Software Games and the Week

As Michael went off to the back house tonight (he's a bit sick and gets to sleep in tomorrow), he said, "It will be nice to have Parker go back to school on Monday so he can stop all this learning."

He is referring to the computer games he has been playing. He has a bunch of educational games that appear to be about 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade level. They have science, math, reading, spelling, spanish and some other stuff. This week he has learned about homonyms, antonyms, synonyms, diphthongs, compound words, sentences, what makes a story, amoebas, grammar, and a whole bunch of other stuff. He keeps coming out of his room telling us about all of it. In addition, he's learned about race car driving, kick ball, baseball, and other games which are the base of each one of the educational games. The graphics are pretty bad and Michael actually felt bad that we didn't get him a real computer game rather than these educational things.

But boy, does he love them. He is sucking everything up fast. There are two levels of math and both are too easy for him. I even heard him talking to the computer (that talks to him) saying at the phonics section, "I know what the letters sound like. I ALREADY KNOW THAT!" He was even helping Miranda and Elizabeth do some of the games. They both fully understand the mouse and how to use it, which kinda creeps me out.

Our week of no school is almost over and it actually went pretty well. I didn't over schedule them with playdates or activities and a good amount of time just hanging around the house. We did visit some parks, at their request, eat some ice cream, and do some bike riding, but overall, he just hung out.

A good week with a lot of learning.