Our days have been cooler and rainy. We need that rain. All our vegetables are growing so well. My herb gardens are coming along so nicely now and we have planted more fruit trees. Our guinea fowls are laying and we have stuck some eggs under our broody hen and keeping fingers crossed for baby guinea fowls! The weather has had been really knitting away. I finished knitting Jedi a jersey all in Zimbabwe local cotton. It is so soft!
Did I mention that our car caught fire a while back very suddenly, unexpectedly and with all of us in the car. Luckily none of us were hurt. We managed to put out the fire very quickly. A shock though! Anyway we are still without a car and there is no public transport here. Lots of our days are spent at home for now and I find I am savouring them. Precious, slow time to fit in all the things we want to do and quality time together. Me and the children.
Sol's reading has improved tremendously over this time as he has had that time to read. He has really developed a love for reading now and is reading novels or should I saw devouring novels. I am almost running out of books for him! I am so happy that I let him learn to read slowly in his own time. As with lots of boys he was never very interested in reading and I never pushed him. He only really wanted to read when he was about 10. Before that he was just reading a few words here and there. Now, within that year (he is 11 now) he has really wanted to read and it has simply happened - naturally! Those earlier years he immersed himself with playing and exploring and making things and being outside insect hunting, boy things. Now he has added reading to his interests - in his own time - how he laughs and thoroughly loves what he is reading! He has become a very strong reader. All just as it should be.
Our Christmas tree is still up. We can't bear to part with it so will keep it for a few days longer.
Picture of a giraffe drawn for me by Noah. Such a beautiful, special giraffe!
And flowers picked for me by little Jedi.
This is a mantis the boys discovered. It looks like lichen. Look at it's egg case in front of it.
Sol's reading has improved tremendously over this time as he has had that time to read. He has really developed a love for reading now and is reading novels or should I saw devouring novels. I am almost running out of books for him! I am so happy that I let him learn to read slowly in his own time. As with lots of boys he was never very interested in reading and I never pushed him. He only really wanted to read when he was about 10. Before that he was just reading a few words here and there. Now, within that year (he is 11 now) he has really wanted to read and it has simply happened - naturally! Those earlier years he immersed himself with playing and exploring and making things and being outside insect hunting, boy things. Now he has added reading to his interests - in his own time - how he laughs and thoroughly loves what he is reading! He has become a very strong reader. All just as it should be.
Our Christmas tree is still up. We can't bear to part with it so will keep it for a few days longer.
How lovely to read about Sol's reading, I sometimes worry as Tarka is only just learning to read slowly, but he is only 7 after all, there so much time to let it happen at his pace. Mia is reading really well now at 9, and spends lots of time looking at books and reading aloud.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture Noah drew for you, so beautiful and your flowers, what a special gift.
Love to you all Gina x x
It is lovely to watch them learn naturally, Gina. Never a need to rush and push them along. Don't worry about Tarka. He will get there in his own time and then he will be up and away! It will be a long time before Leo reads. Hooray for Mia!
DeleteNoah often draws me giraffe pictures. He is our artist. That flower is a barberton daisy. My grandfather used to grow them in his garden and these are from the same daisies! I love that.
Love to you, Kelly
I adore this post! The jersey is gorgeous, Kelly! And the giraffe drawing is so cute--and colorful! Your car caught fire--oh dear, how scary! I'm happy to know you are all safe. And, yes...reading. Well, as you might know, I have worried about Benjamin's reading for quite some time. But like Sol, he is also becoming confident and beginning to *enjoy* the process. In fact, last night I heard talking upstairs...when I came upstairs to see if he needed me I found him (flashlight in hand) reading and laughing aloud at Snoopy comics. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI also love your jersey!!
ReplyDeleteyes, a very special girraffe! the symbol for compassionate communication.
such an interesting looking critter!
i love that you are enjoying your time without a car. and how fine that your son has taken to reading. you trusted in his own time and whala a reader is born.