their minds and strengthens their cognitive development.  The creativity is pretty obvious, but there is also "problem solving" for example.  "How do I draw this to make it look the way I want to?"  They are learning a lot about spatial awareness in terms of "what goes where."  There is self expression in a non-verbal way.  In the picture below I asked Nora questions about her picture and then put the answers as she gave them to me beside the picture.  

Next picture:  Nora said, "Hey Gary!!  Look what I can do!"  Yup that's pretty good.  You're balancing on one foot.  I especially like the tongue work!!  Can you do it without holding your tongue like that?  Haha

Last picture:  Nora and Svea played for a LONG time on and under the blue balance beam.  With all the stuffed animals, pillows, dolls, and doll blankets.  Those two love this kind of game while Atley and Avi quickly grow tired of it.  Picture:  Svea had just fell off backwards.  ALL Svea said, "that hurt."  Nora said, "It's a good thing you landed on the pillows."  I was recording the incident into my phone and said, "That Svea is a tough little girl."  Svea obviously heard what I said and she said, "That Svea is a tough little  girl.