Week Three and the end of our first block

The good news is that three weeks went by very quickly.  The better news, we accomplished all that we set out to get done in that time.  Our first blocks are now complete, the books full of their work are bound together and have a new home on one of our shelves.  I think we are all proud of our accomplishments, and we celebrated by going out for ice cream.

Miss Joyful worked with the book The Greedy Triangle this week.  She shocked me by writing out all of her "T is for Triangle" worksheets ALL BY HERSELF this week. She asked me to not help, to not look, and to allow her to surprise me with her work when she was finished.  She did a great job on them, which is wonderful.  But the most amazing part is the complete change of attitude along with that ability.  The fact that she sat quietly, worked hard, tried to actually do the work in front of her, rather then just scribbling all of the sheet or staring blankly at the wall/ceiling...  She is showing so much growth!!  I am so incredibly proud of her.

My treasure worked hard overcoming her frustration and mastering many new forms and shapes this week.  She LOVES to draw, and has been approaching everyday optimistic that she will be able to complete her new forms quickly.  Often they require more time, effort, and patience then she originally expects to give.   I now see her taking more time and effort in her personal art, and feel strongly that this is the results of the form drawing unit.  I am really glad that we finally have worked on this, and that we are seeing such positive results from it.  However, I think that she is very happy to be moving on to something that is not form drawing.  She has requested that we do our first math block next.