Afterschooling Roll Call

[ack25]

It has been awhile since we have had a roll call here.

 

How old are your afterschooled kids?

Have you homeschooled as well?

Is there anything else you would like to share?

[ack25]

I have been afterschooling since dd was in preschool.

My daughter is now 11 and entering 7th grade. My son is 9 and entering 4th grade. Both are in public school.

At this point, our afterschooling is just math and language arts using Kumon, MCT, WWE, LofF and BTS.

[Carrie75]

This will be our first year afterschooling. I have a DS 6 going into first and DS 5 going into K. I love our public school, rates 10 on greatschools, however the classes are full, like 33 kids in each K class. So, I am going to afterschool to make sure no subjects fall through the cracks.

 

We are going through HOP right now. I hope to finish the grade level for each boy before school starts. They are strong readers, both are on the older side with Fall bdays, but I wanted to review with them. Next week I plan to start HWT with each at the K level. I bought 'get set for school' for my Kindy DS but he is beyond that level so I'll do both boys at the K level as soon as my other workbook arrives in the mail.

 

I also have the Sonlight Core B that I plan to slowly move through over the next 13 months. I don't want to overload my 1st grader so this will depend on his homework. Like I mentioned earlier, he is a strong reader, he is also strong in math and science but his LA and HW need some work. He finds them boring, so I'll have to mix it in at small intervals.

[Erika]

This is my first official year afterschooling. I have never homeschooled. I have always done Math and Phonics at home, but in a very relaxed way. This summer we have hit the 3R's hard and I'm glad we did. I love my son's school, but I want an active roll in his education as well. I want to start the one-on-one tutoring before it's needed. Therefore, we won't be frustrated or behind later.

[jennynd]

we are going 2nd year afterschool. we have a 7 years old rising 2nd grader. we afterchool math and science mainly

[JenniferLynn]

I have been afterschooling my DD's pre-K year while she had preschool 3x/week. We will continue in the fall when she starts kindergarten. I also have almost 3YO b/g twins who are eager to start doing something. My focus is math, reading, writing and history. Our school district is good and the elementary school is great but I want to be sure math, reading & writing are as solid as possible.

[lapsetmom]

We will be homeschooling our children for middle school, but my elementary age girls will go to the public school where I teach. I do a little afterschool--Bible, cursive, but want to do more next year especially with history. I would love more ideas about afterschooling.

[LittleIzumi]

It has been awhile since we have had a roll call here.

 

How old are your afterschooled kids?

Have you homeschooled as well?

Is there anything else you would like to share?

 

I will be afterschooling this fall! Dd will be 6 in Sept. I'm not sure if she'll be in K or 1st--I'm supposed to talk to the school about it (office is closed until August). We will definitely be afterschooling math and science. I have the stuff here to fully homeschool her so if we have time for other subjects, we will! We homeschooled K and are in 1st+ materials right now, as we're continuing through the summer. I will be homeschooling her little sister in K this coming year as well.

[Momof2:E&T]

This is our first year officially after-schooling. We have always done workbooks and educational apps with my dd 6 for fun. We are going to work on the 3Rs both with dd6 a rising first grader and ds4 going into pre-K. We are using SM, ,OPGTR + ETC, and lots of library books for read-alouds and independent reading. We have never home schooled. Dd6 is in public school and ds4 will be going to a church pre-school.

[jenbrdsly]

This roll call is an interesting idea. Thanks for starting it!

I am a former ps teacher. I would be HORRIFIED if the parents of any of my former students felt the need to afterschool them in anything but Russian, religion, or the occasional kid doing EPPGY. When I was a teacher, I did whatever it took to make sure that the needs of all my learners were met, even if meant a lot of extra work for me their teacher. You name it, I did it.

However, my son's first year of Kindergarten was quite different. First off, he was on this weird Alternate Day schedule they did to save money. http://teachingmybabytoread.blog.com/2011/03/11/alternate-day-kindergarten-further-thoughts/

Second off, he was doing second grade math all year and already reading chapter books. I don't like to say negative things about teachers, so let me just leave some things unsaid... What I will say, is that my son's teacher was cooperative and willing to let me supply whatever I wanted for my son to do, and even helped check some of his work. This was helpful in math.

