Slept on this one last year in the summer and fall releases. Swore i would get one this year and i did! this, the rollable picnic blanket, a bunch of Aldi snacks and the kiddos and I are ready to hit the pool this summer.
our 5 year old has to show it off in the pickup line while waiting for his older brother to come out of the school. It’s already a win!
We’ve been cooking at home more often (who can afford eating out these days?). I realized that a lot of our kitchen equipment was really old or damaged or the cheap stuff that we‘d had forever and were making do with (Electric hand mixed where we could only plug in one beater and power switch has a crack with a sharp plastic edge). Replacing items that we are making do with or would probably fall apart or break apart with higher quality items. Trying to set us up for longevity of things we have for cooking because I don’t see a lot of eating out in our future, especially with two young kids!
Also we had a great local knife sharp recommended to us. Chargers per blade (a nearby grocery store charges 2$ per inch per knife!), and usually gets things done in a day or two. Complete game changer in the kitchen!
So, my first grader is doing really well in school except for penmanship. His handwriting looks worse than some of the doctors I’ve worked with. Part of it i inherited (his father has chicken scratch that pretends to be handwriting!). Pretty sure it’s just an issue with handwriting- he gets 100s on his spelling and sight word/phrase recognitions.
Any advice or hints on things I can do with him to work on his handwriting? I’ve got workbooks and lined paper books to practice, but. I’m also looking for things outside of that. Like maybe fine motor skill activities for fingers and hands? I want to work with him on this over the summer but not necessarily sit him down to do worksheets over and over.