I learn everything I know about boys from my husband and my son.
One thing I’ve learned from them is that boys love collecting things.
My husband collects Comic Books and Baseball Cards.
This summer he started our little boy in his first collection…Star Wars Cards.
Will became enthralled with Star Wars after checking out some easy reader books at our library and reading all about them. He has become quite obsessed.
Soon after that my husband began picking up packs of Star Wars cards occasionally when he was at Target. He handed these to Will as special surprises and rewards.
And thus his collection started.
We purchased a three ring binder and baseball card protector sheets for Will to put his collection in and I contributed by making a cover for his notebook.
Will loves his cards and this notebook!
He looks at his cards every night before bed and often brings them downstairs with him in the mornings after waking up.
Last week as Will prepared to look at his cards before bed he decided to count them. (Another thing I’ve learned about boys is they like to know exactly how many they have in their collections.)
I sat and listened as Will counted to 99 that first night.
We count everyday in homeschool…one number higher than the day before. We haven’t made it to ninety-nine yet, though.
So, this homeschool mom was thrilled to hear her little boy count to 99 all on his own!
Now, in addition to looking at his cards every night, he has to count them too.
And I love that we get a little math practice in at the end of the day!
Mindy says
So cute!! My boys loved Star Wars at a young age too! Having a card collection of Star Wars cards is such a fun idea!
Mindy says
Oh, and I meant to ask if you had seen this Star Wars Pack of activity pages from http://homeschoolcreations.com/StarWarspreschoolpack.html – I did it in school with my Will awhile back and he loved it! I laminated the character cutouts, glued a popsicle stick on the back and the boys had a blast putting on puppet shows for us. Just thought of that when I read how much Will likes Star Wars! Hope all is well! Miss you guys!!