The family has had (yet another) nasty infection going around for the last couple of weeks and last week Gary succumbed with a sinus infection, and on Thursday B2 and I came down with some sort of weird throat infection. We’re all on the mend now but didn’t get round to our pond study on Friday on account of there being no fully well adult to accompany the children. I thought I’d post about my school intentions with the younger set instead.
Last Easter we had a mini experiment trying out Mr Men as a potential theme for our fun Fridays. It was a hit and Mr Men and our youngest two children have been firm friends ever since. It occurred to me how simple it would be to include an hour of Mr Men school into every school day for the foreseeable future. I want to have a break from BFIAR curriculum, having used it now three times over and I think Mr Men and Little Misses might just fit the bill.
Mr Men have simple shapes, describe simple emotions and personality traits and are made of block colours. There are many, many of them, which would give us lots of variety, and they are simple to recreate. This makes them perfect in every way for our home school.
There is no curriculum attached to Mr Men but I think it would be simple to make one of my own, and to design it such that it would meet the learning needs of both a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. I am so excited about the possibilities and as always my wonderful husband is on the case and has purchased 8 reversible Mr Men beanie toys (99p total) and a set of Mr Men jelly moulds (99p) from Ebay. I have my eye on a few other treasures but in the main this will be a home-made learning experience.
I will probably keep to a pattern of exploring one Mr Men book a week, in addition to doing more general Mr Men themed activities. I have started with Mr Tickle, which is the first book written in the series. Hargreaves wrote Mr Tickle in response to his son asking him what a tickle was. The book was his answer. I’m looking forward to exploring these books with my two younger ones and stringing in the older ones to help whenever I can. Given they also love Mr Men, I’m thinking I won’t lack for volunteers!
We love Mr Men and Little Miss too! Looking at all your goodies make me wish I have a younger one to do it all with again. 🙂
I did it with my older ones and I have to admit, I’m really excited about doing it again!
What a great idea, really looking forward to future posts about this 🙂
Thanks Debbie. I’m pretty excited as well!
What a fun idea. I look forward to seeing where your adventure leads. My oldest son loved those books when he was little.
Blessings, Dawn
My older son still loves them! I bought the Mr Men ABC dvd and caught all 5 children watching it this morning!!
Imagine my surprise when I looked at your picture and saw a book about me! Little Miss Scatterbrain! Even the picture is appropriate:))
This looks like such fun. Once again, I have never heard of these books. You would think I know nothing of books – We have boxes and boxes and shelves and shelves full of books in our home. You are opening new doors for future littles. Claire, that would be grandchildren if the Lord provides. Due to my elderly state, I will have to wait for grandchildren. HA.
Sorry to hear of the illness going around in your home. Hope everyone is feeling better.
Have a joyful Monday!
LOL! Elderly state in deed!! Although I sympathise about being a Miss Scatterbrain. I always was but with each child it has got harder and harder to remember even basic information. I am so scatty it is unbelievable!
Glad to hear everyone is one the mend – so difficult when an infection works its way through a household! Looking forward to seeing Mr. Men bedroom!
I’m typing this and the infection (that I thought I’d got away lightly with) has now migrated to my sinus’. I’m all bunged up!
Infection in the sinus’ is the worst! I hope you feel better soon!
Thank you!
Sorry to hear everyone has been I’ll. Yuck! It’s no fun when the entire family gets sick. I hope everyone is as good as new soon.
These books were some of my favorite growing up. I still have a small handful that I managed to save for my kiddos. They too enjoy these books.
Sounds like a fun idea for your kiddos!
The appeal for me was the ease with which I could use them. They really are such simple drawings and stories. I think the littles are going to love it!
I’ve seen these books but never read them. Excited to read your new preschool posts!
I think they must be more English than American. Certainly the author is English. They were the staple of my childhood!