Literacy Skills at Home

Literacy Skills at Home

It has been so enjoyable to watch Jedadiah practice what he is learning at school.  He comes home at the language spills out of him.  Since he can’t directly communicate in Spanish, he is making up his own way of sharing all that he is learning by:

Making up stories:  He draws a picture, glues one sheet of paper to each side of the picture and writes down many, many letters.  He then hands the completed story to me, and I tell him a story using the letters that he has written.

Designing hats for Samara Has has mastered the art of making little hats and then draws a picture for the hat and glues the picture to the front of the hat.

Counting in Spanish for the neighbor Once he found out that Jasmine speaks Spanish, he counted to sesenta.  She helped him when he got stuck, but then he kept on going all the way to 60!

Drawing pictures Even through his pictures, he is communicating, and his drawing class he given him more confidence to express himself through art.