Monday

We got up at 7:30 and had breakfast, family Bible and prayer time and started our school day.  Lucy immediately liked the bear washing and also liked pouring herself water from a small pitcher.  A lot ended up on the floor, but she was a wonderful helper in mopping it up with a rag. :)  Next, she had a bath and we started our first "row".  We read Ask Mr Bear with the help of some animal props I found.  Each time a new animal emerged on the scene, I put another animal on the armrest of her rocking chair.  She loved it!  After one read-through, she asked for "more", so we read it again, introducing the animals again each time.

Next she worked on bear pouring and then we did a science experiment -- with milk (because of the cow in the story) and food coloring.  We swirled the colors around.  Lucy then went down for a nap.  When she gets up, we will do the experiment again adding the dishwashing soap - the colors will swirl on their own!

This afternoon, we may drive out to visit Angel Oak -- because Mr. Bear lives in the forest!  The day has been a blast so far!  I'm excited about Before Five in a Row and I'm hoping I can stay this motivated.  It helps so much to have a bit of a gameplan in place each day.  Before, I felt like we just hung around the house all day while I tried to get laundry, etc, done in between playing with Lucy.