Archive For The “Learning” Category
Since David’s birthday is right before Halloween and it landed on a Friday this year, his school held their annual “Community Helpers Parade.” Each child could come to school in costume if they wore something along that theme. David decided to be a Vet (which is what he was last year). Our Pretty Gir So [...]
I pulled out our set of Bob’s Books this afternoon, and David read both of these books all by himself! He wanted to go outside and play, so I didn’t push him to read any more. There’s always later….
We met with David’s kindergarten teacher this afternoon. As I had thought, he is doing very well. At the beginning of the school year, they test each children to see how well they can identify letters and concepts and if they can write and read. They should score at least a 20 at the beginning [...]
David wrote this today at school all on his own. Tomorrow we have a parent-teacher conference. I can’t wait to hear how he is doing. I’ve already had a few hints from his teacher that he is doing very well. I’m excited to hear all the details!
1. David scored a GOAL at soccer practice yesterday! There is a very skilled player on their soccer team, and he basically dominates the field all.the.time. It is frustrating as a parent to watch that because I want me kids to learn how to play the game, but if they never get the ball there [...]
I just read this article on my phone, and it was very encouraging to me this morning as my son stepped on to the bus before seven. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/simplemom/~3/nXR1zOo8gQQ/ The sun was in his eyes, but he was really exited to start school last week. It really helps that he is enjoying school so much. When [...]
Our firstborn began kindergarten this week…and he loves it! We decided to send David to public school this year and the facilities are fantastic. He is in a class of about twenty children, which is much larger than last year at the Latin School (there were eight kids in his class). It turns out that [...]
My dad made a rocket launcher for the kids to play with. It is made from a plastic tube connected to a soda bottle filled with foam. You just stomp your foot on the bottle and it launches a rocket made of paper and foam.
