Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Theo starts school...

Theo has been asking recently to start school. In America, he wouldn't have started yet. In England, he would be over half way through his first year. Given his perseverance in asking we decided that 'after Easter' would be a good time to start. So Monday 1 April 2013, Theo 'started' school. No joking! :)

He loved it. All he is doing is one little 'phonics/handwriting' book called Explode the Code. It is a series that Jack has really benefited from. I rate it very highly. I anticipated that he would do two pages the first day, but he just kept wanting to go further so I obliged. I finally cut him off at page 6. I wanted to ensure we ended on a high note!

The fun thing about Theo starting the Explode the Code series is that Jack just finished the whole series right before Easter. Jack started a couple years ago in this series and just finished the 10th book. So it was kind of a baton passing kind of day in our family. Both boys were happy to be part of it:

Jack with his last Explode the Code book:


Theo with his first Explode the Code book:

PS  - I just read this post to Charles who informed me that while I was away this afternoon Theo asked if he could do some more school. This kid just cannot get enough - we'll take it while we can get it!

3 comments:

Rebekah said...

Congrats to both Jack (for finishing the series) and Theo (for starting the series). I'm very proud of you both!

Mama julie said...

Motivation is a wonderful thing. Run with it.

KLL said...

Theo looks like he is so happy he is going to explode right out of the picture!! And Jack looks so grown-up! How did he grow so much in only a few months since we last saw him?