Ooops! This is getting to be a novel. My son is moving to the GATE school this fall, and so I'm hoping Afterschooling will be regulated to listening to cool books in the car and doings some read alouds of ancient history.

[MBM]

My son is 13 and will be a freshman this year. I probably won't be doing much in the way of afterschooling, but ds wants to continue with his math extracurriculars -- AoPS, eIMACS, Awesome Math Year-round, and if he can get in, the Saturday Young Scholars Program at U of Chicago. Math is by far his favorite subject. I'm just so grateful for all the amazing programs that are available nowadays.

 

We never homeschooled but began afterschooling with Singapore Math when his school began using Everyday Math in 2nd grade. From then on, we supplemented subjects that weren't taught or were poorly taught.

[Carrie75]

This roll call is an interesting idea. Thanks for starting it!

 

I am a former ps teacher. I would be HORRIFIED if the parents of any of my former students felt the need to afterschool them in anything but Russian, religion, or the occasional kid doing EPPGY. When I was a teacher, I did whatever it took to make sure that the needs of all my learners were met, even if meant a lot of extra work for me their teacher. You name it, I did it.

 

However, my son's first year of Kindergarten was quite different. First off, he was on this weird Alternate Day schedule they did to save money. http://teachingmybabytoread.blog.com/2011/03/11/alternate-day-kindergarten-further-thoughts/

Second off, he was doing second grade math all year and already reading chapter books. I don't like to say negative things about teachers, so let me just leave some things unsaid... What I will say, is that my son's teacher was cooperative and willing to let me supply whatever I wanted for my son to do, and even helped check some of his work. This was helpful in math.

 

Ooops! This is getting to be a novel. My son is moving to the GATE school this fall, and so I'm hoping Afterschooling will be regulated to listening to cool books in the car and doings some read alouds of ancient history.

 

The alternate day K sounds awful. They dumped busing here though, so even though there is half day all week, no busing for a 6 mile round trip to school.

Edited July 15, 2011 by Carrie75

[mich311e]

I have a 6 year old (7 in September) who is entering 2nd grade in 2 weeks.

 

We currently do Singapore Math & Kumon workbooks. (3 to 5 times a week)

 

We read A LOT. :D I use literature lists from Sonlight or other home school programs and compile our own list. We read from that.

 

We started SOTW1 (CD audio with the book) for history reading and are reading some of the suggested books to go along with it. We are not doing the AG though. No time.

 

I'd love to do more grammar but my son finds FLL painfully slow.

 

In the past we've used and completed Hooked on Phonics and Phonics Pathways.

[aly9712]

My daughter is in the 2nd grade and I've been supplementing her education at home since day one. Now she's primarily doing EPGY math/language and Singapore Math. She reads a lot and probably writes about 2 reports a week on whatever she's interested in. I don't critque the reports, I think it's more important that she enjoyed reading/writing/learning about a topic- than the actual mechanics of it all.

My younger daughter is 3 and will be starting Montessori in the fall, we're just doing lots of hand strengthening activities and basic preschool stuff.

[Penguin]

I am afterschooling my rising 5th grade boy. We just moved to Denmark from the US and we expect to be here three years.

 

This summer, we are concentrating on European Geography. I had hoped to do a thorough study of the Vikings and a country study of Denmark but it hasn't happened. Instead, we ended up taking a trip to the Netherlands and I prepared him for the trip with resources about the Anne Frank House, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Van Gough. He is also learning how to figure out city maps, trains, buses and trams LOL.

 

When school begins, we will concentrate on U.S. History/Geography but I think that we do need to study Denmark, too. My approach is to use living books, map work and projects. He will also receive his religious instruction at home.

 

School days are for elementary students are shorter in Denmark than in the U.S. so I don't think it will be TOO hard to find the time. I shipped plenty (too many?!) books over.

[Pamela H in Texas]

I homeschooled both my biological children all the way through except for 8 weeks in 2001.

 

My foster children have to attend school. The three older ones will all be in school this year. With the youngest, I'll be pretty laid back afterschooling. He has a lot of therapies, discipline, etc that we need to work on. The next up, we'll do some basic 3Rs as I would with any preschooler. He's very bright, is ready to start doing some phonics, etc. The oldest is starting Kindy. We will do a full 3Rs curriculum at home. She's progressing nicely this summer and I want to make sure she has a firm foundation. We'll do other stuff that comes up (geography is pretty common with our religion, for example and we like doing science experiments, following interests, etc), but 3Rs is definitely the focus. Both of these also will have therapies to work around as well as extracurriculars.

