Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Homeschool Update

Hello!  The other night I was looking at school stuff in anticipation of the new school year starting in a few weeks and I realized that I never posted Audrey's final report card from last year so here it is.  Year one of homeschool was a HUGE success!  Paul and I are very proud of our two kiddos!



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~ The 3rd Story Academy ~
Student Name: Audrey Simmerman Age: 6 years 3 mo
Session: Four (Days 136-180) - 2014 Grade: Kindergarten
Date: June 2-6
Reading Every night Audrey pulls out her Bible and reads a few pages out of it to me.  This was her idea and she is very persistent with it and willing to sound words out.  I notice that Audrey gets very frustrated with herself when she can't sound out a word in the "teach your child to read" book and she does not want to continue with the lesson.  Audrey loves to be read to, and she has a great attention span.  I am able to read longer books with plots and Audrey can tell me what the story was about as well as her favorite parts of the story.  Audrey is getting much better at writing and she will come out with papers where she has written things herself by sounding them out.  When Audrey takes the initiative to read or to write she does extremely well.  We will continue to work on her learning new things successfully.
Math Audrey continues to do very well in math with case scenarios in her head.  She is able to write her numbers well.  She can count to 100 and by 10s and 5s.  She bakes well with measurements.  She knows days of the week, seasons, months of the year…
Bible Audrey is very knowledgeable about the Bible.  She loves reading Bible stories.  She is a worship artist.  She spontaneously prays for people all of the time.  She drew a picture for someone's healing and has prayed for multiple people that have been healed.  She is a spirit filled young lady.
History/Books Audrey loves to be read to.  Her favorite books are fairytales about princesses.  She has amazing story recall, even months after the fact.
Life Skills Audrey successfully and consistently completes the following Habit Training Sets:  Habit Training Set #1: Set Table, Clean up Table, Brush Teeth, Get dressed, Clean room, make bed is done every day at this point.  Habit Training Set #2:  On coming in, shoes go in the slot and jacket gets hung up.  Clothes in hamper at night and clean room.  Habit Training Set #3:  Put out all vitamins for the whole family, fill and empty dishwasher.
Science/Geography Audrey is very explorative outdoors.  We started a garden and she can name all of the plants that we have planted from seeds.  She waters the plants and weeds and she loves the plants.


PE/Arts Audrey rides her bike without training wheels and is very brave.  She loves to climb trees and play in her playhouse.  Audrey loves to color and draw and paint and she does it very well.  She loves to swim.