Connor...School Update

Recently we made the official decision to leave Connor at Montessori for kindergarten even though that would have been the perfect opportunity to save money by sending him to public schools. There are two reasons...one, we just learned that he will be at Oak Hill Elementary beginning in Fall 2011 which would have put him at Scott for only 1 year before changing schools. Two, he has learned so much just in the last few months of Pre-K that I am really looking forward to what he will learn in kindergarten at Montessori.

Just last week, he sat down and was reading random words from books and magazines by sounding out each letter. You could see him saying the phonics of each letter over and over again until it clicked and he knew what word they were making. You can ask him how to spell a 3 or 4 letter word and he will sound it out in his head and then tell you (usually accurate or close enough like thinking it is a "c" instead of a "k"). You can also tell him how to spell something and he can write it without any issues. This new development is so amazing to me - to think he can spell, read, and write.

His math skills are improving also. He can count to well over 100, do simple addition and subtraction, and can recognize most number combinations. In fact, this ability could get us into trouble. Just tonight, we announced it was bedtime. He looked at the clock and said "No, it's only 7:57 and our bedtime is not until 8:00". So, much for the early bedtimes we would occasionally sneak in.

Oh yeah, he won't let us forget that he has also learned how to snap (with both his left and his right hand). I think we made the right decision...looking forward to what the next year brings for our little man!