My lil champion

I don't talk much about Elliott on here...i guess cause things are going so well there lol.

However, I should talk more about him as he is really my lil champion. I am so proud of the boy that he is. He is active and happy, outgoing and friendly (well, with other kids anyway). He is so excited about life and he tries so hard and regularly achieves what he sets out to do...not bad when your 4!

However, school is making me even more proud. He loves it! He makes an effort to do what he is told, although like most 4 year olds he can sometimes be a little cheeky.

He is is Pre Prep (preschool for you NSW people) and goes 3 days a week. He'll start Prep next year at 5 days a week). The school he is at goes from Pre Prep - Year 12 ...so he'll hopefully spend his whole school life there till he goes off to uni.

We have always focused on a bit of education at home...reading and maths...doing his number and letters and seeing him learn them has given me a lot of joy. He has been reading basic words for about 6 months and after talking to his teacher she agreed to start sending home readers for him so the link to school can be started! Anyway, they got him to read to the Head of Junior School yesterday so they could pick the level to start him on and they approximate his reading age to about 7...or Year 1....wow!

So, we did his first reader and it was a bit tricky...but on the 2nd reading today he just got it! So now we get the excitement tomorrow of seeing what the next book will be.

I love spending this time with him...its a whole new world (and wow, school is a whole new world) that we can explore together!