I want to focus more on my kids' physical development this year. I've denied the possibility of doing Doman style exercises because you need little bits of time all day, but being somewhat successful with Timmy has made me more confident. It has truly made us happier and more loving, he and I. And now I want to try the same thing with my girls.
I think I'll try to run through a set of activities before and after each time we eat, which is four times a day, plus one before bed. Nine times seems reasonable, and I won't be interrupting other things, since we always stop to eat.
Here are the things I'm aiming to do at each set:
Monkey bars (30 sec)
Low crawl to Mommy's room (30 sec)
1 set of 10 encyclopedic knowledge facts (15 sec)
Crawl to the front room and back (30 sec)
Read 5 words (15 sec)
Somersaults or log rolls on mom's bed (1 min)
Another set of EK facts (15 sec)
Demonstrate writing a letter of the alphabet (15 sec)
3 math facts (15 sec)
1 gymnastics move (30 sec)
Another EK set (15 sec)
Piano game (1 min)
So five and a half minutes before and after each meal. That should be doable and fun for all of us. Outside of this, I still want to practice running, read scriptures, do our computer learning, and do our Kimochis every day. Running should lead nicely into spending time outdoors, scriptures are usually first thing in the morning, and the computer is right before naps, so we just need a time for Kimochis. There's always more, of course, but that's a good start. We'll see how it goes.
I think I'll try to run through a set of activities before and after each time we eat, which is four times a day, plus one before bed. Nine times seems reasonable, and I won't be interrupting other things, since we always stop to eat.
Here are the things I'm aiming to do at each set:
Monkey bars (30 sec)
Low crawl to Mommy's room (30 sec)
1 set of 10 encyclopedic knowledge facts (15 sec)
Crawl to the front room and back (30 sec)
Read 5 words (15 sec)
Somersaults or log rolls on mom's bed (1 min)
Another set of EK facts (15 sec)
Demonstrate writing a letter of the alphabet (15 sec)
3 math facts (15 sec)
1 gymnastics move (30 sec)
Another EK set (15 sec)
Piano game (1 min)
So five and a half minutes before and after each meal. That should be doable and fun for all of us. Outside of this, I still want to practice running, read scriptures, do our computer learning, and do our Kimochis every day. Running should lead nicely into spending time outdoors, scriptures are usually first thing in the morning, and the computer is right before naps, so we just need a time for Kimochis. There's always more, of course, but that's a good start. We'll see how it goes.
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