So I've been back for a couple of weeks really, having a nose around... and have done a few posts on my other blog.
Today I really wanted to post here though.
Over the past months the home ed had kind of slipped for a while... Not being of school age yet it was not so much of a big thing and we were mainly doing things if he showed an interest. For example after meeting with a local home ed group, I realised that he is intensely curious about the human body. Since that time we have spent many hours looking through my university anatomy and physiology text books... I am fairly confident he is more knowledgable about the inner workings of the body, than many much older children. I personally didn't do anything on these subjects until at least 11, for him that would be such a waist! Being able to learn about what interests him is one of the reasons I loved the idea of educating him at home.
Anyway... with January and "compulsory school age" around the corner, I figured it was about time I started back up with the daily "lessons." Not in a regular school day sense. More like, after we've finished our breakfast we spend however long doing a few bits n bobs.
The amazing thing is, while he's just been enjoying himself over the last few months, the phonic sounds he learned earlier this year have settled in and he can now easily blend the sounds together to read phonic words! Wow, that was a long sentence... hope it made sense! He could sound blend before, but now he doesn't even need to think about it!
To cut a long story short, it seems that things I'd prepared and bought ready for when we "officially" began, may now be redundant as he has already passed that level!
I am so proud of him I can't even put it into words!
The best thing about it all is that he didn't know he could do it either! He is so proud of himself and is really enjoying being able to read the words. Consequently I can do much more with him before he gets tired or bored and actually wants to do it!
I really could not ask for more :D
