Conferences

We had parent-teacher conferences last week. I'm happy to report that the teachers all said wonderful things about the kids, despite any nose honking incidents that happened prior to our discussions.

Here are a few of the positive comments:

Lilah- friendly, very nice, participates and puts forth good effort, cooperates, works well with others in the class, lovely, etc.

Emma- always happy, always smiling, follows directions, good listener, "can do" attitude, determined, eager to please, outgoing, caring...

Gavin-good at math and reading, high vocabulary, loves to talk, perfectionist, sensitive, curious, inquisitive (seeker of knowledge)...

Emma and Gavin's kindergarten teacher is a total gem. She does home visits for her conferences- for all 27 children in her class. She devotes an hour per child. We were the last on her Friday list of conferences, so we invited her to eat with us. The kids thought that was the greatest thing. They'll remember it always, I'm sure.

They had been planning all day for the visit-"decorating" the basement to look like a restaurant. They put together a menu for their teacher to order from, including many of the plastic food items from our giant plastic bin. The kids brought her downstairs immediately when she arrived. She and her student teacher came downstairs, sat at the table and checked off which food items they wanted. The kids "prepared" plates and served up the food, and the teachers talked up the dinner like it was the best thing they'd ever eaten. It really was the sweetest thing.

After the pretend restaurant visit, we had real dinner, then the kids went to the basement to play while Mike and I had a chance to talk in great length with the teachers. It was a lovely visit.