Lachoneus' School Year

Last school year Luke had a terrible time trying to focus and get work done in class and on time.
We motivated him by having that be his way of getting his electronic time and earning his prize for the week.

This year he was a fun and, I think, lenient teacher. But he also gets most of his work done in class and on time...which is amazing! It makes my life so much easier!

He isn't ahead of his class in reading but I think he is doing great. I don't mind if it's not the school's standard for his grade. He reads often. This year his homework is simply to read 20 minutes every day. Sometimes I read to him because I just don't have the patience to get through a book he is reading or he is having trouble understanding what he is reading because I picked too advanced a book.

Luke loves Shel Silverstein poems so that is a fun thing for him to read. He also loves Captain Underpants. So he reads and rereads that one.

Tiberias also has little homework this year. I really appreciate it because I am very busy this year! Sometimes Ty brings home a book to read or a homework assignment but not that often.

Luke is great at math! I am proud of him!
He struggles most with writing. He has always had a problem writing his own words...coming up with his own words. That is where he sometimes doesn't get his work done on time in class. Writing assignments.

Luke is older this year than last and I just have Luke do his unfinished assignment by himself. He doesn't really need my help with it. :D

I am Primary President (since like May of this year) and teaching Preschool from inside my home two days a week (two classes a day).

I also have the boys going to Karate class Mondays evenings and Saturday mornings with Luke going to cub scouts Wednesdays. Ster or I always go to cub scouts. I have to oversee it and Ster is the bear's 2nd leader. But Ster works every other week at night so when he can't go I bring all the kids and go help out.

Luke has earned a lot of cub awards this year and he enjoys cub scouts. Although, Ster and I think the church should drop the program.

Luke and Ty have earned two stripes on their white belts since they joined karate in March. They love to advance and I am very proud of them.

Tiberias' Talents

Tiberias is doing great this school year. He needed that extra year in kindergarten. Now he is thriving. He is reading so well! He is loved by his teacher and he loves her so much in return.

Tiberias is great at remembering music. Lyrics and notes. He sings songs (the notes) from memory and it amazes me.

Sterling and I were watching Cast Away. The three kids walked into the room and we allowed them to stay and watch with us. It was a part in the movie where Tom Hanks wears his shirt on his head and he looks like a shepherd from Bible times. Tiberias started singing "If I were a shepherd" on repeat. It's a lyric from a song he is learning in primary about the nativity.
After singing that for over a minute he looks at the tv again and Tom Hanks is paddling his raft against the tide...trying to get away from the island. Ty's singing switching to "Row Row Row Your Boat" lyrics. It was so funny that Ty was creating his own soundtrack to the movie. And Ty is so creative and funny.

He is 7 years old and still stands out from other children. He still says things in his own way. And he still surprises people with the things he says. The missionaries and sister missionaries are always entertained by Tiberias. His primary teachers and school teachers are as well.