New Skills!

Things Abby's learned to do this summer:

- Write all her letters, upper AND lower case (SCORE!)
- Write 1-10 (and possibly more, but that's as high as our numbers workbook goes. Time for a new one)
- Do simple addition and subtraction (up through 10)
- Write her name

Boiled down, we learned to do four of the six things on our list; we didn't get so much accomplished on the phonics front - we still drill, but she isn't consistently having much success yet in knowing letter sounds, or being able to identify which words go with with letters - but, on the other hand, she learned lower-case as well as upper-case letters, and that wasn't on our list! :) All in all, I'm pleased. We'll continue to work together through the school year.

We also read four chapter books this summer: Dr. Dolittle, Peter Pan, Prince Caspian, and Little Women. I'm also hoping to get through "The Little Princess" before school starts full time.