Hi all,
Well, I had both kids yesterday & experienced more of Olivia's distance learning. I must be out of touch - her kindergarten class is being taught the difference between fiction & non-fiction, the role of authors vs illustrators & nouns vs. verbs. With Olivia's pre-K cut short last year, she's still working on the sounds of the alphabet! They review the alphabet once a day, but expect kids to 'read' sight words already & have started basic math functions. I thought kindergarten was learning how to pay attention, play with other kids & learn the basics of phonetics & numbers. Olivia does fine with understanding the extras, but still struggles with some of her letter sounds. Wish they focused more on the basics - hope it all works out ok.
Needless to say, I was exhausted by the end of the day - she had 14 assignments outside of her class time! We didn't get all of them done but her folks told me to just do what we could do. They know the struggle all too well - especially when dealing with the baby too.
Back to having Jordi by himself today & feel like I'm on vacation.
Anne, I wish we could get some of that rain too... Hope you & all of us in CA survive the heat wave headed our way.
Sheila, lobster rolls sound delicious - hope you do get some next time.
BJ, I need to get better at scrolling past postings that just make me mad or anxious too. Should probably just not spend so much time on the computer...
Beth, hope the water issue is a simple fix.
I, too, enjoy reading about what everyone is up to - stay cool & safe out there.
Take care,
Catherine