School Conference

We had our first Parent-Teacher conference at Jack's school yesterday. What a surreal experience. It is really strange to sit and have someone else tell you about your son. Here's what we learned:

He is doing really well with his language - writing and reading. He's writing words and beginning to read. He's also doing really well at math. He is writing into the three-hundreds and recognizes three-digit numbers.

He's learning some Spanish, sign language, a song in Russian and a Sri Lankan dance.

He's "playful." Miss Mari says that he is starting to talk to his classmates during work time, but nothing that's annoying her. That's me in him.

He listens intently to every single thing she says to them, then repeats it back to her at strange times, sometimes months later. He tries to make sense of everything she's teaching them. After learning about Presidents, and specifically JFK and Lincoln, he asked her if someone killed ALL OF THEM.

He has to play with the peg board every day. He will not miss a day. She brought it over to show us and set it on her desk as she went to find something else. Chuck immediately began playing with it. Like father like son. He's already Googled it and found a place to buy them.

Jack's a very well-behaved boy. He helps in the classroom, does exactly what Miss Mari tells him, and gets along with the other kids.

The last thing we learned is the funniest to me. Miss Mari was telling us about one little girl who has developed a habit of taking some of the materials and moving them to other spots in the room. At this point we were in the hallway and Jack was standing with us as we prepared to leave. He listened as Miss Mari told several stories. Then he said "yeah, sometimes I just sit where I am and watch them move things and then I know where to find them."

My little spy.

We're very proud.