I had the parent/teacher conference today with Theo’s pre-k teacher, Ms. Gallagher. I can’t say I learned much I didn’t already know, but it was certainly nice to hear about my kid from another person’s perspective. And to have similar challenges that we have at home be echoed at school, as well. Without additional one’s, I might add!
I guess they give each kid a card with a positive element about them. Theo’s said, “Theo loves listening to music. He is a great dancer and singer.” She said that he is doing well academically: great comprehension, vocabulary, writing letters and numbers and that it’s very apparent there is a lot of reading together at home. He loves to listen at story time and music time. Of course his most favorite thing to do is to be the helper during meeting time. He often chooses the “school center” (one of the activity areas they have to choose from during “center time”) where he pretends to be the teacher, loves to use the pointer and sounds out letter sounds, writes his name on board, etc.
Ms. Gallagher said he gets distracted by the “centers” when she tries to pull him aside for more focused learning. I guess they sit down with students at the table to focus on writing and other areas while other kids are in the different centers during center time. This is obviously understandable and she mentioned that the classroom is not set up like that next year for kindergarten so it probably won’t be an issue. She also said that he has improved with using his words and waiting his turn for activities that he wants to be involved in. They notice him pausing and thinking before he reacts.
We are proud of you Theo!