So on most days, except when we are at the beach, we have 'Mommy School.' It is supposed to last about 20-30 minutes a day. Many days Eva's goes over an hour because she is so pokey.
I am teaching them Spanish. Dylan is working on letter sounds and fine motor skills, and Eva has been decoding through reading and writing, and typing.
Dylan's goal this summer was to write his name. Check out the progress he has mad just through some simple thank you cards for his birthday presents:
He is up to about 11 letter sounds, which coincidently are the same in English.
Now Eva already had a background in the sounds because she did this with me last year. She was reading and writing 2 syllable words.
But then she went to kindergarten and those pesky teachers taught her how to read in English. I did not keep it up over the school year, she regressed.
However, she bounced back quickly! She can write 'Eva Magnolia Wagner' without looking, she knows all letter sounds (even blends like bla,plo,dre), and she is reading simple texts in Spanish.
Her teacher also warned us about summer regression, which if you are a teacher, you know it happens...fast. So to 'maintain her English she reads to me before bed, and works on abcmouse.com for a half hour during Dylan's lesson.
I am so very proud of the effort Dyleva has shown this summer! It is not easy to work when you are out of your normal routine.
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