The kids are still excited about learning about the world so we do it for one more week. Moviendo a Mexico Briana got up from her siesta on Thursday and asked me, “Mommy, where does Dora live?” I told her, “Mexico”. “Can we go there this week?” she asked. Happy to oblige. While Abigail continued to sleep, Briana and I went to nickjr.com to print out some pictures of Dora to color while we waited. While we colored I asked Briana if she remembered how to count to 10 in Spanish. “Uno, dos, tres….” She counted while we colored. Briana and Abigail can both count to ten in Spanish already thanks to Dora and Diego. On occasion they can get to 15 correctly. Abby sometimes gets confused and will count to 10 in English and then continue on saying “once…doce…”. It cracks me up every time and then I correct her as to what was “English that we speak” and “Spanish that Dora speaks”. This confusion, however, is exactly why we haven’t purs...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.