Brain Power
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017From Monday Mom – Neetika:
Since Haley is in Kindergarten, she is learning to read. She is doing so well! She has made great progress with her “sight words.” She is very comfortable with letter sounds, so she’s also able to sound out words she doesn’t know. These skills, plus looking at the corresponding illustrations, allow her to read early learner books totally independently. I’m amazed! And very proud.
At first, getting Haley to review her sight words was no easy task. But once we made a routine of it, and the “Haley Knows” pile starting getting taller and the “Haley Needs To Learn” pile started getting smaller, she came to look forward to it. Haley is also doing well with her math problems. She can count pretty high and do simple addition.
Despite her academic accomplishments, Haley is like any other five year old who simply wants to play in the afternoons and evenings. Homework is nowhere on her agenda. She has a lot more homework than I did in Kindergarten (which, now that I think about it, may have been nothing). Haley learns well and is decently behaved, which makes me wonder how on earth the parents of more rambunctious children get through the assignments.
I can already tell I’m going to have my work cut out for me when Hudson reaches Kindergarten. Haley always had a bit of a studious streak to her, but he’s just a wild man. I guess I’m lucky to have the more compliant child first. Or maybe he’ll surprise me. We’ll just have to wait and see. I’ll be open to however each of my children learn and grow.