B has been bored with the Math-u-See Beta level ever since we started doing it, so I finally decided that we should just get the next level up and if she is confused about anything in the rest of the Beta program which she hasn’t done we can go back to it later. E just ordered it for me (order number 1864313), so it should arrive in the next few weeks.

I just sorted through the resources cupboard and found a spelling book and a multiplication book which I’m going to start trying to do with B regularly. I am somewhat sceptical of her getting anything of value from the spelling book, but she gets so frustrated with her spelling that it’s probably worth a try, even if it just shows me how not to try and help her learn to spell… My preference would be for her to learn organically through writing and editing, but if she hates having to write because she hates not being able to spell properly then it’s a bit of a vicious cycle! The multiplication books looks like it might appeal to B’s pattern-sense, much more than any other workbook on the subject that I’ve seen, and since we’ve never tried to do much in the area of multiplication tables, we might as well try this book out and see how she goes.

Apart from that, the plan is to get her to keep working on her story and do some reading, preferably every day. Since she has developed a passion for Andy Griffiths’ work it makes it a bit easier to find things she’s interested in reading, thank heavens! And then on to the MS Read-a-thon in June…