In the past week or two, my daughter has chosen to do 'copywork'. Now she always had better handwriting than her brother, but nothing spectacular. I know my school teacher friends cringe when they see any of my kids handwriting. But it was decent enough. For a time we worked on copywork daily to improve it. With little success.
So why all of the sudden is she interested and playing with writing so much? No clue. But the upshot is her handwriting is improving. So is her 'fancy scroll work'. As she makes letters with swirls, and dots, and who knows what else. Flowery fancy fun.
Then today I notice, I can READ my sons math! Really this is a shocker, I don't have to make guesses on most of his numbers, I can tell what he was aiming for, and his letters all fit in the spaces of the lined paper. (college ruled.) I can even tell the difference between a squared number and a number times 2. For Dude this is amazing.
And to top it all off, my other son threw a tantrum yesterday because when we figured out 2 was the answer to his math, I automatically wrote one thinking he couldn't without a guide. He wanted me to know he certainly could write twos and didn't need any help. Once he was done with the tantrum he proceeded to write big twos, little twos, and slew of other numbers for me to prove he knows how.
Oh speaking of little man, since when did his 'r's look like r's? (as opposed to lines with spikes on them)
You would think as their mother, especially a mother who home educates, I would notice these skills, but I missed it. I miss a lot of things. I sit down to her my kid read and discover they are far ahead of where I thought. I ask a spelling question, or math, or science, and find they already know what I thought I would teach or share, or reinforce.
Truth is, kids learn from all sorts of sources, friends, Sunday school teachers, scout leaders, watching parents and other adults. You name it a kid can learn from it. Hard part is keeping all their sources worthy of them learning from.
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