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3 Month Check In

It has been three months since I posted about using our Mother Goose Time More Math and More Literacy books as an assessment tool. I cannot believe the time has gone so fast. The original blog post explaining how I was using the assessment pages found in the back of the workbook pages can be found here. I decided that after completing this months Mother Goose Time curriculum as well as the workbooks I would fill out the assessment form and see how my son was progressing after working on his skills for three months. Here are pictures of the first workbooks and then this months workbooks which followed along with our rainforest theme.



I took the last couple days of this month and had him fill out the review pages to see how much he retained and I sat with him and talked about the problems in the workbooks so I could see how he was thinking about the pages as well. He did really well and I was impressed with the progress he has been making. It's like he was all the sudden ready to learn this stuff. I haven't done anything other then have him complete all the daily activities in Mother Goose Time and then sometimes do a supplemental worksheet out of the workbooks. Mother Goose Time provides such easy reinforcement of the skills that it seems to come very naturally and not once did I feel like I was forcing him to learn. 

I also like how after I filled out the assessment sheets I could easily compare the last one with the current one. Here is an example of both completed More Math assessments side by side. 


See how easy it is to see that compared to the first one we have moved into the meeting and exceeding range for all categories. I can tell that he is so much more confidant in his number recognition and counting. He counts all the time now, and while we are still working on counting to 20 with no mix ups I have noticed a huge improvement. 

Also here is the More Literacy Assessment side by side.


Again a really clear and easy way to gage how his progress is coming along. Again you can clearly see that all areas have moved to meeting and exceeding ratings and that he is making progress with the goals that I set three months ago. I have noticed his interest in writing and rhyming have become a thing now. He is always asking me about rhyming words and loves  to pretend to write stories. 

I have made new goals and focuses for the next three months based off of these assessments and I am so far very pleased with how this is working out as a way for me to document his progress. If you are interested in checking out the More Math and More Literacy workbooks visit Mother Goose Time .




*Mother Goose Time has generously provided this curriculum to us in exchange for our stories and honest opinions*







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