school

this morning, nate was not doing his best i knew he could make a proper k.  so i threw out my planned lessons

see below

and sat him on the couch to read.  as i read i saw a light bulb go off. i've heard of this but to see it first hand, blew me away

as i was reading. nate said "mom, i know that word (pointing to the next word on the page that i did not read) says van"

i said "how do u know?"

he said "cause v makes the vvvvvv sound. a makes the aaaa sound and n makes the nnnnnnn sound.  if you say it fast it says van"

ok. seriously?!  then for fun i had him sound out the next page and wouldn't ya know the dude said some of them all on his own!

i got excited and said "dude! you're getting it!, keep going, now do you understand why your dad and i tell you that once you learn how to read your life will change!!!" 

the light bulb went off

and i was there to see it

it's worth it!

i am using this above system to guide our days.  each night i plan a lesson or a guide as to what i want to do that day.  i allow nate the flex to mix it up but bible and prayer is always first

i have about 40 other icons to use...including out of school things like swimming, church, grocery store, library, field trips etc...

this am, i should have guessed his lack of proper pencil holding was a tip off that he was not into it

i love the flex about mixing things up. e.g school starts at 9, but today, after a late night last night we all slept in and started school at 10! ha!

yesterday we did math. we used the patternables. i even made some. fun!  i realised that our set up is not great.  not knowing how everything was going to work out i didn't set it up wks ago. i wanted to give myself some time to find out what works and what doesn't.  i have decided to toss the desk and have a more table style desk brought in to work on

after i had nate make the pattern, i had him trace the shapes and add up how many of each he used to make the shape

then we did a shape hunt. i had him cut out shapes off all sizes and find them in the room. he had a fun time and so did i. haha
again, why isn't patternables in school?  they rock!

Posted by mel at 2:02 PM