colors

Ladybug gets so jealous and upset when Butterfly gets to go to school. So I'm trying to make that one-on-one time more special for her and use it as learning time.

It's not going well.

Butterfly was very curious and could be very focused on a task. I spent a lot of time playing learning games and engaging her full attention. That has become much harder with two kids (and now three). Either by genetics (takes after her daddy!) or teaching, Butterfly is exceptionally brilliant and academically advanced for her age. She learned quickly and was eager to learn.

Recently, Ladybug is starting to show that same ambition and eagerness to learn. Her new favorite movie is Leapfrog's Alphabet and our new favorite game is the colors game. But the problem is that she has the attention span of your typical two year old. She will beg to watch her letters movie but get distracted after fifteen minutes and go play with toys instead.

This morning we tried playing the colors game. I set out two differently colored blocks and ask her to find blue. If she gets it right I give her a blue mini m&m. Then I mix them up and do it again, alternating which color I ask for. Once she masters that, I change the format by pointing and asking "what color is this?" Once she masters that, we add a third color and start over. Ladybug was doing great with blue and green and happily earning her matching m&ms. But when I added the third color, she impatiently didn't want to listen and ignored the red block everytime. When I held it up and ask her to identify it she answered "Blue? Green? ...GRUE?!" and snatched up the bowl of m&ms.

And thus, we concluded our colors lesson for the day.