Back To School 2011

It's that time again.  Joshua and Rebecca are starting their new school years tomorrow.  It's been a great summer for both kids.  Rebecca went away to sleep-away camp for the first time, and Joshua went to his day camp by himself and had to learn to get by without his big sister present. 

To get him ready for the new school year, we've been trying to get Joshua to practice his reading, which is not easy.  Rebecca loves to read, and will often choose a good book over other activities.  But Joshua is very different when it comes to reading.  It's a major struggle to just to get him to sit down and agree to practice with one of us.  However, once he gets going, he forgets that he's doing something he is not supposed to like, and really starts to lose himself in the task.  It's pretty funny to watch.

Rebecca has been practicing her math skills for the new year.  For some reason she thinks she is not good at math, but she is getting all the problems right on the Summer Worksheet.  Getting her to read is not a problem, but making her more confident in her math skills is the challenge.

All in a day's work....