This little cutie is learning and growing by leaps and bounds every day (OK, so she’s not so little… but don’t tell her Mama). She’s in kindergarten now and is learning about addition and subtraction, geography and science.  All of a sudden she’ll burst out with some new knowledge and surprise us with her understanding of the food chain or add or subtract some numbers.  For me, the most fun is her learning how to read and write.  Her teachers focus a lot of writing phonetically, which leads to some “creative” spelling.  It’s really fun.

Clare’s teacher is giving her a math lesson.

 

 Clare packed my lunch bag for me and slipped a note into it.  It reads “Have a good day.”  It made for a very good day indeed.

 

 

 Clare wrote up a menu when she was playing “restaurant.”  It reads

Quesadilla

Pizza Crackers (I think these are two different items)

Spagetti

Clare’s Restaurant

Cupcake

We do more reading at our house then they do at school.  She and I try to sit and have her read to me several times a week.  The books are very simple and I do lots of prompting, but it’s a lovely time for the both of us and I can tell she enjoys learning a new skill.  As a lifelong lover of reading, it warms my heart so deeply to see her learning to read.  I can’t wait to see where it takes her.