We had our first parent teacher conference with Gray's Pre-K teacher and it was interesting to hear how he is doing. She walked us through several exercises and worksheets that he had done to show how various skills are developing. He seems to be right on track so that was a relief since he's the youngest kid in the class.
I talked to her about his behavior and interaction with the other students. She said he's a good boy, typically a peacekeeper, and keeps her laughing with his random, funny remarks. I talked through my concerns about him being so young compared to some of the other kids and she gave us some ways to help develop his attention span, but overall she said only time will tell.
Of course, at home it's easy to keep his attention span as we do puzzles or play memory games, but with 18 other kids running around at school I am sure he is more easily distracted. His teacher plans to do some of the same exercises again with him next semester before our next conference so it will be interesting to see how much he changes between now and then.
The school nurse also recently sent home results from a health check they did in his class. They checked things like height, weight, hearing and oral hygiene. Everything checked out great, but his BMI (body mass index) is in the 4th percentile which is on the border of being underweight. Despite being a good eater, he's always been a string bean so it's just something we'll have to keep an eye on.
That's the latest from his elementary school. His favorite parts of the day are going to the library (every Monday), bringing home the snack bag (which means we're in charge of taking snacks for the class the next day), attending assemblies (every Friday) and playing outside. What's not to like about all that?
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