Simple coloring on big papers like cartolina sheets

Our screenfree activity suggestion for the week is simple coloring in huge papers like a cartolina. It gives kids some kind of freedom in coloring as they get a bigger space to work on.

This is actually like hitting two birds with one stone for me. The littles get to help me out with my CVC reading drill material for my homeschooling while they learn and get busy. My little guy gets more familiar with letters, colors and coloring in general, while my other child can check out the Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) words that I will be teaching her for this week .

It doubles up as a happy screen free activity for them to do while I meal prep! In my kid’s case, they were busy for less than 30 minutes, which is just enough time for me to prepare an easy yet nutritious meal (for more easy and healthy recipe ideas, hope you can check out our recipes section).

Anyway, I have realized that indeed, time flies by so fast. Last year our homeschooling lessons were all about introducing letters and their sounds and now my not so little middle child is starting to read! It really is an amazing and humbling experience at the same time. Amazing because from not knowing any of the letters, and then reading syllables, and now knowing slowly how to read three-letter words, is just fantastic! Humbling because phonics need a lot of consistency and patience.

Because of this pandemic, I am sure that more parents will be embarking on home learning. Even if you feel you cannot do it, or you do not have the patience, believe me your maternal instinct to teach will soon kick in and make you teach your littles. In my experience, patience, perseverance and consistency is the key.

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