homework

Avery's teacher has sent home "I can statements." It's stuff she needs to be able to do for this next report card. It's amazing. For social studies she needs to know what a globe is, where we live on a map, what the green part is, what the blue part is, that she lives on planet earth, in the USA along with much more. I was going over it with her last night (she got out of school early due to weather so we had a lot of extra time) and she knew all this stuff. Already. I was amazed. We also have been talking about directions a lot. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. She knows that stuff too. Then when J and I were eating our dinner I handed her her speech homework. It was new and we had never done it. She "read" all the words herself and said the words almost perfectly. There were pictures but the words were lumberjack, lawn mower, lemonade, log cabin, living room and life jacket not things she is totally familiar with. I am sure she has been over these pics with her speech teacher a few times but she is remembering and learning and picking everything up that she should be. She is amazing and is going to be just fine!!!