Today, John Michael officially started kindergarten - & boy is he excited! I have been homeschooling Isabelle since January & John Michael since last fall in Pre-K. As the last 2 months have unfolded, Kevin & I have noticed his desire to do more & be a big boy doing work like Isabelle does. This weekend, we got him the first Math book in the curriculum we use & he was thrilled to begin. In the above picture, he had to color the blocks that matched the number underneath them. Then, he had to pick his favorite number - of course 5, since the big b-day is just a few weeks away - and draw 5 animals. His animals were an elephant, a bird, a spider, a mouse, & a turtle. He did so well & was so proud of his work.
This picture was taken last week - he is much improved on his handwriting. It gets better each week. That is fun for a mom & homeschool teacher to see! I posted a pic back in Sept. of his first attempts at writing his name - you can check that out for fun in you want.
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This drawing is of him (the orange face) on his dad's shoulders. I'm the angry one standing on his arm - I need to smile more! :) & Isabelle is riding a dog. These are some of his first "stick figures". Pretty cute - even though I am the mean one in the pic.
Isabelle is excelling like crazy. We are extremely proud of all that she is accomplishing. She is determined to learn cursive & fast. Her favorite part of school she says is Bible time. We read a daily reading & answer some questions. Then she writes a summary of what we read & draws a picture of what she read. It is a great project for her - she loves that she has her own "Bible journal" with her own words & pictures. She has worked very hard on it! She also loves to read & take comprehension quizzes - we found a free website for this that gives her points for all the answers she gets correct on the quizzes. They will then give prizes for the points or I can create coupons that she can redeem her points for . . . her dad agreed to give her $5 for every 1000 points she receives. She has a little over 4000 points since Jan. 1 & is working to earn enough to buy a Mario game for the Wii. She is one very determined little girl!
Today, John Michael officially started kindergarten - & boy is he excited! I have been homeschooling Isabelle since January & John Michael since last fall in Pre-K. As the last 2 months have unfolded, Kevin & I have noticed his desire to do more & be a big boy doing work like Isabelle does. This weekend, we got him the first Math book in the curriculum we use & he was thrilled to begin. In the above picture, he had to color the blocks that matched the number underneath them. Then, he had to pick his favorite number - of course 5, since the big b-day is just a few weeks away - and draw 5 animals. His animals were an elephant, a bird, a spider, a mouse, & a turtle. He did so well & was so proud of his work. 
1 comment:
Oh my gosh you guys!!! You are doing so good. Love your cursive writing and JM your are doing so good on your drawings and work. Keep up the good work. Kelly you are doing good too!
Nana
xoxx
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