Eva read her first words yesterday! I took 5 lower-case letters from a puzzle and rearranged them into different words so she could sound them out, like “man,” “tan,” “Sam,” “sat,” etc. She’s known her letter sounds for awhile, but this is the first time we’ve worked with them in combination with other letters to create words. It was fun to see the light of recognition go off in her head as she realized that changing the letters around created different words. She was so excited and said, “I can read! Can I read a whole book now?” I broke out “Green Eggs & Ham” and had her read the parts she already knew, like “Sam-I-Am”. She was so proud to show Dave her new accomplishment when he got home.
Eva really enjoys school. Every morning after breakfast she asks me, “Can we do school now?” She especially enjoys the activities, which Amanda also loves because she can join in. On week “A is for Apple,” the curriculum gave a recipe for making homemade applesauce. It was so easy and tasty, the girls begged to do it again (of course, my version tastes more like pie filling, LOL). During “N is for Nest”, the listed activity was to make a birds nest craft out of twigs, grass, paper and mud. If we’re going to make that kind of mess, I prefer it be edible, so we made Birds Nest cookies instead from Cocoa Pebbles (gluten-free), coconut and a peanut butter mixture, topped off with jelly bean eggs. It was a big hit!
This week is Eva’s final reading readiness class at the library. They’ve worked on sequencing, problem solving, sorting, textures, and other topics for the past 8 weeks, and the best part is, it’s free! It’s been some fun one-on-one time with Mommy, though, which we both enjoyed. Next year Amanda will be old enough for the Preschool level class, and it’ll be her turn.
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