Adam is now in Primary 1 at the Sakhalin International School in Yuzhno. This is the same thing as Pre-K in the USA. He really enjoys school and loves his teachers. This year, they are teaching the class to read with a phonics program. He is learning sounds and letters in order of frequency (S, A, T, I, etc.) as apposed to A, B, C, D, etc. From that, they are learning high frequency words and starting to make sentences with those words. He knows about 20-30 words so far (documented by the school), but when we read at night or he sees something that he recognizes, he will let us know and show us how to sound it out. It is really fascinating to watch him learn to read. He is also learning Russian at school and now knows more than his Daddy!
Practicing his T's
Showing me one of his "high frequency" words
Some more of his school activities:
Self-portrait
Family portrait (does my hair really look like that?)
I also took a picture of a map that they had put up representing all nationalities of the students that attend the school. I knew there were a lot of them, but I didn't realize just how many different cultures and countries that are represented there.
Right side
Map with all the different ways to say "hello"
Left side
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