Growing, learning..

I feel like it has been so long since I wrote much on the blogs.  Zoe and Finn are growing in leaps and bounds, not just height, but in all they know.  It is so fun to hear their knowledge come out in words exchanged with friends, things they teach us like

Z: mom, let's play a game, each of us are a part of speech.. What do you want to be, I think Finn is and interjection.

M: remind me what that is

Z: like " ouch!"

M: oh yeah, that fits Finn

Or like when Finn was doing two digit math in his head.. 32 - 23, and he had to jail (a picture of a 3, that was changed into a 2), and he got the right answer.  

They recently performed in the thanksgiving program at school.  Zoe had three long speaking parts and her teacher told me that she could have easily recited the whole play and was always willing to take a part from anyone who gave them up.  Finneas also had one speaking part and I could easily hear him belt out the songs.

Both Mrs Bethke and Mrs Ledbetter spoke at length with me on how excited they were by the achievements of both kids.  It made me remember how far both of them have come. 

 A year and 4 months ago, Zoe came to the school without reading or writing in English, she was still doing letter reversals and numbers too.  She is now reading Harry Potter and any other text she can find.  She masters her spelling easily, seeing the corrections and remembering them.  

A year ago I had a conversation with Mrs Keelan and Mrs Ledbetter on whether Finn was ready for first grade.  He was having trouble with sounds.  Over the last 4 months he has mastered his reading, and whenever he sees something new, it becomes a permanent part of his knowledge base.  He is taking on his math by storm too.

More soon...

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"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."
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Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch          http://www.sci.utah.edu/people/agooch.html
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