Lessons in Drool

When you think about it, blogs are like Lays potato chips. You can't have just one. They're also like Pringles. Once you pop, you can't stop. Ok ok, but really I think I just want to east some potato chips. And start a new blog. Because having two teaching blogs and a baby blog or two, just isn't enough. Here we go, lessons in drool. 

You may wonder why I chose that title. Well, I have a fifteen month old, and right now, he is getting three teeth. At one time. And he is drooling like a wild man. Like I put a new shirt on him, and it is soaked in a few minutes kinda drool. 

I have the amazing opportunity to be a stay at home mommy with this little man, and I am fresh out of the classroom, so I can't help but be obsessed with books and abc's and counting and colors and shapes. So my obsession of course runneth over onto him. Luckily, he really likes all of the above. Since he was just a few months old, he would sit through and enjoy Dr. Seuss's ABC's. Now, he requests it, and others by bringing them to me or if I hold two up for him to choose, he will knock the one he doesn't want out of my hands. 

We don't have any kind of structured curriculum. We just read and point and walk and play and sing and laugh and run and climb, and learning just seems to happen. He likes to say "What's that?" To everything, and he likes to hear the answer and sometimes repeat it. He picks up so much. I love watching him learn new words and new skills. 

It's not just him learning lessons, though. I've learned so much about language acquisition and the amazing ability of the human brain just watching my little boy. I've also thought a lot about my beliefs about teaching and learning. Lessons that I think will carry over when I do go back to the classroom. 

So I thought it would be fun to start a (nother) blog. One to document the learning we do together.