Yesterday Xavier was quite sick, and while I tended to him his sister was SUCH a big and respectful girl. At age 5, I should expect nothing less, but it's still nice to see and recognize!
One of the quiet activities she chose was writing words...I love watching her figure out that letters make words and listen to her blend and slide through those sounds to get to the word! She's also enjoying finding rhyming words (word families) and we're working on just changing the initial sound to discover new words.
(The N is for Natalee). This is a fun, fun stage for mom as I love teaching and teaching my own little girl is a huge privilege!! Reading is Natalee's favorite "subject" and it's exciting to me to think about the next stages of this journey!
We didn't accomplish school yesterday with sick Xavier, but the last couple weeks in math she's been adding ten's horizontally and vertically and counting by 2's. She's also continued to review her doubles addition and +1 adding facts and is committing them to memory! I love listening to her practice throughout the day and love that she thinks learning is fun!
(Is there anything cuter than your own child bent over her schoolwork?)
If you'd have asked me earlier if my kindergartener would have been capable of these things in math this year I would have said "doubtful." This here is one proud and pleased mama!! Proud of my girl and so pleased with our curriculum choices! Each week I look ahead at our math lesson and cringe (and sometimes think "no way!")...and then we tackle it together and come out successful. What a true joy!
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She's looking so big! I just love hearing about how she's growing and learning. And I'm so glad you get to be a part of it, day after day. The years go by so fast. . .
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