It is pretty funny, and a little annoying, that Izzy has jumped on the home school bandwagon in order to get ready for junior kindergarten. Every day she pulls out her math book, one of those pre-school educational workbooks where you circle the biggest fish or colour the fourth carrot. She loves that stuff. She also has flash cards for upper and lower case letters. When she isn't asking about being tested with the cards she will point to letters on books or signs telling me what they are and what sound they make. I remember this stage with Alex well. I love pre-reading. I get so excited waiting for it all to click. She also wants to write. She can do her name, Alex's and even those of most her short named friends. She is anxious to write all her letters and do it well. Of course we read a lot. Many books. Many times during the day.
The reason for her enthusiasm? She wants to show her teacher what she already knows, lol. My 3 1/2 year old daughter wants to be prepared and is tackling it with military precision. This is how I can tell she is truly my daughter. A friend was over while Izzy was colouring, cutting and pasting and remarked she is more ready for senior kindergarten than junior. Our friend volunteers with the kindergarteners at our future school and said that they *hope* the children acquire the skills Izzy has now by the end of jk.
It will be interesting to see what next year brings. If only Alex could borrow a little of this drive these days.
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