For Natalie, learning how to read a calendar has proved more challenging then we expected. Obviously learning to read would have to come first in order for her to identify the words which describe the days and months so we are skipping this section to work on more language arts. Another challenge she’s working on is yesterday, today and tomorrow. It’s sort of funny I guess and in a way I see the little girl I’m having a hard time letting go of but she’ll soon get that too and move on. We have abandoned math for a little while because for the most part, the Kindergarten math is too easy for her and she wants to move to the 1st grade level, however, until she can master the calendar and the money we’re going to hang out here a little longer. The money is a little difficult as well so we got her a coin collection book which encourages her to find different types of coins, the state quarters, buffalo nickels and coins from different years, like her birthdate. Hopefully, having them physically in her hands will help her to remember the names and characteristics of the coins.
This whole learning process at home is really new to me. In the past my kids came home and told me what they learned in school, we did homework and reading, etc. but never to this level of detail and actually realizing when they finally got it. Mostly I’m really glad that I have the opportunity to relive these early learning years with both a boy and a girl. It is exciting when they finally “get it.”
Natalie was home sick on Friday, however she managed to go online and master 2 of her Math lessons and this week she’ll move ahead with language arts while we’re on vacation. To me it’s quiet time for her is nothing but pure fun on the computer. I hope everyone begins to get better soon. Stay hydrated and keep those germies out of the house!
Terie
Tracy
November 19, 2007 | 4:02 pm1
Good luck with the calender thing. We struggled with that but eventually my boys got it. We used to spend short car rides (especially when things got loud and boring) naming days of the week and months. They could not figure out how it was all related but at least gave them the idea. The next thing that I did was to put a new calender (printed from the web) next to their computers and update it on events that was important to them. I would make it very simple and that gave them more recognition for the days, weeks and months. The last thing that we did but it was a mistake was to buy one of those expensive magnetic boards that had the numbers, months and days that you could put on yourself. Eventually some of the little magnetic numbers got lost and it was really a waste of money. I did find a pop out calendar thing at a dollar store that seemed to work much better and helped as a great tool; just going to show you that more expensive and fancy is not always the way to go. Good luck with it!
Momto4
November 19, 2007 | 1:43 am2
Don’t worry…she will get it. My youngest daughter is in third grade and they only introduced her to money in public school last year in second. She is a very hands on learner and when we do money problems even now she has to have the coins in her hands to count them. Maybe she will be a banker???