Finished with 3rd Grade Math and Phonics K!

C officially finished math for the year yesterday. She only had a few pages left in her book, and all of it was repetitious. I decided to offer her the final exam. I made her a deal that if she got an A+ she could be done with school for the day and play Guitar Hero. C chose to try it, and and an hour later proudly earned the right to play hookie the remainder of the day. Awesome job! The child who hated math in public school was now asking when we could begin 4th grade so she could "get ahead". She finished 3rd grade grammar a week or two ago, and basically is doing all 4th grade level studies now, with the exception of writing.

E also finished her Kindergarten level Phonics book yesterday, and only has 2 pages left in her Critical Thinking book. She loves her workbooks, so will be moving on to 1st grade Phonics within a few days. She is also in the midst of several other books, but her favorite is "Number Skills K" We usually do at least 4 pages a day in it. She is reading, spelling, and sounding out basic CVC words well now as well as knowing many sight words such as "a, the, you, little", etc...)

Both girls will work 2-3 days/week through the summer, so we don't have to waste a month in the fall reviewing. This also will give us some lee-way for taking time off for field trips or sick days through the typical school year.