School Days Progress Report!

The kids have been doing A LOT in our daily school time and I thought I would post an update on what they have done.

We do "school time" Mon- Fri (as best we can) for about 30 min a day. They AMAZE me with what they can do and how much they soak up! They are working on letter sounds and writing their letters. They do really good with recognizing the letters. They are both able to use scissors, not really able to cut out a shape, but can cut a straight line on their own! We are trying to learn our numbers, and although they can count well, recognizing the numbers has not clicked yet. It is neat to see the different strengths in the kids. Hannah picked up on her colors so fast and when she does her coloring, it is always so pretty and bright! Ben seems to have a knack for mazes. Whipping them out without having to turn around or stop. Right now we are going through Numbers workbook, Letters workbook, and Motor skills workbook. There are great activities that go with all the workbooks and games to play that the kids love. They have even started to read some basic words. It is neat to hear Ben sound out each sound of each letter! The words they can read are "at, hat, bat, pat, fat, am, ham, jam, bam" Pretty good list for little guys, and they feel so "BIG" when they are reading! Here is a picture of part of our "school time"!

They have their notebooks with their workbooks inside, ready to go!

Here are Hannah's letters. She is working on writing "H", "A", and "N" we still have to work on the "N" and get her "A" turned right side up, but I am proud of her letters and she is too!

I was excited when Ben FINALLY wrote his name in the right order. He can write "B", "E" and "N", but it took awhile to get him to write them in order and next to each other. This is the best he has done so far! I think pretty good for 3 1/2!

We do different crafts and Ben wanted to make paper boats last week. So here they are! We made a bunch and took them to the bathtub to watch them float!

I am loving this time with the kids, watching them learn and being able to be the one to teach them! We have a lot of fun together and I will cherish this time for sure! I have really seen the benefits of teaching them. When we first started out, it was really only 15 min and sometimes the only thing they got was practicing sitting still and listening for that long. I see them able to pay attention longer and starting to self control themselves! I think learning to sit in church with us and Sunday School help with this too. Learning to pay attention and be able to focus on a task.

So there is the update on how the kids are doing in their "school".