Wow what a couple of days its been here on the homestead. Weddings, weddigns everywhere and then a computer blowup, we now have a new reliable computer , woho. The kids have been busy with tons of different things. I cant even put into words all the exciting things they are doing.
Last night , at about 8pm Tyler decided he was going to learn to divide, or how he calls it multiply backwards. by 8:30 he was dividing. By 9:00 he was dividing double digit numbers with no stress. It was amazing to watch becuase I rmebere when I was in school feeling so angry, sad and fustrated with myself because of division. For some reason it was such an object of stress for me. It was proably becuase, which I remeber as clear as day, the teacher was in such a hurry to ÉteachÉ it , I felt I was in a hurry to learn it. Still to this day I second guess myself when it comes to division. Actully I have the same feeling for multiplication. Math really is an abject of fear for me. It was cool to watch Tyler learn to divide and be able to laugh and cheer himself on. With lots of cheering from me of course..lol. His gameboard he is making is coming along well as well. He has got all the ahchor cards made. Its going to be a good game I think.
We started our family newletter again this month. We figured since we purchased this new computer , it would be good to put it to some use. The first month turned out alright. The kids are looking forward to planning for next month so they have more to contribute. It was fun putting it together though.
Tyler has also been reading alot of the goosebump books lately and started playing a new computer role game thing. Lord of the Rings. It looks very cool and he understands what he is suppose to be doing, I jsut look at it and shrug becuase I have no idea what to do.
Ashleigh is getting closer and closer to the end of the Grade two book she is working on. I find it funny that she loves book work so much where Tyler doesn.t. Ash loves sitting down and working on page work.I think she loves getting to the end of it rather then the actul doing though. Plus she loves challenge. Expecially when it comes to math. She isnt to much into reading right now. For awhile she really was wanting to do it all day long. NOw she is really concentrating on her numbers. She has also been writing lots, drawing lots and baking everyday. Yesterday she was working on some number stuff and it was asking her to count by 10, 2, and 5. She did them all with ease and then looked at me and asked me how she knew that. I shrugged becuase I dont know how she learnt to count by 2,5, and 10. Its crazy really. She learnt to multiply without even knowing she did...lol...wow.
Heather is alot like Tyler when it comes to book work. It really isnt her cup of tea. Sitting down really itsnt her cup of tea. Our journey is to find interesting ways for her to play that keep her engaged for longer thenn 5 mins. She is learning her letters right now, and how we got her doing that was by buying letter french fries. lol...sounds funny I know but it works. Every time she goes to eat one, she says the letter.
Amazing.
The imaginary play that happens everyday here is also a very cool thing to watch. Each of the children have their own little world that they go to and sometimes each of their own worlds intertwine with each others and THAT is even cooler.
on that note, I must go and get ready for the day.
cheers
Phoenix