Both kids were battling sickness this past week. Tank was diagnosed with a double ear infection and Monster came down with a terrible cough. School was pushed to the very minimum, but we did get some reading and math in.
Tank showed that she is learning a lot from sitting in on Monster's lessons. She can show any number from 1-100 on the abacus :). It is amazing!! I had no idea! I love that RightStart places a lot of emphasis on place value. Both kids are understanding how to make tens quickly. We didn't work through any lessons in RS A, but just talked about math and worked with the abacus to solve problems around the house.
Monster is really taking off in reading. We worked on reading Dr. Seuss books this week and he can figure out words that he has never seen quickly. I have to remind him of rules at times, but he loves being able to figure out a word by sounding it out. He is still pointing out words on the T.V. that he can recognize all the time. Tank makes leaps in reading that amaze me. She is starting to recognize common cvc words instead of sounding them out. Bob Books are much easier to read when she isn't sounding out "cat" ten times. I really don't think she will need to work through AAR. I'm trying to think of a way to convince her not to follow in big brother's footsteps. I have Logic of English Foundations and may begin it with her next week.
Overall, we had a wonderful week. We all needed to recharge and still managed to learn new things on a very sleep-deprived week.
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