Our baby girl is growing up! She started K5 today, and if you're wondering why on earth we start school in the middle of summer, it's because we do year-round school. We decided to try it this way and see how it goes. We start after the 4th of July, and finish up mid to late May. Instead of taking the whole summer off in June and July, we take all of December and all of June off. Besides, what is a kid going to do in the dead of summer in SC? If you guess sit in front of the TV and become a couch potato, you guessed it right! So why not do something productive and learn? Of course, kids learn every day whether they are in a classroom setting or not. They see our actions and learn from them, which means we all should be the ones setting examples for our children, and hope and pray that we bring them up to know the Lord, and to be a respectful adult.
Maddy did very well. Honestly, the work was a bit tedious! The curriculum we chose is called http://www.abeka.com/. From what I have been told, it's a pretty advanced curriculum, and the best thing is....I don't have to do lesson plans. They put it out there for you and you work off of their lesson plans. What I thought was silly was the phonics lesson today, and for the next few weeks. Maddy has become an excellent reader and is reading on a 2nd-3rd grade level now, so the phonics is nothing but a review for her. She doesn't seem to mind, and we keep it fun, and that's what counts. She has been reading out of her summer reading books and is doing wonderful! She doesn't even need our help anymore. She can pick up most any children's book and read away now! I am so proud of her and the feeling that I have knowing that I taught her what she will take with her the rest of her life is unexplainable!
We celebrated her first day by going to her favorite store...Build A Bear Workshop! Despite my sickies (strep throat and a stomach bug..ugh) I managed to pack us all up and head to the mall so she could build a bear. She chose the Red White And Blue bear, complete with a gymnastics leotard, warm up suit, an American flag, and a gold medal. Hmmm....I wonder why she chose a gymnastics outfit? LOL! As my bumper sticker reads, "Life is.....Never mind...my daughter is a gymnast..I have no life!" And she paid tribute to our country by naming the cute teddy...*America*.
So here's hoping for an awesome year in Kindergarten with the best student any teacher could ever ask for....!
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