Monthly Archives: September 2010 I just added this book to my reading list. “Motherhood is about raising -and celebrating- the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It’s about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you’re lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you...  This is our first official week of kindergarten, and we’re getting an idea of our whirlwind schedule! We started Monday with Academy classes. He was very very excited for his first day of Academy classes. He had this pencil box decorated and all of his supplies ready. I stayed on campus with him for the...  Last week we had our first school open house for one of the public schools that he will attend for specialized programs related to his IEP. This is the school he would have gone to if he had gone to public school for kindergarten. I had heard wonderful things about the school and was prepared...  This year, Griffin will be attending an alternative school for homeschoolers through the public school district. I was so excited when I found this program because I think it’s the perfect “alternative” for him! It will allow him to work on his social skills, spend time with other children, learn how to work and get... While we’re posting videos, I thought I’d share this one of him demonstrating the Silent Final E rule tune. He LOVES these rule tunes…looooves them! The words and markings on the board are part of his spelling/reading program. With this program, children do not learn to spell or read via memorization of words, but rather... Griffin has been doing so well with his memory work that we decided to tackle a longer passage. I think he did a great job! Some may wonder how much work we have to do for him to memorize a poem this long. All we did was 3 readings a day for about 11 or... |
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