For the people out there who think I am crazy for writing "lesson plans" for my 15 month old, I promise you I am not.  First of all, they aren't lesson plans like I wrote for my job.  That would be insane!  These are simple.  I bought an inexpensive Lesson Plan book from the local teacher store.  

     I created my own categories: Books (at least 2 per day), Field Trip (not daily, a couple per week), Letters, Numbers, Motor Skills, Art/Music, and Misc.  I felt like these were the most natural things to do with a young toddler.  I don't include details, just a few words to remind myself what the topic is for that day.  Check out the photos below.  These are not yet completed, but they will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

Well, I've been off from work for two whole days and I'm already having trouble letting go of being a teacher.  I spent yesterday re-boxing all of the items you see in the photo to the left!  This was about 1/3 of the items I brought home from my classroom that I have collected over the last 9.5 years.  We got rid of our guest bed mattress and I am turning our guest room in to a play/ learning space.  I also began painting an old bookshelf my grandfather built for me when I was little.  I had it in my classroom for years, but since it's now home I though I'd fix it up a bit and make it nice for my son.  Here are before and after pics!

So, the letting go part...  Well I bought a lesson plan book and have begun to create lesson plans for my son.  Yes, I know he is only 15 months, but he's been in daycare for the past 10+ months and I don't want him to backslide.  My plans are rather simple, I am making mini-themes.  If we read about Butterflies on Monday we'll also trace the letter B, color with a blue crayon, practice learning/saying B words, etc.  I plan to tie everything in together so it's more natural.  I'm not going to make him sit at a desk and do all this, it will be in his natural environment.  Maybe in the afternoon we'll go over to Butterfly World!

Okay, so I will admit it, I am a control freak.  Just a little though.  I don't want to drive my son nuts.  

Let's see how this journey goes!