Progress

Anyone else out there ready for summer?

Zack is making great progress at school. He has successfully learned most of his popcorn words. My mom confirmed for me that he was stumped because he thought they needed to be sounded out phonetically, and he was confused as to how the other kids got THU out of the word THE (thee) or U out of A (A) and that doesn't even cover words like sight. It was easy to see how he was confused after my mom spent a couple of hours with him.

She has been working with him for two weeks now and last night he exclaimed, "I can read"! He can actually read sentences now. Mom says this is all about conversational language being different than academic language. In Zack's case, his understanding of English is still pretty literal. When the end of the school year comes, mom will help me decide whether or not to hold him back. I figure that after 20+ years of teaching kindergarten, mom will know best. And, we must factor in that Sophia may be in kindergarten next year too.

I am itching to get into the classroom! March 17th can't come soon enough for me! Sophia is pretty darn excited too! Each day she says, "Is today school day"? I say, "No, we have a few more weeks." Then later on throughout the day she'll say, "I only asked once about school."

I've been teaching her to ask things one time which has translated to her asking once and then reminding me throughout the day that she only asked once! :) I'm not the kind of mom that is going to give in to a kid who asks for candy 52 times in an hour. That would just irritate me and cause me to toss the candy out! So to prevent the drama, I figure teaching the kiddos to ask once will help us all to live a more peaceful life! ;) In the future, I think I'll have to let them ask once and remind me twice. I am forgetful after all! :)

Life for me right now seems to be moving at warp speed...sigh! I do not recall praying for patience or perseverence, but alas, I am working on both and trying to have a sweet spirit at the same time!