how quickly they learn

The kids are zooming through school like pros.

I haven't actually taught Yonah how to read for quite a while. Our reading "lessons" now are simply practicing and testing his reading comprehension.

He's been doing so well, in fact, that today we went to buy some more school books. We were focusing primarily on reading as far as "real" school goes. Now that he can learn more independently and is better at following instructions, we're switching our focus to math and science.

Arabelle is also doing well. She has spent the time so far practicing drawing and identifying shapes and letters, and specifically writing her name. This last month has seen an incredible amount of improvement.

We've tested the waters with reading lessons a few times, but she wasn't ready for it yet. Recently she's begun doing the first pages of Yonah's math book and has really excelled at it. We'll be trying reading lessons again soon.

Lila is also really into the school thing, though hers can't really be called "school" yet.

All in all, it's been a whole lot of fun for all of us.

Week 6: Fearless Motion

52 Weeks Challenge

Motion

While this isn't the crazy-active shot that I'd imagined getting, I do love the simple motion of this shot.

 Project 52 Challenge

Fearless

Yonah realized recently that he is scared of heights. But when we went to the "big park", he insisted on climbing up all the climbing rocks. Why? Because he wanted to try the "jumping off thing" to see if he liked it or not.

And this week you get a bonus picture!

This was my initial plan for the Fearless shot. I decided against it because I was so excited to get a shot of Yonah. Between his camera shyness and his sisters' excitement to have their pictures taken, I don't get many pictures of him these days.