Another 100!

This time, it's sit ups. Daddy made a deal with G that when he can do 100 sit ups, he will earn $5. 10 sit ups and 10 push ups a day has been a part of our weekday routine for the past month or so. G started out not being able to do even one sit up by himself. Just a week or so ago, he was able to do 10 on his own, and by the end of last week he did 20. Today he told me he was going to do 100, and he blew me away when he actually DID IT! We were both so excited, and he got to call daddy on the phone to tell him the good news. It just goes to show that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. Haven't I heard that somewhere before? :-)

Love Note

G came out of his room the other day and gave us this note. I think it's about the sweetest thing I've ever seen! It says, "Dear Mom and Dad, I love you very much 100 times." Talk about melting my little heart. This is definitely one for the scrapbook.

Johann Sebastian Bach

This week we learned about Johann Sebastian Bach. We read a few children's books about him, listened to his music, and learned about sound and how we hear it. We talked about sound waves and vibrations and we enjoyed doing the projects we found in Sound and Light by David Glover. We also read Ears are for Hearing by Paul Showers and learned about the parts of our ears and how they work together to enable us to hear. Being the cat lover that G is, we went a step further and also found out that a cat's ears have the same parts and work in the same way as human ears, but cats are able to hear higher pitched sounds than humans or even dogs can.

Counting Machine

My little couldn't-care-less-about-counting man has officially hit another counting spurt. He did this once before when he was 2 and was counting everything in sight. He is a counting machine! Whether he's in bed, riding in the car or just wandering around the house, he's counting. Last week he had not yet counted to 100 on his own and this morning the first thing he wanted to do was show us how high he could count...223! It's so much fun to see these bursts of learning, and his excitement about it.

History is History

We are 5 weeks into our kindergarten year and I've decided to drop history from our schedule. We have been using History for Little Pilgrims, and it's okay, but not great. I don't think G is getting much out of it. I also have to remember that this IS kindergarten and a separate history course is not really necessary. He'll be getting some history here and there anyway with Bible and FIAR studies. History will be a major subject in grades 1-12 so it won't be missed this year.

Impromptu Math

G found the number magnets at Grandma and Grandpa's house and happily entertained himself making number sentences with them and then writing them down on paper. When he was finished building his number sentence, he wrote it down then put the numbers back and started again. I guess we need to get some number magnets for home. :-)

E-I-E-I-oh

I've read that this is common, and it certainly is around here, it's the mixing of the "E"s and "I"s. When we are reading, G often confuses the letter sounds for E and I. Even in writing, he has to confirm that the E is the one with the 3 horizontal lines coming out of the vertical line, and the I is the one with the two horizontal lines crossing the top and bottom of the vertical line. Practice and repetition will cement it all in, I'm sure, and the issue is already starting to clear up, but I just wanted to mention it so I can go back later and see how much progress we have made.