[snickelfritz]

My oldest dd is starting private school next year, for 3rd grade. She's been home schooled, until now.

 

This summer, we're doing the reading list from the school, doing one of those summer bridge workbooks, and keeping math facts fresh.

 

For after schooling, I'm not buying anything.....yet. We'll keep up with outside literature, but I'm only going to wait to see what I need to supplement. Singapore is the most likely to be added in. We're paying money for school, so I'm hoping to be able to just focus on the fun things....field trips, museums, etc.... Along with helping with her homework and music lessons.

 

Younger dd will be at home for, at least, kindergarten. She's doing Classical Conversations. But, I'm finding it to be a weird place to be caught between school and homeschool. I don't exactly fit in with either group.:tongue_smilie:

[Caroline]

I afterschool my four kids. (Well, after reading the other thread, since I don't use a bunch of ready-made curricula, I guess according to some, I really don't afterschool.)

 

DS 16 is going into his junior year in high school. His afterschooling this year will be working with a college prep tutor on SAT, ACT, and scholarship applications, computer science with DH (who is a software designer), cooking, The One Year Adventure Novel, and art.

 

DS 10 is going into fifth grade. His afterschooling this year will be Singapore Math, US History (started Young People's History of the US this week), lit, and art.

 

DD6 is going into first grade. Her afterschooling this year will be Singapore Math, Story of the World, lit, and art.

 

DS4 is doing transitional kindergarten this year. We will work on reading and basic math.

 

We are pretty relaxed about afterschooling--no big schedules, etc. It is simply a way of life--filling in the crack of time between school, soccer, art, robotics, etc.

[BabyBre]

It has been awhile since we have had a roll call here.

 

How old are your afterschooled kids?

Have you homeschooled as well?

Is there anything else you would like to share?

 

 

Ages 9 and 10.

Yes, exclusively (grades preK-1 and 5-8), and while attending public and private schools.

The reason I continue to homeschool is because the public schools dc are now attending are quite poor (and we're in one of the better ones within our district), and certainly don't contain elements of a classical education. The reason dc attend public school at all is that it is not my choice.

[readinmom]

I will be afterschooling with my dd8, and possible my ds14, if he decides to pursue the ps option.

 

For dd8: CLE Math 300 series, CLE Language Arts 205-?, Prima Latina, SOTW 1 with an attempt to start the history cycle, and lots of literature.

 

For ds14: Russian or German (no decision yet on program), and Algebra supplementals (Life of Fred or Teaching Textbooks)

[jenbrdsly]

I homeschooled both my biological children all the way through except for 8 weeks in 2001.

 

My foster children have to attend school. The three older ones will all be in school this year. With the youngest, I'll be pretty laid back afterschooling. He has a lot of therapies, discipline, etc that we need to work on. The next up, we'll do some basic 3Rs as I would with any preschooler. He's very bright, is ready to start doing some phonics, etc. The oldest is starting Kindy. We will do a full 3Rs curriculum at home. She's progressing nicely this summer and I want to make sure she has a firm foundation. We'll do other stuff that comes up (geography is pretty common with our religion, for example and we like doing science experiments, following interests, etc), but 3Rs is definitely the focus. Both of these also will have therapies to work around as well as extracurriculars.

 

This is such a great example of the importance of structured Afterschooling for children why might need help to catch up, as opposed to enrichment. Thank you for sharing!

[Bee]

I am afterschooling my younger dd, age 10, in math and latin. I may add in grammar and world history. She was hsed until partway through 3rd grade when she decided to go to school. She thinks she would like to hs again but we've decided to keep her in school for at least another year. She likes to be entertained all day and the school can do it better than I can so her dad says we will simply use the school as a babysitter of sorts for now. She does learn quite a bit there but we both feel she gets a better education at home. We will reassess the situation as needed. Dd had an absolute gem of a teacher in school this past year and if they were all like her I would keep her there indefinitly.

