Nerd prodigy

Pearl is doing amazingly well at school. In just three weeks, she's passed off two sets of flash cards. Each set of flash cards has eight letters. She has to be able to name the letter, say what sound it makes, and name a word that begins with that letter. Jeff is really great with helping her practice her letters. He's much more patient than I am and makes it more fun too. Like tonight during bath time... Jeff and Pearl talked about patterns and set up all the letters in the correct order on the bathroom wall. Jeff said Pearl did most of the work by herself. She'd sing the ABC song and stop at the next letter in the pattern to figure out what came next. They were both quite proud to show me their new way of practicing flash cards. And she has yet to lose a single star. Each kid starts the day out with three stars next to their name. If they break the class rules (Play with things the correct way and Be nice to everyone), they lose a star. If they keep all their stars, they get a single Swedish Fish at the end of the day. A single fish... that is the sole reason for Pearl's perfect behavior. She'd do just about anything for a piece of candy.

We are so proud of Pearl. She is such a smart little girl, full of curiosity and spunk. She is so excited to learn how to read words and then read books all by herself. Hopefully her love of school and learning will always continue, so we never have any homework battles.

She definitely takes after her mother when it comes to brains... Jeff says I was a bit of a nerd. To which I argue, just because you get straight A's (in high school people... not college... there was way too many distractions then to keep a 4.0 GPA... namely Jeff) doesn't make you a complete nerd! Or does it?