Matthew's Preschool Graduation

Matthew graduated from preschool this past July.  All year he did a government-sponsored preschool called Upstart.  It was free and on the computer 5 days a week for at least 40 minutes a day.  He loved it.  It was his cup of tea.  He is the type of kid that loves video games and what not and this program was designed to learn but have a lot of fun while doing it.  When we started the program, Matthew knew 10 letters, a couple of numbers, and that was about it.  Within the first month, he learned all 26 letters, 10 numbers and was starting on the letter sounds.  By the end of the program, he was reading books and recognizing power words like the, and, is, etc.  I was very impressed with this program.  Matthew aced his Kindergarten assessment tests in the spring due to this program.  We were really proud of all the hard work he did.

 The kids had to go in and take the final test to show what they learned throughout the year.  When they finished, they got their diploma and hat and a goodie bag.  Then they introduced them to all of us and we gave them a cheer.  As you can see, Matthew hates that kind of attention and wasn't too thrilled to be put in the spotlight.

This is Rusty and Rosy from the program.  Matthew looks like a dork but I still love the kid.

Now on to Kindergarten and new adventures!