Reading Right Along

Christian has become quite the reader. At least his ability to read is quite prolific for a first grader. He is already in the Advanced Reading group in school. He gets extra books from the library to read at home, but he doesn't seem too interested in reading books as a whole. Once he gets better he might be more interested in books like his Mama was growing up. He does well on his spelling tests and generally gets 100 or more including his two bonus words. He still gets some of his letters and numbers backwards on occasion, but that seems to be improving. He has quite a lot of homework for 1st grade. He usually has 1 homework page, spelling homework and reading decodable books. Depending on his mood he gets most of it done in an hour while we are making dinner. Hopefully this habit sticks with him and he doesn't procrastinate like his father did growing up.

No After Care

Peoria was one of the few schools to stay open on this snowy day. Off Christian went, the first one at before care. There is no after care, so Huts is leaving work early and picking up Christian at 3:30 He will be so happy to see his dad. On another note, Christian is in the advanced reading group and brought home his first book to read. We read it twice, and he did well. He still seemed nervous this morning about reading it. Hopefully, he will remember the story of henry and his dog, Mudge.

Christmas Craze

The holiday season was full of the unexpected. The kids and their mom all got sick at various points. A leak spring and we had to call in the plumber. The tire went flat on the car and we had to get a new one. In between all of this was loads of present opening. Ollie got a ton of Legos, Transformers and Bakugans. He also got some marble machines and other stuff. The only thing he didn't get is some Lego set that the Easter bunny must now find.