When Eli came home from the Philippines he had never experienced a consistent level of schooling. It was definitely not the place he enjoyed. In the beginning we wondered if he'd even remain in the building. Much to our relief and the schools he stayed and he is thriving. This kid is far from the "below average" student that was in his paperwork.
Recently he has discovered the world of reading. Of course this would have come about after his teacher and I had a discussion about his reading goals, the reading program our school uses for all students and my overwhelming lack of support for this program. Basically, I told his teacher that my goal for him was to come out of elementary loving to read and comprehending it. This did not happen with any of our 3 daughters, mainly I believe, because of this reading program. The teacher was very accepting (educators have opinions that they can't always express) of my views and we came up with an alternate method.
Four days later and two books read, he has to have books pried out of his hands and is constantly walking around saying, "reading, I love it!" He's not necessarily saying it to us or anyone in particular more to himself because I think he is just as awed as we are. He can't get enough of it. Now we hear about the Titanic, comic books, islands and so many other things that I would think his brain would be tired....mine is but it is such a terrific tired who cares the boy loves reading!
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