Parenting ~ Embracing the Growth & Development

As most of you know my daughter, Autumn has started Kindergarten this year and she is loving it! Before going to Kindergarten she had mastered writing her name most of her ABC's, and a few numbers. She has been in school for 5 months now and academically she is above average in every category except respecting others. During parent teacher conferences her teacher had stated that she does not worry about Autumn academically at all, but she does have quiet the attitude. Imagine that, I can only dream of where that came from!

Autumn had developed a love for Math (girl after my own heart) and reading (she gets this from her daddy). As I am working on getting my accounting degree I have had quite a bit of math homework that Autumn has developed an interest in. When she sees me doing my math homework she immediately gets involved. She wants me to write down math problems for her to do. 7+2=__, 2+2=__, etc. she is really good at it too. She has also learned many "sight words" for reading, she can immediately recognize: the, has, him, and, etc. Her favorite word to spell is love. As she is learning to read she has become more interested in reading books. Well I am not a reader; Aaron is the reader in our family so she has to of picked the love for books up from him. So my patience for reading stories to her is less than reliable, but I know how important it is to keep encouraging her to read.
So naturally, me knowing the importance of embracing her reading, and knowing my lack of interest in it, I have added it to my list. "Teach Autumn to read" & "Read Autumn a bedtime story twice a week" Ugh, read twice a week....... Well I have created a solution!!! Audio books (Thank you Android~Free App), I have downloaded audio books to my phone and we listen to the stories before bed. This is perfect, she can enjoy the stories and I don't have to read them! PERFECT! :)
We are currently listing to "The Secret Garden" and she LOVES it! We put the story on in the car, before bed, or whenever she is interested. The more we listen to it the more interested she is! We also told her how important it was to listen to these stories because she will most likely have to read them in school later on.

I love my daughter’s passion for learning, she surprises me everyday. Just yesterday she used evidently in the right context. She is definitely too smart for her own good! ~God give me the strength and knowledge to teach her to use it to her advantage~