first post by kristen

Audrey and  i  love   the   jumpy   church.

we    go     to     the     jumpy    church    on     mondays.

i like to jump.

i   like   to   push    on   the    yellow   poles   and   fall  back.     boing

AUDREY   AND    I     LIKE   TO     RUN.



I get   tired after    jumping for a    long time.



I   like   cuddling   with   Audrey.

We like to pretend that we are cats.    She is the   sister cat,   Fluffy.

And  I  am  Marie.  And  mommy is   Duchess  and  Daddy is   Mr. O'Malley.

Cats   like   to   cuddle   and   sleep   together. 

I love   my   little   sister. 

I like    playing   with   her. 

(wow.  Are you as impressed as I am ? Kristen picked all the pictures, she clicked on all of the appropriate buttons and she typed almost all of the text.  She impressed me with her spelling and vocabulary as well.  Yes, I sat next to her and helped her spell some of the words... but wow, she does know how to spell a lot of words already.  I had her work on the blog because a. she wanted to (she has watched me do several) and b. I was able to teach her as she worked on her post.  We talked about what is a sentence, punctuation, she worked on sight words and spelling, she worked on phonics as she tried to sound out each word.  She was able to practice computer skills like scrolling and mouse use AND it was a great lesson in patience .... she had to wait a while for each picture to load.  It was also a lesson in patience for Audrey and I... it take a while for a four year old to type a sentence.  But it was fun.   I will probably have her do it again soon.  I have read, and seen in my years of teaching, that writing for a real purpose is a great teacher.... and writing, although most schools don't teach it this way, should be taught with reading... maybe even before reading. anyways, we had fun and I hope you enjoyed it.   )