Day 1: We learned Letter "Aa" and the sound it makes. Seth enjoyed cutting the "A" pictures out and gluing them to his worksheet and Gracie enjoyed being finished with everything... That's right, I have discovered that Gracie does NOT enjoy school very much. She doesn't like to work and she really doesn't like to have to actually accomplish what is put in front of her. I don't think she is too young, or not smart enough, I think she just has a smidge of a lazy bone that needs to be worked out. I think once we get into a groove she will be better at going with the flow...
Day 2: We did letter "Bb". Things went smoother than yesterday. I think both Seth and Gracie knew what to expect and they seemed to work faster than yesterday... I learned some more about Gracie today as well. She is an honest to goodness perfectionist!!!! She wants to write perfectly, cut in a perfectly straight line, she wants her glue stick to run over her small triangle just perfectly and heaven's to Betsy if that triangle doesn't fit into it's spot on the worksheet just right. I believe Gracie is going to be my challenge. It's very hard to have a 4 year old that wants every letter she writes to be PERFECT when her hand doesn't have ability to do such a thing yet. I am going to learn ways to talk to her about it without getting annoyed and telling her, "It's good enough, Gracie, let's go!!". I don't think that will help her at all. She will do amazing things one day, and it's my job to help her to get to that point =]
~ Also, I really must find some better system for Anya than what's in place right now. She gets into her booster seat when school starts, eats about 20 animal crackers, eats a crayon, yells, and cries. I'm going to look into other things that hopefully don't involve me stuffing her in front of the TV.~
All in all, I am enjoying our new school program and my goal is to have Seth and Gracie reading at Level 1 by Sept/Oct!
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