[Word Nerd]

I'm afterschooling my girls, who'll be in 5th and 1st grades. My 10-year-old was homeschooled until the middle of 3rd when I had to go back to work. I'm focusing on history (including Story of the World), current events, and general enrichment in our afterschooling, and I'm also going through All About Spelling because I think it's more thorough than the one the school uses. I also use Five in a Row occasionally with my younger daughter because it's such a lovely curriculum and my older daughter loved many of the stories and activities when we used it with her.

[matilda]

I have one who afterschools and two who homeschool. For the afterschooler, we mostly focus on math, art and music and then I will add whatever else is necessary once I see where her teachers focus.

[Spy Car]

We have been after schooling for about three years. My son just turned 7 and is a raising 2nd grader. We have concentrated on reading, math, and have just begun grammar instruction.

 

Bill

[blessedmom3]

I am a homeschooler until Feb. or March then turn into afterchooler . My kids love school and the school seems to be pretty good . We only afterschool for math , Bible & reading aloud.

[Roadrunner]

I have two boys. My older is 6 and starting 1st grade and my younger (will be 5 in several months) is starting K. In seems we afterschool in all subjects. Math and English is the primary focus.

[ApronMama]

I will be afterschooling my 3rd grade ds--this is our 4th year of afterschooling. We will be continuing our progress through Elemental Chemistry, transitioning to a new Latin program after we finish Song School Latin (hopefully this summer) and working through SOTW 3--which we plan to do over 18 months so that we can extend all the American history sections. We'll do WWE when we have time and supplement math if needed.

 

For my K son, we will be reading special books I read with the older one when he was in K (Charlotte's Web, House at Pooh Corner, etc.) and doing some learning activities around those books. We will probably find a math program because he is beyond what he will be doing at school in math. Our school has a strong reading program, so I doubt we will have to supplement other than reading many, many great books!

[ChristineW]

This is our first year afterschooling. My son is starting kindergarten. His four year old sister is starting to read and the two year old baby is fascinated with letters and numbers.

 

Christine

[3Blessings]

This is our second year of serious after schooling. We have used Teach Your Child To Read . . ., Saxon Math, Bob Books, and we are getting ready to begin another round of reading with my youngest (4) and science, art, Math Mammoth, and WWE with two older (6 and 8).

 

We use after school hours and Saturday to get our lessons done. The older kids finish school at 1:00. That allows plenty of time for our work before the evening rush begins. We choose to after school because homeschooling isn't an option right now. The current plan, however, is to start full homeschooling by this time next year. Great to hear what everyone is doing.

[jenbrdsly]

This is our first year afterschooling. My son is starting kindergarten. His four year old sister is starting to read and the two year old baby is fascinated with letters and numbers.

 

Christine

 

You probably already have lots of ideas about what to do with your 2 year old, but here's what we do with my daughter, who is now 24 months: http://teachingmybabytoread.blog.com/where-to-start/

[Nart]

I am afterschooling my 4 1/2 year old who goes to a developmental/ play based preschool/daycare. We just finished 100 Easy Lessons and are about to start Funnix 2. For math we alternate between Right Start Level A, SM Essentials, MEP and and C-Rods. He just missed the cut-off for public school kindergarten this year so his first year of public school kinder will be in the 2012-2013 school year. I am hoping to afterschool until he gets to middle school, then homeschool for 3 years until he starts high school.

[5ray2006]

We are back to afterschooling for the upcoming school year. Our children are 10,7, and 5 yo. Our curriculum is in my siggy. We've gone back and forth between homeschooling and afterschooling since our oldest was in PreK. He doesn't like homeschooling, I work full-time (currently out on maternity leave), and we just have too much going on as a family. Dh and I have agreed to put the kids back in school. The older two kids are going back to public school and my dd is in a kinder program at a small Christian school. I'm looking forward to this school year.

[NYC]

I've been afterschooling my rising 4th graders since they were in 1st grade. I use a variety of resources and materials which include Singapore Math, MEP, Kitchen Table Math, MCT, Wordly Wise 3000, Writing With Ease, Kilgallon Sentence Composing, Thinking Through Grammar, Jacobs Ladder Reading Comprehension, Reading Detective ....

[Spy Car]

I've been afterschooling my rising 4th graders since they were in 1st grade. I use a variety of resources and materials which include Singapore Math, MEP, Kitchen Table Math, MCT, Wordly Wise 3000, Writing With Ease, Kilgallon Sentence Composing, Thinking Through Grammar, Jacobs Ladder Reading Comprehension, Reading Detective ....

