we have discussed this, that she is 5 this term, and this is the age that she would start school. she said she didn’t want to, that she had been sad at the playgroup she went to 4 times as she didn’t want to be left alone. i shrugged and said we home educated, so that she didn’t need to worry about it. she said that she could go if she wanted to though couldn’t she? she might feel ready at 5. so i said yes. i know it is next term that she is officially home educated rather than this one, but it does feel like this one, and it is a bit odd that my baby is now, pretty much, of compulsary education age. weird.
so she did some – she had a go at reading some cvc words in this
with me [i was working from home, as i need to do a teaching module course thing for my colleagues, the person 'in charge' having resigned and the first module on tues!! and we can only use encrypted memory sticks at work, and he gave me his from his training course...] she went swimming with chris – again fantastic. they did some water pistolling.
then i spent 3 hours playing sylvanians – god give me strength! – in the late afternoon.
interesting bb things – she can grasp a tune v quickly and reproduce it in key. she can do adding up, within 10. she is v good at spotting things and looking – having noticed a hedghog eating a snail in the garden this eve that i was closer too! and she is much easier when an only child! i loved her complaint about the title ratatouille. it really should be rata-one-y apparently!
Oh I do like the Oxford Reading tree! We had those at Monte, and they were the first proper books Small read.
It is very different when you get to spend time with the younger child alone isn’t it?
Have been thinking this about Josie too – she’s been doing bit for a while but have firmly upgraded to formal at 7 these days to take the pressure off. These children that teach themselves to read are far less hassle than the other version!