In the past several months, Daddy and I have been amazed to see how much Krish is learning academically, both at school and at home! Since he turned three, he has been writing all the letters of the alphabet (upper and lower-case) and all the numbers too. He really enjoys writing names, especially his own and Arjun's!
While reading books, we also work on phonics and reading a variety of small words together. At the end of July, Krish advanced to his new classroom, Preschool 2, where he will spend the rest of this school year. Since phonics is part of the primary curriculum in Preschool 2, Krish has become very proficient at recognizing the sounds of each of the letters. Encouraging the development of this skill, we like to play games with him at home which involve saying what letter different words that he encounters in conversation start with. For instance, he may say, "Hey, that's Arjun's toy!" So we'll ask him, "What letter does toy start with?" And he'll say, "Tuh- tuh-, toy, T!" It is truly amazing to see your child begin to grasp academic knowledge and the fundamental precursors to reading.
In addition to reading and writing, we have not forgotten about math! At home we started working on developing math skills by counting objects, such as beans or Krish's favorite, M&Ms, and have now progressed to solving addition and subtraction problems in his workbooks and through activity puzzles. Daddy and I are proud to see that he enjoys learning and is very cooperative when it comes to sitting down for study time. There are definitely times when he would rather play ball outside or with friends or continue playing with legos, but for the most part, he seems to understand the importance of learning, and that couldn't make us happier!
Practicing his writing skills this past summer.
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| His name in lowercase, second one from top. He also wrote "Dusty", from Planes. |
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| His name in uppercase |
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| Writing Momma's name |
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| Admiring his work. Proud Momma too. |
