The letter "M" is so much fun!

Who knew that learning letters could be so much fun. Instead of sending Scooter to preschool this year, we decided to do some "at home" learning. Throughout the course of the year, we have learned approximately one letter per week. If you do the math, you know there have been more than 13 weeks since August, but we took some time off and some weeks for review. We've started the New Year on the letter "m". And what a fun letter it has been!

Think of all the fun words that start with "M".

• Mother - of course, that's the most fun. We've talked about family and who is our family and who are everyone's mothers.
  
• Macaroni - we were at the grocery store yesterday shopping for some macaroni noodles to take home and color. I picked up the box and asked Scooter what letter it started with. He knew, but he paused long enough for Roo to exclaim "P!" When I said no, he shouted "E!" It's so fun to see what Roo picks up on just by listening to what Scooter is learning. He knew I was asking for a letter, so he started chanting all the letters he knew. When Scooter and I are counting, Roo will say, "One, Two, Four, Five, Eight, Nine...."
  
• We picked out our noodles (and the rest of the groceries) and headed home to shake some food coloring on the noodles. They are still drying, waiting for our glue project tomorrow. I'm still unsure what it will be, but anything with glue and scissors excites Scooter to no end!
  
• The best part about the letter "M" is all the fun food that starts with that letter. We picked up marshmallows (in hopes that we will have a fire in the fireplace this week and we'll roast them.) We also got some M&M's. Yesterday afternoon, we sorted them by color and variety, we counted each color, and divided them evenly into four bowls -- one for each member of the family. This fun math project had the greatest reward -- dessert! I told Derrick that Scooter had no problem learning the letter "M." His response was that if every letter had candy to go with it, he would be a whiz at learning all the letters.