Today we worked on long vowels a, e and i. We are using word families to hear the sounds vowels make in a word. Jack is getting the hang of it. Each day I notice that he understands more and more what we are doing. We finished up our fable work for the week and listened to The Ant and the Grasshopper for our work on Monday. Aesop's version of Bug's Life!

The picture above is a mad face Jack made with nuts. I was quite impressed by his creativity. He sees things that will work together much better than I do. I guess he's more creative? Or just young enough not to have his ability to see more than is there jaundiced yet. Here's to being 8 years old and seeing so much in your surroundings!

Have a very nutty day!