I'm Glad My Son Can't Spell...

I'm glad Reese can't spell.

Because, when he lost his THIRD tooth last night,

And wanted to write on the envelope for the

Tooth Fairy...

This is what he wrote...

I know the "Tof Ferre" won't last forever

And I'm glad he spells her name so

Stinkin' Cute right now!!!!

And actually, I was pretty proud of his phonetic spelling.

Way to go Reese :)

A Visit To Grammie's!

A few weekends ago, we headed to San Marcos to pick up Austen for Spring Break & we stopped at Grammie's for the night along the way.

This ancient green phone was a toy of mine when I was Reese's age...

I love it that he loves something that was a favorite so long ago...

And it weighs about 20lbs...

So don't drop it!

Pottsie came to Grammie's with dinner for us all.

He made spaghetti and of course brought garlic bread.

No matter what we're eating, Reese has two requests for Pottsie...

To bring his famous garlic bread,

And to wrestle....

And he never lets Reese down on either one!

We also got to meet Maddie, Grammie's newest dog.
She has the softest fur,
But she can't quite seem to fit all her tongue in her mouth at one time...
She usually has it stuck out to the side.
I guess she sucked it up in this picture :)

I brought along our Phonics work to try and stay on schedule...
See that cup Reese is eating a snack out of?


This is another ancient relic from my childhood...

I love that my Mom saves stuff like this!
And it's the only cup Reese eats his snacks out of at Grammie's!

Saxon Phonics...Working It's Magic

Choosing a kindergarten homeschool curriculum was a really stressful decision for me. I know, I know...it's just kindergarten! But I wanted to get started on the right foot, with something that would hold my hand and guide me this first year.

When I taught 1st grade, we used Saxon Phonics so I chose Saxon to begin our Kindergarten year because it was something I was comfortable with & a program I knew worked!

We're sixteen weeks into our Saxon work & I must say I'm happy with the progress Reese is making! He is blessed with the ability to blend words easily, and he is moving right along with reading. I have yet to throw something out to him that he hasn't figured out.

There's so many ways to make phonics a game! Like the picture above...Reese had wanted some M&Ms, so we made a game out of it. He put an M&M on each picture card, and then he read the word on the spelling card. When he found the match, he slapped it down & ate the M&M. So silly, but he was so thrilled!

And I'm glad we found his motivator....

GAMES!!! Math games are fun too :)

Hard At Work

Can I just say how thrilled I am that Saxon Phonics has "clicked" so well for Reese?

He's easily reading 3-5 letter words with short vowels.

I wasn't sure if Saxon was a good match since it's a workbook-based program, but Reese has really taken to it and I am so proud of how he's progressing!