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November 22, 2010

Andrew is now starting to learn addition in his Saxon math. We are currently on lesson 21 and have been counting and adding apple seeds today. He also continues to work on ordinal names such as first, second, third, last, etc.

We are almost through his reading class at the Homeschool building. I think he has a better grip on the letter sounds and how to sound things out, his biggest problem is concentration. Its easy to become frustrated with him when he's reading because I KNOW he knows what the letter sounds are, but he is in a rush and says the sounds wrong. So we keep working.

He started the phonics program Explode the Code today. I like how it goes through all the letters in a systematic way. I may also get Handwriting Without Tears because that is definitely an area he needs practice in!

November 13, 2010

Um, oops. Haven't been updating. But we have been schooling. :-)

Andrew is on Lesson 18 in his Saxon math book. Next week we are diving into the beginning of addition. He is currently counting a lot better than he was a month ago. Still have a bit to go there but I am happy with his progress. He's also learning about angles in shapes and how to draw pictures for story problems.

He is still attending his reading class. He has now relearned all he vowel sounds as well as many consonants and we are working on differentiating between different vowel sounds in words. I read him words and he tells me what vowel sound he hears. Some days I really think he's getting it while others I realize we still need to practice! :-)

Will try to post more details about our lessons next week.