Ashlyn and I have been working everyday to get her ready for kindergarten. We work on reading and do workbook pages every day. She is just so smart. My new fear is I have prepared her for 1st grade and not kindergarten. All the kindergarten workbooks have become way too easy for her. I'm really hoping she is challenged enough in kindergarten. I do not want for her to become bored.
We used to read lots of picture/young children books before bed. Before school got out, I took home some Junie B. Jones book from my classroom library. I read the first one to her and she was hooked! The series consists of chapter books about a very spunky kindergartner named Junie B. I think I enjoy the books as much as she does. My mom was able to find the whole series for her so we are working our way through the whole series. I just can't believe my little girl is old enough to sit their and listen to chapter books. We have a great time discussing the books and talking about our favorite parts. We sometimes draw our favorite scenes and compare them. I know it will be a matter of time before she reading them to me.
Ashlyn has really become an great reader. She finished one series of beginning reading books. I got out a Hooked on Phonics set that we bought a few years ago at a garage sale. Hooked on Phonics is really a great program for teaching kids to read. I think it does a wonderful job introducing sounds and skills in way that makes sense for early readers. The set came with chart that she could mark off each time she finished a book. I told her that she could pick a reward for when she made it to the top. She picked going to Chuck E. Cheese. She worked so hard to get her reward. She insisted on reading two books a day so she could complete her chart even faster. She impressed me one day by informing me that if she read two books a day, she would be finished in five more days. Last week, she finally finished the and made it to the top. We were so proud of her. She picked to go to Chuck E. Cheese on Thursday. She asked if we could take Ella, and of course we said yes. Her trip was even more special because Uncle Adam was in town and came along too. She had a great time and I was so happy to be able to reward her for all her hard work and determination.
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| Showing off her finished reading chart. Each star represents a book she read. |
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| They all really liked this dance game. |
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| They always love a carousel ride |
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| This was Dawson's favorite ride and he stayed on it for a long time. |
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| Riding the horse |
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| Some skee ball fun |
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| Practicing throwing the ball |
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| Dawson trying out this driving game |
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| Ella getting to drive |
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| Dawson driving with his Uncle Adam |
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| The girls really liked this water game |
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| Feeding the ticket machine |
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| Pizza time |
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| Ashlyn showing off her prizes. The watch is a lip gloss watch. It broke in the car ride home. Ashlyn immediately declared it a waste of tickets. lol |
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| Ella showing off her bracelet |
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| After Chuck E. Cheese, we decided to take Uncle Adam to out favorite park for some play time. |
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| They love running in the grass. |
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