E's are not so easy

This morning Dylan started the letter "E" which he has done already in public school, but since he hasn't caught on to much he already learned we are going over the basic letters. Capital and lowercase E's were the letter of the day. He struggled pretty bad with lowercase, they were getting more sloppy the more he did and then ended up turning backwards near the end. He couldn't spell any of the "E" words we discussed from his work book and refused to sound them out. So today E's are not so easy!
We put our E's on hold to try and read the simple Dick and Jane books. He actually did really well, the only words he didn't know were "Mother" and "Down" not too bad if you ask me ;) I asked him to spell the words from the book later and he only got a few wrong but he was pretty excited to see that majority of them were correct! yay!
He also did an hour of IXL, struggled when it came to spelling out and recognizing the numbers. But he finished and won an award ;) He blew through tally marks and completing sequences. Thank Goodness this program has virtual awards for each level completed, otherwise I'm sure he would have no interest in doing the math.
We are taking a break at noon to join our friends at the park for lunch and play. Both Dylan and Gavin are excited ;) I'll update later with the rest of his lessons for the day!