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Baby Girl completed Calvert Kindergarten last week. We celebrated over the weekend by going out for ice cream. Also last week, the new Calvert First Grade curriculum box arrived at our house. We weren't home at the time, but discovered the box in our breezeway later.
Baby Girl was anxious to bring it inside and open it. Calvert boxes are usually heavy.
Baby Girl was anxious to bring it inside and open it. Calvert boxes are usually heavy.
Stopping and looking inside every book.
Wow, look at all of this!
So, actually this past Thursday, we began the First Grade materials with her. Now this is a child who I did not teach yet to read, all that much. Instead, she taught herself, or should I say, motivation taught her. Which leads in to a funny anecdote.
The earliest worksheets in Calvert First Grade are designed to ease the child into their studies, reviewing the work that was covered in Kindergarten. So, there was a place on the worksheet that read as follows:
Read the sentence. Circle the picture that goes with it.
3. Sam sat.
So Baby Girl, upon reaching this portion of the worksheet, proceeded to read aloud by herself as follows: "Read the sentence. Circle the picture that goes with it. Sam sat."
Well. Bowl me over. I guess she is going to do okay this year after all!
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4 comments:
She is so cute!
How sweet! It is so much fun to watch them learn. Have fun with 1st grade.
Do they still have the inflatable globe? That's still in our schoolroom, although sometimes the boys throw the world around. My youngest has stated many times that Calvert First Grade was the best one, because it had the most reading books. I'm so happy for you that she's excited; it makes schooling so much fun!
The workbook story made me laugh. It sounds to me like she will do just fine!
I loved your homeschool memoires post as well. I've been a slacker on that the last few weeks; too much going on and we've been sick. Hopefully I can catch this week's meme.