Monday, July 25, 2011

G. Update 1

G. - age 3 years, 6 months.

Math -- can count to 20.

Reading -- started teaching her Phonics a few months ago. Not as naturally gifted as her older sister, E. She knows, "the" and "up", "cup," "cat?" At this rate of progress, she should be reading by age 4.

E. Log 3

Forgot to mention, I got Gulliver's Travels (gn) for her and the regular book for myself. She read both.

Math: I couldn't get a straight answer from her teacher. Teacher says they worked on concepts from grades 2 to 6. Over the summer, I have her practicing her Multipulication and Division. Trying to fill in any gaps.


E's Reading Log 2

E's seven years, five months old.

She did eventually read Sir Gawain. She's reading at a 8th/9th grade level. She's entering the 3rd grade in the fall.

In preparation for the National Myth Exam in January 2012, I got her the graphic novels of Athena and Zeus. She's taken to the graphic novel format and I've been getting her serious subjects in that format. So far, she's read the Origin of Species (graphic novel); Evolution (gn); Walden (gn); MacBeth (gn), and Beuwolf (children's picture book and gn forms).

I need to find the Iliad. I forgot that she read Bulfinch's Mythology (the normal adult version) over Spring Break.

Secret Benedict Society series -- she's read the entire series several times.
Percy Jackson series.
Red Pyramid series.
Lost Hero series.
Harry Potter series -- ditto.
Artemis Fowl series -- ditto.
Fablehaven series -- ditto.

I'm not sure what to get her next.