Me & My Boy

It's always hard for Jamie to get in the groove on Mondays to do school. Even when he went to preschool Mon.-Fri. last year he would cry every Monday morning. So today wasn't much different. He didn't cry though, just whined, but we started and it was all okay. We started on long "e" this week, we did long "a" last week. It seems sort of long and drawn out to spend an entire week on one sound but I think its actually good for Jamie. It's difficult because he just got all the other short sounds down pat where he can read blends and short one vowel words very easily. Now its like he has to rethink everything because I'm telling him that "a" doesn't sound likie that anymore, it sounds different, but it only sounds different if there is another vowel in the word. Talk about confusing! I've heard that the English language is the most difficult to learn, and I believe it!
We did a puzzle and played a game after our lessons which he really liked. I'm not sure if its because of his age, or because he has no siblings that he plays games with, but he can sure be a sore loser sometimes! I used to let him win everytime we played a game, but now I'm trying to teach him that its okay if he loses and to be a good sport. Its coming along, I guess. If he loses, he just wants to play again until he wins.;) He really does like to play board games and I'm thinking of getting him a few for Christmas, even though he does have a lot now. I've heard good things about Monopoly Jr. and also Boggle Jr. We'll see. It would be nice to have a few educational things thrown in with the Power Rangers, Go Diego Go, and Disney Cars toys that he wants.






So even though this is a homeschool blog, I'm probably going to start writing more about our life in general, because I really don't want to have 2 seperate blogs, one about school, and one about everything else. So if you're just reading this for homeschool info, just skip everything else!;)