Just wanted to pop in a quick note to say It's Monday!  It's going to be a long week, but at least we started it off in the right way.  We were to the G's house on time this morning (gasp!) and Bug did all his morning work with barely a protest (only at the very end, but he still finished!)

We really focused on reading every day last week, and I'm trying to do the same this week.  I've already seen a jump in his fluency.  In OPGTR, it has you do "Two Review, One New".  Meaning review two previous lessons then do the new lesson.  We did a review of the consonant blend of "lk" today, then when he later read it in one of the stories, he got it without even sounding it out! I was very proud.  The blends are a little difficult at first, because he can get it by sounding out the letters individually, but I think learning the blend is making him a little more fluent in the long run.  Just takes some practice to get there.  His comprehension as he's reading also seems to be improving, as he'll comment at the end of a sentance about what he read.  Probably the most difficult thing is the fact that some of the words he's reading, he doesn't know what it means! 

In math, we'll be doing more money - focusing on quarters.  He really struggled with them today, but he figured out he could use the worktext at the top of the page to help him remember how much each number of quarters equaled. 

We also started Handwriting Without Tears today.  I have no opinion on it yet.  He did the letter "F" which is a letter he already knew, and it doesn't change from what he was doing to HWT.  I will wait to comment until we advance further into the program.

We'll be continuing with Armadillo Rodeo this week. Learning about the armadillo mostly.  The plan is to head to the zoo tomorrow as well.  It's $2 Tuesday, so Bug and I can take the G kids and all get in for $8.  What a deal!! It's been a while since we were at the zoo, and it's not suppose to rain tomorrow (at last forecast anyways).

If I can get through the sleep deprivation this week is going to bring (long days at the G's and working KHP), this week is looking to be fun and productive.