I thought this was an interesting article:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/08/12/139583385/preschool-the-best-job-training-program
all about how the basic skills kids get in preschool are actually the ones that will most determine if they will succeed later in life or not.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Presidio Habitats walk
Sunday we went on a walking tour of an outdoor exhibit in the Presidio with Quinton and Elana.
It was a beautiful awesome day.
what Jack wants and what he doesn't
this morning Jack woke up and the first thing he said was,
"Nancy, flies can't come in my room, but bees can come in the house because they make honey and they help the flowers grow big and strong."
Later he typed his name on the computer while I was in the other room.
Then he said he wanted to type EXIT. So he did.
I asked him if he thought he could type STOP and with a little assistance on the "P", he did it.
He was so proud, it was awesome.
Monday, September 12, 2011
slowly but surely
I know I haven't been keeping up with the blog lately, my photographs are in a mess and I need time to sort through them, order copies for people, post some to the blog, update the photo albums we keep for Jack, update our family photo albums, finish the "Family sheet" of photos for Jack's school, etc. etc. etc.
School is getting better. We talked a lot with Jack over the past couple weekends about his role in school, what he doesn't like and what solutions we could find to help him like it better.
Jack didn't want me to leave this morning but I think he just has a hard time finding something to engage in, so he wanted me to stay for entertainment. I went to the two way mirror to watch him for a little while after I left today and he kind of floated around without purpose for a while before half-heartedly playing with the magnets at the science table.
We were kind of late and most of the other kids were outside, which is nice because the room is quieter and he seems less freaked out.
We also took Jack to his first "soccer group" on Saturday which he did not want to participate in at all. He didn't even want to kick the ball around by himself.
I worry about his lethargy.
School is getting better. We talked a lot with Jack over the past couple weekends about his role in school, what he doesn't like and what solutions we could find to help him like it better.
Jack didn't want me to leave this morning but I think he just has a hard time finding something to engage in, so he wanted me to stay for entertainment. I went to the two way mirror to watch him for a little while after I left today and he kind of floated around without purpose for a while before half-heartedly playing with the magnets at the science table.
We were kind of late and most of the other kids were outside, which is nice because the room is quieter and he seems less freaked out.
We also took Jack to his first "soccer group" on Saturday which he did not want to participate in at all. He didn't even want to kick the ball around by himself.
I worry about his lethargy.
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