More Spelling....

Ok, yes, I have been posting a lot about Brenna's spelling that we have been doing. I guess, as a Mom, I just think it is so amazing what my little girl has been accomplishing and I just want to share it with everyone. She has been doing far more then I would have ever expected of her at this age and I am just in awe.
The first week and a half were a little rocky and she really fought me on it a lot - there were a lot of nerves tested and quite a few time-outs. LOL Most of you know my whole philosophy on homeschooling and learning (no force, make it fun, ect...) and this was really hard for me to deal with and I was extremely confused about what I was doing and what I should be doing. I really felt like I was going against everything that I believed and felt so strongly about. On one hand, I hated seeing her not like learning and just not having fun with it; but on the other hand I was thinking, "Okay kid - I am only asking about 15 minutes of your time. It's not like I am making you sit at the table and do hours and hours of work. Everyone has to do things that they don't like at SOME point." So after much debate with MYSELF I decided to just stick with it. Boy am I glad that I did! She has been doing fabulous and this week there has been no fighting or whining and she actually WANTS to do her spelling. We have been doing it the past two days at my Grandparent's house and they are both so proud of her and she is very eager to show them her work when she is finished.
Here was her spelling list from yesterday (the ones with an * are the one's that she really needed help with):
up
cup
pup
sup
good
wood
stood
could *
would
food
mood
brood
out *
shout
bout
lout
clout
flout
pout
spout
rout
grout
route *
should
eye

Today I gave her a 20 word test of random words from the first eight days and she did very well. She actually did better than I thought she would.
Now I think I need to have her start actually USING these words in sentences. Ooooo, maybe I will give her 10 spelling words and have her make a story using those 10 words?? She loves making books and drawing pictures and writing short little stories. We'll have to wait and see if she shoots my idea down - you never can tell with her. LOL

We also did some math tonight while I was cooking dinner. I had her do the review/test page from the latest lesson that we completely skipped and she got them all right. So tomorrow we will be on to the next lesson.
Another thing we did with math today was make hummingbird food. I love my hummingbirds and am always refilling my three feeders. I use one part sugar to four parts water and had Brenna figure it out for me. I gave her a 1/4 cup and asked her how many of them we needed to make a cup - she got it right. She then figured out the water and made it all by herself. Then I tested her knowledge and asked her how much sugar and water we would need to double it and she figured it out and got it right with no help!

I really am having such a great time with all this! It is so fun being a 'teacher' and seeing my daughter learn something new. It is very rewarding.