One week down….a lifetime to go!
We have officially finished week 1 of preschool. Ashleigh is LOVING it. Really loving it. I am more than surprised at how much she has retained, considering her apathetic attitude at times. I’m learning how to get her to write her letters without making it a chore, and she’s learning how to sit and pay attention. We’re both learning.
This week we worked on A, B, and C. She can now tell you what sound all 3 letters make. She also can write all 3 in uppercase and lowercase form! Now that surprised me. She already knew big A, so no big deal there. I just didn’t think she caught onto B at all. Apparently she did. Today we learned C and reviewed Aa & Bb. She made both A’s and both B’s with just a touch of help. Her first b looked like a Q, she put the line on the circle wrong, but when we tried it again she did great!
She is not a fan of coloring pages. This means I’ll have to be more creative. But, as time goes on and we learn more letters, we can use a lot more of the resources I have in the house. It’s hard to do a lot only using A, B, and C! Her favorite part of the lesson is the craft. She has made an Apple, a Butterfly, and a Clown. I need to take pictures of them before they get dispursed to the person she has designated for each of them 
. Funny how she didn’t make any of this week’s crafts for Mommy & Daddy….I guess we see who is really important.
I just wanted to give an update, I’ll try to post each week with what we’ve done and what she has learned. For now I’m going to stick with 3 days a week, one letter a day, with reviews of previous letters. It seems to be working so far. We’ll see where it leads us!