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By the Book
2.10.2008
Happy New Year!!! (late)
Well, needless to say, we've been pretty busy around here lately. We just got done with a birthday party, where everything went really smooth. I certainly do love when that happens!
We are still working along our Calvert path, trying to finish up the Kindergarten year. With K being on a 1st grade reading level, we're doubling and tripling up on the lessons, based on the content. I think once we hit the part where we're supposed to pull out the beginning readers, there will be more sections that we can just cut out. I'm not going to cut out any of the reading concepts like main idea, characters, etc., since those are not things that she can learn on her own. However, anything to do with the actual reading, like beginning and ending letter sounds can be cut out entirely. She does not even have an interest in www.starfall.com anymore.
H is now using Hot Dots to work on her letters, colors, and shapes. She pretty much knows them, but since she is such an independent learner, she likes to just sit with them and answer the questions. Hot Dots are like interactive flash cards. The possible answers all have a black dot near them. You use the Hot Dot pen to answer the question, and it tells you if you are right or not. Klikes to use them, too. I am considering getting the Phonics set to use for H's next phase of learning, and K wants to get some money ones.
We are once again going to be starting gymnastics. K will be starting at the end of the month. She went through a period where she was pretending to be ballerina. I asked her if she wanted ballet instead of gymnastics, and she chose gymnastics. I think she will be really excited to get started back in it. H was going to start, too, but we have decided that we will wait until she is a little bit closer to 3. K didn't start until after she was 3, and it seemed like a good time to start. So, maybe they will both go to the next session.
K is involved in a Valentine Exchange that someone started for students using the Calvert curriculum. We have 41 valentines that we are sending out. (That pretty much means that Daddy and I are addressing the envelopes and K is signing her name and putting a sticker on the back of the envelope.) Originally, I had planned on sending the stickers to the other students, but the first envelopes got sealed before I remembered. I think so far we've received 3 tatoos with our valentines. K is really liking those. She's never had one before the first one arrived, so they're her new favorite thing. I will post some pictures of our valentine wall once all of the valentines come in.
Well, for now I'm out of here. I'll be back soon with more updates.
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3.2.2008 - Untitled Comment
By the way, I have changed my username, so you might not know who I am right away....
Amy