What Should a 4 Year Old Know?

Someone just resposted this link on FB, and it couldn’t have been in better timing! My sweet girl turned four just 2weeks ago — making her literally the baby of her “class” (per her age group based on school year). And though we’ve never adhered to mainstream ways of doing anything (esp in our approach to parenting) in her young life… as this school year approached, and the majority of her friends prepared to begin school (K4), I do admit to feeling just a little pressured that she was not.

How'd I get a pre-schooler?

Someone asked me about KB's future schoolimg.... and after a fleeting though of "oh we still have plenty of time to think about that"..... it suddenly dawned on that, KB is almost four! Meaning in just a little over a year, my baby(!) will be starting Kindergarten.... EEK!! Its a very sobering thought!

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow... but the rainbow won’t wait while you finish the work.

~ Pat Clifford

But even better.... is when you homeschool and can incorporate the rainbow into the work... ;-) 

Washday - n. - the opportunity to learn colors & develop sorting skills! ;-)

Clockwise from bottom left corner: 

Brown/khakis, blues, greens, pink/reds (behind her), black/greys (in basket), and purple