Rebecca has been doing great.

Now, in fourth grade, she still greatly enjoys school.  After school, she ~usually~ enjoys doing her homework and dives into it willingly.  Sometimes, she'll spend a lot of time working on her homework even if it takes hours.

In addition, Rebecca is now on her third year of piano lessons and is playing pretty well for her age.  Her dedication to piano practice is less willing than homework.  A parent hug after playing each practice piece three times has helped a lot in making piano practice rewarding.

This year, her enjoyment of chess has returned. (Last year she wasn't much interested.)  It helps a lot that we have a chess board on the kitchen table between her  and Daddy.  We play during breakfast, supper and at some other times - not always but often.  Rebecca is up to a point where she never misses a chance to grab Daddy's queen or other valuable piece.  She now beats dad in a good fraction of the games even with no handicap.

Rebecca's favorite extra class is gymnastics at our 'athletic club.'  She'd give up everything else if she could keep gymnastics even though she doesn't plan to be competitive - it's just fun.

In Tae Kwon Do, Rebecca changed from a teacher at an after-school program to a more rigorous program at the athletic club.  She had to back up almost to white belt and has worked up through yellow stripe, then yellow, now yellow with green stripe.  At the next test, she fully expects to get the green belt.

Part of the reason for changing Tae Kwon Do schools was to free up the after school hour for other classes - in particular, drama.  Rebecca has really enjoyed the drama class that takes place during part of each semester, this year.