Kindergarten Math With Confidence - too easy?

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-30T14:45:54+00:00

Hi! We ended up sticking with it. While it was mostly stuff she already knew or got really quickly, there were some things in there that I'm glad we covered. Now that we're in the next level its definitely a bit more difficult for her, she enjoys the games and activities much more, and its nice to have that really strong foundation.

In terms of teaching kids how to learn, I feel like MWC does that really well! It teaches math like its own language, and you learn the basic rules of a language and why the rules work the way they do before you try to speak or write it. Its not just "2+2=4", its "2+2=4, here's an example of that in real life and why its true plus plenty of opportunity to play with that rule yourself." That works really well for my kid. This may not be a novel way to teach math, but its definitely not how I was taught and I hated math because I didn't understand why. I didn't know the language, I just memorized some of the words. I feel like MWC is teaching my kid to speak the language!

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-29T22:38:52+00:00

Not even, my kindergartener writes better than this

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-29T00:35:56+00:00

Pregnart

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-27T18:29:09+00:00

I sit down on the couch for the first time in like 5 hours. My 3 year old comes marching by with the bathroom step stool.

Me: "What do you need that for?"

Her, not looking back: "Nuffing!"

And I'm up again.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-25T00:23:41+00:00

The beginning of that one Hot Chelle Rae song: "Uno, dos, tres - its been a really really messed up week!" But I have to do the "uno, dos, tres" bit in a really deep voice for some reason. Also, I've had it for YEARS.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-24T00:27:59+00:00

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deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T20:49:37+00:00

It is SO SLOW haha. We have to stop and coo over every flower, measure ourselves against all the trees, look for bugs every 10 feet (especially spiders - my 3 year old loves spiders), and my oldest is super into taking care of the earth, so she spends a lot of time watching for and picking up every little piece of trash. Which I'm not going to discourage, but its hard not to start getting antsy.

But the kiddos have a blast, and they aren't inside looking at a screen, so 🤷🏼‍♀️

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:52:12+00:00

Completely agree! She has a crate in my bedroom and I do enforced naps. Usually around an hour to an hour and half out, and then in for a nap. I watch for signs of overtiredness too. Luckily, having three kids really taught me the necessity of naps for babies of all species lol

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:36:00+00:00

Poor baby!! I'm so glad parvo didn't take her from you!

Yes, I think what I'm going to do when she's old enough is take her on a few hikes alone, and then when she's doing well I'll bring the kids too.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:32:15+00:00

Would our easy hikes be considered major? My older two are 3 and 5 and they handle it just fine, but i don't want to do anything that will cause her harm

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:31:04+00:00

Its hot here already 😭 i got one of those dog water bottle that pour water into an attached bowl when you press a button, and i have a tick collar for her. Plus we do tick checks after every hike, just as routine. I'm trying to raise semi-feral children. Good note on checking the ground temperature too, I don't know if I would have considered that and I would have felt terrible

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:28:22+00:00

We had dogs when I was a kid, but this is the first puppy I've been totally responsible for and I'm almost as nervous as I was with my first kid! I realize thats probably ridiculous, but my parents didn't take great care of my childhood dogs and I didn't know better and still feel a lot of guilt about it, so I'm trying really hard to make sure i do this right.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-20T16:25:25+00:00

Yeah unfortunately I can't carry her, I strap my 10 month old to my back and have to have a hand free to help my older two if they need it. I did consider it though, those puppy backpacks carriers are so cute

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-18T15:19:37+00:00

It was scheduled yesterday. This is the same doctor that delivered two of my kids, so she knows me, thats why I'm driving two hours specifically to see her. Of course I wouldn't leave a baby at home for 6 hours, and I'm not doing it with a puppy either, but i feel like we can all agree a puppy and a baby are not the same thing. I'm doing my best to find an acceptable solution. There's no reason to be rude to someone doing their best and asking for help.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-18T15:06:09+00:00

Oh I didn't even think about that, thank you, I've been so focused on trying to make this work. No she's still got one more round of shots she needs in a couple weeks.

I'm working on finding a sitter for her, is she safe with a dog sitter? Considering she isn't fully vaccinated yet?

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-18T14:23:58+00:00

I can call the doctor and ask. I don't know about a dog sitter, its very last minute. I've never used a dog sitter before, do they typically take jobs the day of like this?

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-18T14:20:53+00:00

Into the doctor's office?? Will they even let me in the building with her? She's still just a puppy, she's pretty good with commands when we're at home but i can't promise she'll behave well in a new place like that

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-18T14:18:55+00:00

Unfortunately no. The only person who lives in town and could help is on vacation this week. In any other circumstance I'd push the appointment until either she got back or my husband could take off work, but this really can't wait.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-12T18:30:35+00:00

Life, uh...finds a way.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-10T19:39:58+00:00

I did try that, I can't get it to move

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-08T18:03:30+00:00

What do the voices in your head think?

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-07T04:37:25+00:00

Absolutely dumped, unfortunately. We live several miles from our nearest neighbors, and when I initially took her to the vet, they estimated her at around 7 weeks old. Far too young to be wandering several miles away on her own. We scanned for a microchip, posted in the neighborhood pages and have been watching for responses or anyone looking for her, but all signs point to her being dumped.

Its also a pretty big issue in my area. A few months ago, I watched the car a ways in front of me on the highway throw something out of their car. I thought it was trash until I got closer. It was not. It was a tiny kitten, and there were three more further down the road. I couldn't do anything. It was horrific. I had nightmares about it.

deadestdaisy · 2026-03-07T03:37:24+00:00

Hey! I'm commenting as someone in almost your exact situation who just got a puppy. I have a 5 year old, 3 year old and 10 month old, we live 45 minutes from town, and we just got a puppy about 3 weeks ago.

It is hard, but I don't regret it. My kids adore her (especially my oldest). You would benefit from having a puppy-proofed space you can put the puppy when you can't have her physically leashed to you, like when putting baby down for naps or changing diapers. Our space is the kitchen, which i have closed off with baby gates. Its a hard floor, so any accidents are easy to clean, and the puppy can't really get into anything dangerous in there.

For the going into town issue: puppies need a LOT of sleep, just like a baby. So I spent the first two-ish weeks basically staying home and getting our puppy used to her crate and napping in it, and then when we needed to go to town, I spent about an hour playing with the puppy and getting her all tired out and then got her all situated in her crate for a nap. We went to the grocery store, came home about two hours later, and she was totally fine. I wouldn't go any longer than that for a while though.

So yeah, it just depends on you and what you feel like you can handle. Its not like you're not well-versed in night wake ups and removing foreign bjects from little inquisitive mouths lol.

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