 

I am intrigued by your choices of materials.

 

Bill

[Little Nyssa]

Hi, after one wonderful year HSing, we'll be going to PS in Sept and afterschooling. I have a Ker and 2nd grader.

We'll definitely do:

SOTW 2 + supplementary literature (not activities)

Hey Andrew NT Greek

Garden of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian curriculum)

FLL

 

We'll let the PS experience sink in for a little while and then may do:

a little Latin

Singapore-- depending on how math is in school

 

May postpone for a while since I think PS will be very time & energy-consuming at least at first:

music, scouts, dance

[Shay]

I have been afterschooling since my rising 10th grader was in kindy. I've done a variety of things through the years and won't list them all. Presently, we are doing just the history portion of Sonlight 3+4, with my 3rd, 6th, and 7th graders. I am very laid back with no set schedule....rather just do the next thing on a non-busy day. I have my kids read quality literature and I love the SL read alouds.

So, for now I'm a "gravy" only as'er. My kids and I are happy this way:)

[ApronMama]

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So, for now I'm a "gravy" only as'er. My kids and I are happy this way:)

 

I love your perspective!

[Alessandra]

It has been awhile since we have had a roll call here.

 

How old are your afterschooled kids? Ds entering 6th grade, dd entering 5th grade, afterschooled since K.

Have you homeschooled as well? No

Is there anything else you would like to share?

 

We afterschool on an ad hoc basis -- as dc get older, schedules get busy. With us, it's sports & music. Plus, I put down time ahead of more schooling. That said, we do fit in hs by working during the summers, listening in the car, taking field trips, and watching videos. Oh, and having lots of good books around for independent reading and read-alouds.

 

We have used CK and SM from the beginning. The CK is to fill in gaps, mainly in history, literature, and science (although, looking back, I wish I'd included the CK art & music too). The SM was used for very math-smart ds to work ahead and for dd who needs lots of extra help. (Ds is now doing algebra.) We have dabbled in various other programs, but these are the ones that have stood the test of time for us.

 

I should add that I try to coordinate with dc's school subjects. I use CK ideas and materials (esp history & science) to supplement as dc learn at school.

 

This year we have enjoyed using some Homeschool in the Woods materials. These may seem too "young" to some people, but they have worked very well for us, as my kids love making things. Another new resource for us are the ck12 Flexbooks

 

http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/

 

and I am looking at the Art of Problem Solving. Oh, and both kids love doing BSA merit badges!

[mama2em29]

Hello,

 

I have been lurking periodically, learning lots of good stuff from this board. In fact, I just downloaded a ton of podcasts to use for our in-the-car curriculum, inspired by another thread. :001_smile:

 

I guess I fit best under afterschooling since I am a full-time high school English instructor, beginning my 11th year in the classroom in two weeks; after I return from school each day, I will be schooling my own two-year-old using a mix of ABC Jesus Loves Me: Two-Year-Old Curriculum, How to Teach Your Child to Read in Ten Minutes a Day, and Before Five in a Row.

 

When my daughter turned two this past May, we loosely began Teach Your Child and BFiaR. It's been a lot of fun! My daughter seems to really enjoy our learning together.

 

I am new to classical education, and I am loving everything I am learning. Looking forward to learning more from this board! Thanks!

[lauraeden]

My husband is a college professor so he has done some afterschooling in logic for our 11 year old!

[YourFidgetyFriend]

I am a first year afterschooler. My daughter turned 5 last spring and is in a Montessori school (last year of the first 3-yr cycle). I have not homeschooled, but there is a possibility I will in the future.

 

My daughter wants desperately to learn French so I will be afterschooling French, Math, and logic. We've also started going through the art book Drawing with Children, so I suppose she is getting some art instruction as well on Saturday mornings. I'm not sure what materials we will be using for the other subjects. I have a few in consideration.

 

I also do tons of reading to her at night in a variety of subjects, but that's more incidental learning than anything else!

 

Also, I will be attempting to "afterschool" before school. I never thought about it until I saw that someone else here has been doing it this way. I am not a morning person, so we will see how that goes. The main reason I would like to go this route because she has 1-2 hours of things she has to do in the evenings and I want to ensure she has at least 2-3 hours just to pick up a book or play with her dolls (or talk my ear off- her favorite activity, lol).

