What's in a name?

When we did our research on homeschooling one of the tips I saw the most was not to be pressured or stuck on one lesson at a time. It was good tip to remember this past week. This week was super exciting for me and our little Duckling seemed to have fun too! It definitely had it's challenges though.

Another big accomplishment has been made by our little one. She learned how to spell her first name! If you've been following the blog you probably already know our duckling seems to do better with numbers colors, and shapes than with learning her letters, so this is just AWESOME! Sorry, I'm having a hard time controlling my pride lol. 




Together with her Daddy and I she worked on all of the individual letters in her first name and the sounds that they make. It wasn't as easy as our other learning experiences. We had to take several breaks for both her and our sakes. It was hard seeing her struggle and work so hard on it. At times, it was clear she wanted to be able to do it and was just having a difficult time with it. You could see it on her face. Then there were other times when she would just pretend she forgot which was frustrating for her Daddy and I. There were times when we found the best thing to do was put it aside for a while and come back to it either after she played for a bit or took a nap.  After our breaks we would come back refreshed and less frustrated and try another approach.

This weeks goal was accomplished with the use of letter flash cards, the phonics alphabet song (one of our ducklings favorite, see link below), tracing, letter recognition exercises, and lots of breaks with laughter and fun.

 

After hitting out first official bump in the road, where both her Daddy and I found ourselves frazzled and pushed to our limits, we are even more confident in our abilities to educated her with patience and love. We can't wait to see what is still to come in this journey.

Links to videos
Kaylin learning her first name
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJgf9SXWiM&list=UUC45Of7rttxih0CllR03DjA

Kaylin spells first name with no help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GKY-T4dKqk&list=UUC45Of7rttxih0CllR03DjA

Phonics Alphabet Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36IBDpTRVNE