A cute one from Aug 1, 2012.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Georgia Puts on a Show
This was on July 31, 2012. I'm just going to start every post from now on with such a confession.
Cousins Weekend!
The cousins came for a visit in August! It was hard to get them all to look at the camera at the same time...
I'm just going to post all the photos, so you can see we really did try to get a good one.
Lobstah Roll Dinnah
Portand Children's Museum!
We went to Maine in July! So naturally, I'm telling you about it in November. You may remember we came here a few years ago when we were just a family of three. Here's Sophie enjoying the squishy bench seat.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tales from the first PK4 Parent-Teacher Conference
This morning the whole family went to school early to meet with Georgia's teachers, Mrs. Schlegel and Mr. White. While Georgia happily showed Sophie around the play kitchen area, we learned that she is doing quite well in school so far this year. Here are a few things we heard:
-Georgia clearly presents as one of the older kids in the class
-While there is a distinct "girl group" and "boy group," Georgia is one of a few who can "easily navigate" between the two groups.
-She has a "special friendship" with Cole. They do a lot of dramatic play together.
-Her artwork always has a story behind it.
-She spends about 50 percent of free choice time in the art center.
-Other kids have seen her drawings and asked her to draw pictures on their papers. Instead, she is able to tell them how to draw the images themselves ("just draw a circle and put hands on it...").
-Her paper-cutting skills are so good that Mrs. Schlegel thought that a teacher had been cutting magazine pictures for her. She said, "I looked at it and thought, what teacher has been doing this? Oh, a teacher or Georgia!"
-She is a champ at the "no thank you" bite for lunch.
It was so great to hear so many good things about little G. I'm sure most of the conferences today are going to go in a similarly positive direction - we will have a more data-driven conversation in February, so stay tuned!
Postscript: As ever, when we were leaving the school after the conference, Sophie went boneless and threw herself on the ground in protest. She can't wait to be a big kid and play at school herself.
-Georgia clearly presents as one of the older kids in the class
-While there is a distinct "girl group" and "boy group," Georgia is one of a few who can "easily navigate" between the two groups.
-She has a "special friendship" with Cole. They do a lot of dramatic play together.
-Her artwork always has a story behind it.
-She spends about 50 percent of free choice time in the art center.
-Other kids have seen her drawings and asked her to draw pictures on their papers. Instead, she is able to tell them how to draw the images themselves ("just draw a circle and put hands on it...").
-Her paper-cutting skills are so good that Mrs. Schlegel thought that a teacher had been cutting magazine pictures for her. She said, "I looked at it and thought, what teacher has been doing this? Oh, a teacher or Georgia!"
-She is a champ at the "no thank you" bite for lunch.
It was so great to hear so many good things about little G. I'm sure most of the conferences today are going to go in a similarly positive direction - we will have a more data-driven conversation in February, so stay tuned!
Postscript: As ever, when we were leaving the school after the conference, Sophie went boneless and threw herself on the ground in protest. She can't wait to be a big kid and play at school herself.
Friday, November 2, 2012
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