How could I have forgotten?????

Okay, so I got a bit caught up in the swimsuit business, and completely neglected to mention anything whatsoever about our schooling.

Oops.

Double Oops because there have been some big, really BIG changes this past year. Here is the low-down (Is that the slang? Sorry, I don't have my nerd-hip dictionary handy) on our end of the year happenings...

+++++++UNNECESSARILY LONGWINDED AND NAUSEATING BRAG ALERT ++++++++

(FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THE FOLLOWING)

UGHABUGHA

Chronologically PRE-PRE-K/ ability K

~Is now "Tee" years old! She is still embarrassingly attatched to her "bankie" (nevermind that before I had kids I swore that only neglected, emotionally crippled, non-breastfed kids did backward stuff like that) but thankfully not outside the house.

~Correctly IDs all uppercase and lowercase letters, and has basic sound correspondence accuracy at (estimated, I don't really "test" her) 80%. Oh, and she can write at least ten letters clearly enough to be understood. This one really impressed me, since my other two are small-motor challenged. I lost track on the math and need to schedule a Parent-teacher conference with her primary math teacher, Scote. She counts really well, though, and has one-to-one correspondence down.

~Has the cutest, sweetest speech impediment you ever heard...Hopefully to be completely annihilated upon the commencement of Speech therapy in August. She is my second one. It's really weird since my oldest, Dodo, spoke perfectly and like a well-educated little adult practically out of the womb.

~Favorite Subjects: "Beebee work" (montessori-type stuff), "kinda garren" with her favorite teacher, Scote, and "Hiss-ta-wee", especially the "bwoody violence" of ancient Rome.

~Favorite Book(s): No David! et al.

~When she grows up she wants to be a: Mommy

~Desperately needs: her own room, a new "bankie", a mother who cares more about hair-tidiness

~Is almost, but not quite ready for: reading

~Collects: words.

~Her latest favorite: (to my horror) "boo-tee cack"

SCOTE THE GOAT

chronologically K/ability 2

~Is officially a reader! Hurrah! He's been sight reading since 4, (he is 2 months shy of 6 now) but the handful of phonics lessons, daily guided reading, and addition of Harcourt Family Learning's Reading Skills Grade 1 and reading rods this year has bumped him into to actual reading/decoding. He can now read Curious George books and Dr Suess very well, even those pesky nonsense words (at least as well as any of us can). I am so proud of him! He is the first one of mine I actually had to "teach" to read.

~Still loves the Miquon, and is still too much of a rabid perfectionist to lose gracefully at any math game. Math skills are approaching 2nd grade.

~Favorite Subjects: Anything on the computer, and Science

~Favorite Book(s): Curious George

~Desperately needs: a haircut, to stop chewing on his sleeves in public places, ears that don't swell up bizarrely when any random body part is bitten by a mosquito

~Is almost, but not quite ready for: History (except for sitting in on Dodo's)

~When he grows up he wants to be a/an: inventor, paleontologist, superhero

~Collects: stuffed monkeys, football trophies (3 as of this season), building toys, and scrapes, scratches and bruises

SOSO THE DODO

chronologically 2nd/ability 4th and up

~Finishing up (finally! Man we went way into depth on this one, which was fun but time-consuming) Ancient History

~Has an extraordinary deep passion for: rabbits, mindbenders, challenging math, and (as always) voraciously reading

~Favorite Book(s): World Mythology, Fairy Tales, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events

~Favorite Subject(s): Latin, no wait...math...no, reading, no, definitely Latin, oh Logic counts? How about Logic. NO! How could I have forgotten History! Yep, definitely History. Or Latin. Or Math. Or Reading. Or Logic.

~Desperately Needs: More stuffed rabbits (not), her own room, neater eating habits (a total GOOP is she), to be continuously challenged, a friend who understands at least half of what she talks about

~Is almost, but not quite ready for: Saxon 7/6, Challenge Math Intermediate, Middle Ages, R&S grammar 4, Mindbenders B1 et al, and more formal Science

~When she grows up she wants to be a/an: mathematician/archeologist/ anthropologist/ Historian/Writer/Linguist/rabbit breeding Mommy

~Collects: stuffed rabbits, ceramic rabbits, live rabbits, state quarters, books, and knowledge at an alarming rate