Yesterday was a busy day; we did school, but it has been a struggle with Lucas lately and I don't know why. Things that he was doing with ease, he now acts like a baby and cries about. So hard to keep him focused. But when I follow through with patience (I have to admit I was kind of mean at first), he eventually focuses and does it right and then is excited and proud and wants to keep going.
Lucas finished all his phonics and math workbooks, so I made my own addition worksheet until we buy more. His problem now is that he considers himself above using his toy animals to add, and is too proud to go back to using them when he has trouble adding in his head. So when that happens, he likes to draw little 'oranges' next to the problems to add instead.
He learned a 'trick' to adding numbers with 2 digits; to block out one column with a notecard. He is still having trouble remembering that "18" is not "one-ty eight" and "22" is not "two-ty two," but is getting better.
We are also starting to write little stories. I made a word list of common ones he will need to use, but he hasn't quite caught on to them yet.
Then Olivia had her dance class, which grandma stayed with her for, since Lucas had an impromtu tball game at 6 to make up for a rainy day. They both did well!
Olivia was proud of her sticker for being a good girl.
Lucas still doesn't have a uniform...there are only 3 weeks left..and they still haven't taken pictures. Hopefully the next activity he chooses will be more organized. We are deciding between gymnastics and soccer.
He hit the ball so well !
Here's grandma and Olivia cheering for Lucas.
Here's the tunnel they make at the end of the game.
Overall a good day--and I'm thankful both activities are so close to our house!
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