Printing, writing, colouring? Are these all things where girls are just naturally more proficient? Izzy will, through her own initiative, sit down and compose something for someone. Alex has to be bribed, cajoled or threatened into it. Already Izzy's penmanship surpasses Alex's but what is more amazing to me is the way she strives to learn new things. She is pretty good at capital letters but still writes lower case so she will be better at that. We haven't done much in the way of school work lately. I feel bad, I think, because I don't feel that bad. Go figure. Actually, that isn't totally true. We have lapsed with the oral reading but mommy had the cold from hell and still feels congested so reading to the kids was tantamount to torture. Thankfully Alex is such a good reader but even he has been spending more time on the Wii than in front of a good book.
Not that much will change in the next few weeks. Life is busy and we are having too much fun to slow down and do math right now. That is what the terrible dead of winter is for. Getting stuck in the house and catching up on...everything.
2 comments:
Amen!
I can definitely relate to this post, with Amelia who has always been more artistic and Luca more on the science side... and not doing much these days either.
And my answer to nasty colds? Audiobooks! :D
Hope all is well with you guys!
Ditto ... Jas (4) has led the way here in writing, colouring and so on. Elijah (5) only colours once in a blue moon and only writes if he needs to. We've been trying Natural Learning and Tidal Homeschooling, and I love it!
Jasmine likes schoolish work and initiates it herself, but Elijah would rather play, explore and discuss complex things. It's Summer in Australia, so we're in holiday/ beach mode anyway, and quite often I just go with the flow.
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