[Gillian on Orcas Island]

Hi, all! This will be our first year afterschooling. We started homeschooling in 2003. The year before last, my oldest started 7th grade at the PS, and last year my youngest started 4th grade there, after running a successful ran a campaign to join his brother. (I was reluctant to have him start that early, but he had a wonderful teacher and has been very happy.) This year, my daughter and last homeschooler (sniff!) will start 7th grade too, while I plan to go back to work. I'm hoping we find time to use our collection of science experiment kits (the ones I bought with NOEO Physics but didn't get around to doing) before school starts!

[karensk]

Howdy!

 

This past year was our first year to afterschool, since ds14 went off to private school for 8th grade. Due to their workload and activities, our afterschooling has been somewhat limited. I like to work on grammar, vocabulary and a little math. Plus, he reads extra literature that they won't get to in school. I'd like to add in some logic this year, too.

 

Actually, I'm a hybrid, since I'm still homeschooling dd11, who will be in 6th grade this fall. Ds will go to a different private school for high school in a couple of weeks.

[heartosunshine]

I'll be afterschooling for the first time this year. My dd is in 8th grade & my ds is in 6th. We homeschooled for the last 1/2 year but they'll be attending ps starting next week.

 

Over the summer, both kids have done Life of Fred & free reading. My ds is going to a new charter school that will be using Singapore Math & my dd will be in Algebra I, so math should be covered. :D I'll supplement with Religion, Word Roots, Greek and Logic. Our dinner table discussions tend to run along the current events vein, (world, political, health, etc) so I count that as learning as also. I'm hoping to do some Literature studies as well, but I'm not sure we'll have the time.

[momsquared]

I taught my daughter at home until she was 5. She was at a Catholic school, but is now starting at a public school. We have done ETC and Saxon math in the past. She preferred FIAR and we do a TON of reading. She is not super computer interested so she will do a little on there and then jump off. I plan to keep working on reading after school the most.

 

My son is starting preschool this year. He needs speech therapy and it is integrated into his program at school. He loves to be read to, and we work on letters and shapes. My next goal is to work on writing his name. He is getting there slowly. :lol:

[momsquared]

I have a rising 1st grader and a nearly 4 year old. This will be our second year afterschooling.

 

 

When school starts back up, we'll probably focus mostly on penmanship because this is where she struggles most and fit in other fun subjects like history, math, and science when it makes sense. We do read alouds every night before bed. Here's a list of what I have planned in that department for the upcoming school year. I'm pretty relaxed about everything overall so the plan is to keep it that way --- fun and relaxed. :D

 

This could have been my post! My kids are the same age, and writing is a struggle of my daughter's!

[LarlaB]

I've homeschooled DD for 2 incredible years....and this year due to our life situation, we are sending her to a small CHristian school. She is 7 and going into 2nd grade. DS is 4 and in K4 2 mornings a week. So I'll still be working fulltime with DS, and afterschool with DD.

 

I just met her teacher today, and oh wow :confused: it did not go well. She reacted VERY poorly to hearing that DD was homeschooled. That's all I'll say about that. DH was there and saw it all, and was very disappointed as well. But, I'm trying to be as supportive as I can RE DD"s teacher. You guys will have to teach the ropes and what I should/should not say in order to promote the best relationship.

 

I have no idea how/what we're going to do for afterschooling, but I DO know that DD is at least 2-3 grade levels ahead in reading/comprehension, as well as 1-2 years ahead in math. So we'll go from there :)

[Mrs.MacGyver]

We will be afterschoolling DD12 this year. She is entering into 7th grade at the local public school after being HSed, and I am trying to figure out what level her classes are so that we can go through and try to fill in some of the gaps. I know that French will probably be a big one as the school goes dreadfully slow with foreign languages. Plus, we will probably continue on with Latin, Life of Fred, and reading some good literature (I have been perusing the summer reading list for the incoming 7th graders, and it is really quite appalling).

[ChristineW]

DS starts kindergarten tomorrow; so we're officially afterschooling now.

 

Sisters 2 and 4 will be learning math and reading through play. The 2 year old can already count to 10 and knows 23 of her letters just by watching sibs. I'm a bit scared of her. The four year old is reading cvc and cvce words.