We had a major breakthrough today! I have been praying for wisdom how to help Andrew with his spelling tasks. He is slow and loses focus easily and the outcome is not encouraging. Yesterday, I pulled out my phone's stopwatch and gave Andrew a time limit for writing each word. It was something new and it did help a bit. This morning, Andrew ASKED me to use the stopwatch for his spelling lesson. I could not believe my eyes how fast and how focused the boy was racing against time! Besides, his words were spelled correctly, give or take a couple. At the end of the lesson, Andrew said, "Mom, thank you for helping me with my words." I teared up and sent some thanks heavenwards. Needless to say, Andrew asked me to use the stopwatch again for tomorrow's spelling lesson. It never stops - getting to know this boy God has blessed me with. Thankful, simply thankful.
I believe, the highlight of today was our trip to the library. Our week-long reading Olympics had a victorious finish - the children were rewarded with shiny medals. Both of them were beaming and, oh, so happy! So grateful for our local library and all they do for the kids and how they encourage children to read.
Back at home, we had to scare the 'EEK!' frogs back to the pond, of course. Andrew is determined to catch one. We also, stumbled over a big 'skeleton'-looking bug. A quick search on-line told us that it was a Southwestern Ironclad Beetle. Interesting. So far, we have not identified the 'EEK!' frogs yet.
Let's see what adventures tomorrow brings.
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| My boy is grinning from ear to ear practicing his spelling! |
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| It is not hard to guess the last movie Andrew and Saara watched: "Peter Pan". There was a lot of sword fighting with captain Hook (aka balloons) during recess. |
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| The children looking at some magazines at the library. |
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| Here they are! The medals for good reading! |
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| Just look at their faces. |
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| Our southwestern ironclad beetle. |
