Monday was conference day for Emilia's class. The wonderful Ms. Phyllis spent some time with me talking about Emilia's development and achievements in her class. She had a checklist of "skills" - benchmarks that 2 year olds should be reaching/should have reached by this point in the school year.
Of note:
* Emilia loves being outside on the playground.
* She's VERY in to imaginative play - all about babydolls, playhouses, doll houses, etc.
* Gets the "wiggles" when it comes to circle time... Ms. Phyllis pointed out that sometimes Emilia has a hard time sitting when it's circle time and has to be redirected.
* She's a grunter... she'll grunt sometimes instead of "using her words" to express what she wants/needs. Something we're working on.
* She doesn't really talk much to Ms. Phyllis/Ms. Susan - this was a surprise as she talks about them and what they've said/what she's done with them ALL THE TIME. Hilarious. I guess she saves up all her talking for home. Of course, it's one of the few "all-English" environments she's in - so it may be that she's just spending so much time processing everything that's coming at her she just can't get that much out.
* Her "favorite" (hate that word) friends at school are Robert, Betsy, Ginna, and Jackson J. (total cutie - can't blame her one bit!)
*She could say what her first name is, but not her last. She also said that she's a boy instead of a girl (not words we've practiced at home). Colors and shapes we need to work on - some of them she knew in English, some in Spanish which is fine.
*Can be stubborn (NO WAY!!!) - don't know where she could have gotten that trait from.
* Doesn't like to clean up after herself (!!!!) - I don't know anyone else who fits that bill! :) All in all, it was reassuring to hear that our girlie is tracking right along with her peers and doing what she should be doing. She's a happy happy girlie who loves her class, her friends, and her teachers. Ms. Phyllis said she could go 4 days/week next year, but in my opinion, she'll be in school for a LOOONNNGGG time, so we'll stick with 3 days/week.
4 comments:
oh i LOVE it! well of course she's tracking along with her peers! what a great & thorough report! that would make sense about grunting and not talking some for processing sake. our little bilingual wonder is doing great. so glad you posted this! kate's is next week. will be interesting!
Love the report card! I don't think we have anything like that here. :<( Hey - what days are you signing up for next year? I want to make sure the kiddos are somewhere next year, so I'm signing up for a few different schools, one of which, is Emi's school...
we have signed up for mon/tues/thurs as our first choice and mon/wed/fri as our second choice. :)
I am very impressed with the detail Sr. John's puts out! Can only hope for close to that next week for Aston's. I feel like Aston would do the same in all those areas. But he whines instead of grunts...and I mean what 2 year old isn't stubborn! good job emi!!!
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