Jana Allison, our "Parent's As Teachers" teacher came to visit today to check on the little boys. Parents As Teachers is an awesome program here ... Jana has been coming to see the boys ever since we arrived in Missouri. In the beginning, she came once a month and that continued until they turned three this year. Now, we get 3 or 4 visits/year. The boys always look forward to her coming because she lets them do the most super-fun things. Not only does she do fun things to check on hearing, vision, language & motor skills, she also brings along giant tubs of rice, Moon Sand, and today ... making Trail Mix ... she has so many cool ideas for keeping up with their development.
The lesson was about pouring, stirring, mixing, using spoons and scoops ... counting, colors ... I was totally amazed at how many things she could think of to teach them about using M&Ms, Goldfish, pretzels, & raisins. They had so, so much fun!!!
Watching them was just as much fun for me. Jana was extremely pleased with all of their motor functioning and especially with their sharing and language. She loved it most when Andrew told Cameron to say "please" when he wanted Drew to give him some of his mix. It was hilarious!!! Twins are so much fun, everyday ... and today was no exception!!!
Parents As Teachers is such an awesome program. My neighbor and dear, wonderful friend Jane also works for Parents As Teachers. You can read her column in the Joplin Globe
here. This week's article is about saving money by making homemade Christmas gifts for your kids ... and believe me, that Parents As Teachers crowd knows how to have a good time ~ these are great ideas!!!
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