October: What are they doing now? - Page 2

[Hopefulmama]

DD is moving through K-5 at a quick pace. Her reading is really taking off. So cool having her read the books to us now. She is enjoying ballet and is loving coming up with new science experiments every day. That is her favorite subject in school. She was recently tested by the school and her vocab and math comprehension is at a fifth grade level.

[dessismama]

DS(11) just played Shostakovitch's first symphony and Beethoven's 7th in Symphony Hall in Boston today with his amazing youth symphony!! Very proud mama moment!! He is working hard on the Saint-Saens cello concerto in A minor... also composing a piece for string orchestra, with a wild scherzo for a middle movement (ala Shostakovitch).

DS(5) is learning quickly how to read music and progressing rapidly on the piano.

DD(8) is still cooking like crazy, and working math olympiad problems for the elementary school division. It is amazing to watch how she can work all these complex math problems in her head, with no formal multiplication/division facts.

[eepster]

DS just started typing full sentences this morning . I was reading a little MDC and having a hot cocoa, while DS was playing before getting ready for school. DS looked over and, complained that a post I was putting up lacked smileys. So, I started a smiley thread for him in the testing forum. I thought he would just post a bunch of smileys and maybe a few random letters. At most maybe a word. Instead he started sounding out whole sentences.

Originally Posted by eepster

wilmsBRg is u rile nis plas , but , it is u rile Long wey vuR

translation: Williamsburg is a really nice place, but it is a really long way there.

We went to Colonial Williamsburg last spring. DS enjoyed it. I suggested the comma in front of "but" then DS liked it so much he decided he wanted another one after.

Originally Posted by eepster

bee ur urwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwenbigredfirchrucnirbicodbeee newer

Translation: be or . (make fire engine noises) A big red fire truck near by could be anywhere.

This one is harder to see, b/c DS gave up on using the space bar. It has been sticking lately, so we need to press it very hard, and DS decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

DS has written short phrases (very unreadable do not only to creative spelling, but also illegible hand writing) on the chalk board in speech bubbles a couple of times and he has been making words for a while (using stickers and magnets mostly,) but these were his first full sentences.

[ollyoxenfree]

Originally Posted by eepster

translation: Williamsburg is a really nice place, but it is a really long way there.

Beautiful first sentence . Just wanted to let you know that no translation necessary! I understood it quite well. (And I deliberately broke up that last statement into 2 sentences to avoid using a comma since I know I like them too much too! I guess that's how it starts )

[eepster]

Originally Posted by ollyoxenfree

Just wanted to let you know that no translation necessary! I understood it quite well.

I guess you're a phonetic reader then, a sight reader would need the translation.

[Tigerle]

The Montessori people called today to let us know that they'll start the afternoon enrichment program with three students, regardless of how many more kids they eventually recruit at the open house. So we can do one M afternoon starting next week. I am very excited - we may or may not end up at this school, but I just think M is great for DS now! We did some of the cuisenaire rod games moominmama provided a link to in another thread (thanks!) and he loved it, was engaged for at least an hour. We'll see how it goes in the class, he's over a year younger than the target age group, but I am very confident.