Surprise writing by DQ!

DQ has always been resistant to handwriting. She is terrified of making mistakes in almost all aspects of her life. And I thought I was a perfectionist. Oi. But in the past couple of weeks she has been making 'gifts' for a friend of hers. Last night she wrote out her friend's name on an envelope all on her own with her coming to me to find out how to spell her name. She had already written the first 2 letters. I was shocked! And then when I named the next 2 letter she disappeared and wrote them. Then when she came back she realized she had run out of space for the last letter but was OK with making it a smaller letter to fit in the tiny space that was left. Wow. I'm impressed. The letters were totally correct too.

And besides that she made a wonderful drawing of a tree with roots and then dictated the story for me to write.

It's amazing what can happen when you don't push and just try to live your life. I'm working on making a rhythm for our days. So far it's mostly in my head, but I'm making progress.

Well, we're supposed to be following Enki kindy

And that isn't flying. Granted I haven't given it a decent try yet. But DQ has resisted the stories the couple of times I've tried them. I'm afraid to try a circle since I can imagine she'll just go upstairs again. But I need to do them and at least I might have the boy to hang with. I have to get the guts up to just do it and be damned.

But part of me really wants to switch to Waldorf in some form. I like that Enki has the sensory integration part. It's one of the main reasons I bought it. But other parts I'm not too keen on. I know that I can definitely use the crafts and such. But the more I look into Waldorf the more it is speaking to me. So I'm thinking of using parts of both.

Course I'm feeling guilt in that we aren't already into 'school' like I had hoped. DQ is so resistant to anything that she might possibly think is 'school' in my mind. Sigh.

So this is me panicking and me trying to breathe and not stress. This is kindy and for Enki and Waldorf it's all about the rhythm and once that's in place it's just fun stuff that does have a purpose, but it doesn't look like it unless you are in the know. :)

I'll try and keep you updated as I go.