A few bits from our parent-teacher conference
Apparently, Daisy told her teachers that when she grows up, she wants to be a truckdriver and that Mark and I will have to ride in the back seat! We have heard her say she wants to be a truckdriver before, but having us ride in the back is a new one. Another funny anecdote was that one of Daisy's teachers, Giuliana, asked her to "teach" a lesson to another little boy--a matching game that Giuliana had shown Daisy some time back. Well, it seems that Daisy completely forgot the rules to the game, but nevertheless proceeded to "teach" the little boy an elaborate lesson, which was made compelling by her big vocabulary and expressive personality, so that he was spellbound and got into the lesson(ha)! Although she got that particular lesson wrong, I was sort of pleased to hear that she just made up a lesson of her own, in the absence of the correct information-- and Giuliana said that her verbal abilities will make her an asset in helping teach other kids (I'm guessing this mainly means next year, when she'll be one of the older kids).
It was a very positive experience (the conference). I had been a little worried because I kind of knew what was coming: Daisy spends a lot of time with books at school and needs to be more physical and get stronger. All that's true: she is hypotonic, as we learned from a physical therapist years ago, and so it is actually harder for her to do some of the same physical tasks as other kids her age. I was glad I got to tell her teachers that she loves dancing and is very active on the playground, because they would have no way of knowing that. Nevertheless, her fine motor skills need work and we need to give her greater responsibility for doing things for herself (like putting her own clothes on).
They were very kind and said some things that made me feel very happy; we learned, for instance, that Daisy seems happy at school and they feel she is confident and happy with herself. (I guess that's good, the last part?) They told us she is polite, cooperative, treats others well, and shows kindness. As I had learned at an earlier conference, she often asks to observe other children doing an activity and will sit at the outskirts of a group (though Jolanta added that this sometimes leads to her joining in). But we need to encourage her to do more with fine motor skills, and to do more independently. I left with a good list of ideas we can try.
Oh, I was happy to hear she's been doing the balance beam at school. That's a physical task. And she has one fine motor skills task down pat: turning pages! She's been good at that for a long time.
I am glad she's at a school where she's in such clearly good hands. For a long time now I've been feeling good about the whole experience; I feel sure she's learning good things, and also, her ability to adjust to a new situation after a rocky start is very heartening. You never know something like that about your child till you try it. And really, she was only distressed for a week (and then in low-level distress for one more week). Since then--since week three--she's been actively happy at school.
It was a very positive experience (the conference). I had been a little worried because I kind of knew what was coming: Daisy spends a lot of time with books at school and needs to be more physical and get stronger. All that's true: she is hypotonic, as we learned from a physical therapist years ago, and so it is actually harder for her to do some of the same physical tasks as other kids her age. I was glad I got to tell her teachers that she loves dancing and is very active on the playground, because they would have no way of knowing that. Nevertheless, her fine motor skills need work and we need to give her greater responsibility for doing things for herself (like putting her own clothes on).
They were very kind and said some things that made me feel very happy; we learned, for instance, that Daisy seems happy at school and they feel she is confident and happy with herself. (I guess that's good, the last part?) They told us she is polite, cooperative, treats others well, and shows kindness. As I had learned at an earlier conference, she often asks to observe other children doing an activity and will sit at the outskirts of a group (though Jolanta added that this sometimes leads to her joining in). But we need to encourage her to do more with fine motor skills, and to do more independently. I left with a good list of ideas we can try.
Oh, I was happy to hear she's been doing the balance beam at school. That's a physical task. And she has one fine motor skills task down pat: turning pages! She's been good at that for a long time.
I am glad she's at a school where she's in such clearly good hands. For a long time now I've been feeling good about the whole experience; I feel sure she's learning good things, and also, her ability to adjust to a new situation after a rocky start is very heartening. You never know something like that about your child till you try it. And really, she was only distressed for a week (and then in low-level distress for one more week). Since then--since week three--she's been actively happy at school.
posted by Sarah Goss at 9:28 PM
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I think Daisy has done great.
Gompy
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