A, B, Cs

I am not a teacher.  I never wanted to be a teacher.  I never had that desire.

I am not crafty.  By any stretch of the imagination.  I need a pattern.  I need straight lines.

I am not creative.  I don't like to paint or draw or color.  I stay inside the lines.  I color things what they are in real-life.  I don't put polka dots on elephants or stripes on dolphins. 

I am not a huge pretender.  I can't come up with things to be.  I think of that scene in "Miracle on 34th Street" where the little girl says no one will play with her because she doesn't like pretending.  She's a little girl, not an elephant.  That's me.

That's me.  I'm analytical and straight-forward.  I'm an executor, not an idea-person.

However, I am a MOM.  So, now that I'm a mom, I have to continually step outside of my analytical comfort zone and enter into creativity.  I have to come up with ways to keep a toddler occupied beyond reading books and counting butter containers.  I have to think of things to do with toys other than stack them and knock them down.

So, I'm trying to morph into someone who is still me, but just a bit more creative.  I know that if I try too much to be someone other than me then my daughter will see right through it and now want to be around me. 

Which brings me to the alphabet.  We have been reading an A,B,C Bible book at night and Baby Girl has started picking up on the letters, so I decided that it was time to actively teach her the alphabet.  Since I have no background in teaching preschoolers and need a big shot of creativity to come up with anything amazing, I decided to stay in my comfort zone.

Here is what we are doing for the letters:

 

 

I'm tryng to keep the words that we use as those that she says or tries to say.  Plus, I think it's a good idea to use pictures that we have taken with her so that she can relate better to the picture.

We've hung the letters on the wall in our living room and everyday we go through them.  She seems to be enjoying it since she helps me glue the pictures on the papers and helps hang them on the wall.

So far, we've done A, B, C, D and E.  She's doing really well, except doesn't seem to like the letter C.   The letter C has so many great things to offer...cream cheese, cat, corn, cow, car...

Now, on to F....fingers, fish, football, fork, feet...I think I may be enjoying this more than she is.  Apparently, I needed an outlet for my creativity that I didn't know that I had.