O.k. Reeeeaaaally bad news.
I have begun afterschooling DS6 and I am distressed at what I'm seeing. His english is fine. I've always done lit and poetry but now I'm going over reading comp and things are fine. I'm made sight word flashcards from the jan brett sight and he has 60 now. He's not as interesting in reading as he used to be, though. I don't get it. It's clear that I'm no where near his limits though. So, we have a lot of work to do.
The bad news is this: he has totally forgotten math. Like I said, last year he was up to multiplication but at his new school, they are still learning 0-5 very very well. Gulp. When I went through the workbooks, he can barely do sequencing any more, and got quiet when I asked him to do subtraction. What is going on?
Here's the crush: He told me that he feels like the stupidest kid in class. He said that he has trouble listening. I am so upset that I can't think straight. How could this be happening? The smartest kid in class to the slowest? I'm so confused.
I am going through some old work from montessori and it is beautiful. Beautiful writing, beautiful drawings, correct answers on his math problems. Where did my little boy go?
