one proud mama over here!

yesterday, corinn's preK teacher emailed me...she told me that since corinn already knows all her letters & their sounds, they wanted to start something new with her...sight words!

i've already showed u how much daddy loves practicing sight words & flash cards with his girls (jaden 2, but jaden doesn't sit 4 it long)...gabby has a set of kindergarten sight words that she practices as part of her homework - and daddy always includes corinn on their practice too...and that is what has helped corinn already start learning color words

well, now she gets her own sight words - corinn will turn 5 next month - where did my baby go?! this week, the words are "on" & "the"...and she also brings a practice book home for part of her homework...last night, it was all about the word "the" - a book about a farm...2nite, she whipped out this book & AMAZED me at how well she sailed thru reading it! she uses the pictures 4 reference & doesn't actually "read" every word - but watch her track the words...she's definitely recognizing them! i grabbed my camera & had her read it a 2nd time (she couldn't wait 2 watch herself after i taped it too!)

one proud mama over here!!!



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ok, gotta talk about the other 2 kiddos as well...


my mom & i went 2 the school 2day 2 have lunch with the girls (nana sat with corinn & i sat with gab)...well, i got 2 witness (yet again!) just how popular miss gabby is! there r 2 boys in her class that literally FIGHT over her - i'm serious, like pulling each other's hands off of her, fighting over her! they race to stand/sit next 2 her, they follow her around...i admit, i kind of got annoyed by it...y should she continuously have 2 deal with these boys fawning & fighting over her? but she assured me that it's not always that bad - that kaleb (the more "spirited" one) was showing off for me...she's so smart!

the other boy, phoenix, is deaf - and he signs "gabby" over & over until his translator gets her attention for him...gabby actually really enjoys his company - she's become extremely fascinated with learning sign language this year too! (the teacher has taught them signs throughout the year & i remember some of what i learned when i was younger)...i think it's sweet...she genuinely interracts with him & uses his translator to "talk" to him at lunch...and the translator & teacher also use gabby 2 encourage phoenix 2 eat or stay on task, or whatever

gabby also brought home this "praise note" from her teacher 2day...it says it's for...
"ALWAYS doing such a great job on your homework and this week two days early! you are such a special girl!"

that's because every week, the teacher gives them a homework packet - on the front, it lists when they should do what - spreading it out, throughout the whole week...& it has all the needed worksheets stapled 2gether...well, gabby decided this week that she'd like 2 do ALL of her homework in 1 or 2 nights, so that she doesn't have any homework the rest of the week! so darn smart, i tell ya!

one proud mama over here!!!

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and now, for jaden...


2day, he brought home a paper that had his name at the top, & a bunch of sentences down the side...he explained 2 me that it's a list of what everyone in his class had 2 say about him...here's his list...

Jaden:
-is nice.
-has a good imagination.
-is very creative.
-is good.
-is a good person.
-is funny.
-is really, really, really nice. he is good.
-is good to me.
-is a good friend.
-i like jaden.
-is caring.
-is creative.
-is very funny.
-jaden listens.
-is funny & a good boy.
-is funny & a great boy.
-is funny.

see a theme there? that's my funny & creative dude!

one proud mama over here!!!