They All Passed!

 I got Ryan and Kasi's report cards in the mail today.  Brandi brought her's home with her yesterday.  They all passed.  Brandi and Kasi got all A's and B's.  Ryan passed, but by the skin of his teeth.  It's funny.  I just wrote a post about how well he is doing off his ADHD medication, and yesterday he asked me if he could start taking it again.  He feels like he is starting to lose focus, and his end of semester test grades proved just that.  He did well for the semester, but failed two of his end of course exams.  Thankfully, those grades didn;t bring his averages down to failing, but it was pretty close.  I'm not sure what I am going to do about his medications.  He has two weeks off before school starts again, so we'll see.

It was so much easier when they were little, and school was actually fun for them.  Nowadays, the internet is full of games that help little kids learn. You can find all kinds of online math games for kindergarten kids that make learning even more fun.  My kids used to love to play Memory, so I did a search for online memory games, and found this site where kids can play a matching game to discover interesting facts.  My little nephew is five, and he plays all kinds of games on the computer.  It amazes me that kids that age, and even younger, are pros when it comes to the computer. 

I wish I could find sites that offer games for kids Ryan's age.  He's struggling in English right now.  He said his end of course exam in that subject was reading a passage and then answering questions that required him to really comprehend what he had just read.  Now, reading has never been his strong suit, and I am at a loss as to how to help him with that.  The school has taken notice of his struggling and put him in a remedial class for next semester.  He told me he is going to try and get out of it, but I told him not to.  I may allow him to slack in other classes, like history, but English is important, and if he needs to be in a class where he will get extra help, than I think that is what is best for him. 

If only he could see things the way I do.