Every once in a while I've got to brag on my little buster.
He just amazes me all of the time, I just can't hold it in!!
He is reading so well... I have NO idea what he is going to learn in Kindergarten. haha.
Tonight he read "red fish, blue fish, old fish, new fish" to me.
I realize I have read that book to him a million times so he knows a lot of the words, but that book is LONG with a lot of words and he read the entire book word for word... its not just memorization...
Its so nice to see him sitting and reading on his own. I love it when he puts a little bookmark in his book to hold his place so he can read through the entire thing.
The other area that he is just amazing me is in his math. Now, this is an area that I have very little interest in so I don't work with him very much with math. I knew that he can add 2 +2 and basics like that but he SHOCKED ME the other day when he was adding numbers like 7 + 8 IN HIS HEAD and the basic adding 2+3 and such - he has completely memorized, so he doesn't even count those to get the answer.
I never taught him to use his fingers because, like I said, I don't work on math with him much. So,he taught himself how to add totally in his mind. We were quizzing him for about 30 min the other day.... any numbers that total under 20... and he got them all right!
I think my biggest challenge for him in school will be to make sure that he doesn't give up when he is challenged (since things come so easy for him) and to keep him from getting bored.
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