Fighting for two weeks has paid off. Last night he brought me his easel and asks me what he should spell. He sounded out and spelled : cat, dog, my first & last name, hill, sun and probably a few other words. This morning he read the word God after sounding it out. It is [...]
Yesterday and today we were working on his phonics. It is something else to hear him finally get a word. He read a few pretty well by sounding htem out yesterday. Today, not so much. He is fighting me about it because he just wants me to tell him the answer. I have never been [...]
Today was a pretty okay day for learning. I let his father take over the Math lesson to give me a break, and give him a feel for what I go through nearly every day! That took an hour, even with his father right next to him helping. The kid just DOESN’T want to do [...]
Today we got him his second library card. When he was younger, he had one for the local library where we lived. He would never remember getting it, since he was so small. Now, he is excited to be able to take 4 books from the library every 2 weeks. He picked out some really [...]
My son and I were driving to church last night, and this person was so slow in front of me I had to say something. Me : ” OMG these people are so slow! ” Him: ” MUEVE TU FUNDILLO!!!! ” Me: ” Do you know you just told them to move their butt in [...]
March 18, 2008 – 12:19 pm
Today we are talking about S words and the science of the Sun. There are some good pages on EnchantedLearning.com for easy explanations of how the sun works, where it is in our solar system, and whatnot. We are also talking about the Son of God and how He is a lamp to our feet [...]
October 7, 2007 – 11:19 am
When we went to Walmart, I decided to pick up a few things for the Kid. I was able to get him some googly eyes, foam stars, and post it note sight words. Did you know that Post It makes educational tools? I didn’t, till now. Here is what happened with the googly eyes and [...]
September 12, 2007 – 9:31 pm
We finally did day 4 of creation today. It has been forever since we did any part of it, other than reviewing what we learned. He has those days down really good. Now we will move on through the last 3 days of creation and try to keep on track. Of course, I won’t panic [...]
September 5, 2007 – 8:41 pm
Taz decided to illustrate a story and then tell me the story. First, he arranged crayons in the shape of a flower. Then he drew a bean on his magnadoodle. Taz: Look at what I drew! Me: Wow great picture…what is it? Taz: It’s a bean. Me: A bean, really? Taz: Yes. It is a [...]
We have been doing a lot of workbook activities of late. He has been really excelling at getting things done. He is the initiator and begs to do his books nearly daily. We have worked on his penmanship, spelling, letter recognition, reading, simple math, and artsy things. We made insects out of pipe cleaners. He [...]
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