Smart Kiddo!

I’ve spent the last month observing the differences between the private school system, that we spent the last 8 years in and the public school system that my boys are now in. After a month of schooling the conclusion I came to is that I needed to buy some workbooks and sit them down each night to supplement what they are getting at school. The problem is that they get home and have nothing to do. We are used to the routine of;

Get home, have an after school snack, do your chores, do your homework, dinner and bed.

Suddenly, there’s a big chunk missing because Tristan has only a packet of homework that consists of 5 pages and it’s due on Friday and Max has NO homework. So, I started the workbooks on Monday and found that Max (and Gabi) was REALLY eager to be doing and learning in his after school time. I also discovered……HE CAN READ! Seriously, I was floored! He did several workbook pages of opposites, last night and each one had only one word describing the action or object on the page. At first I thought he was just noticing the pictures and making a good guess for each word. Then he sounded out “empty” and I knew he was truly reading. I tested him on other words and, sure thing……reading!

Go Max!

Have a great day~

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