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Ryan just turned 5 a few weeks ago and is ready for kindergarten. (Believe me, if he wasn't, I wouldn't be doing it!)  So this is what his school year looks like:

Phonics: Saxon Phonics K.  I love this program.  It is what actually taught me phonics!  I didn't understand it when I began to teach Gabrielle to read.  We had started with "Teach Your Child to Read in a Hundred Easy Lessons" and it was not easy at all!  Between her dyslexia and my cluelessness, we had to quit in the early 20s.  I remember once telling her the sound for short a, and she said, "I thought that was the sound for short o," and I realized she was right.  I had said them both the same - I just did not get it!  I am happy to report that I am no longer phonics-challenged and am capable of teaching Ryan to read.

Math: RightStart A.  I am so hoping that this program will be good!

Handwriting Without Tears:  So far he loves playing with the wooden pieces, but the first day we did the book, he cried.  I thought that was ironic!  He needs help learning how to hold the pencil.

Religion: He is very interested in learning the Mysteries of the Rosary, and I am also going to read him a little book called Child's Bible History.  He will also be around for whatever I do with the girls probably.

I also plan to try to read to him more than just at bedtime.  If I get really ambitious, I'll work in some German with him!