American Family » kindergarten http://american-family.org Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The other conference topic http://american-family.org/2008/11/18/the-other-conference-topic/ http://american-family.org/2008/11/18/the-other-conference-topic/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:15:01 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1683 About a month ago, M came home from school saying some surprising things.   In addition to her speshul snowflakedness, I also talked to her teacher about what M said in this conversation:

M: Mama, I don’t like Jason*.  He is in my class an I don’t like him.

Me: Why not?

M: He has a [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/11/18/the-other-conference-topic/feed/ 10 Parent-Teacher Conference (long!) http://american-family.org/2008/11/15/parent-teacher-conference-long/ http://american-family.org/2008/11/15/parent-teacher-conference-long/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:55:05 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1672 Ok, so there is no way to write this without sounding like I am talking about my prechus little speshul gifted snowflake.  But since I have discussed our angsting over M’s school here before, I am going to go into a bit of detail about it anyway.  Mock me if you must.

I had my [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/11/15/parent-teacher-conference-long/feed/ 11 Twekcl Twekcl Ltutul Stre http://american-family.org/2008/10/12/twekcl-twekcl-ltutul-stre/ http://american-family.org/2008/10/12/twekcl-twekcl-ltutul-stre/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:46:44 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1546 Just a quick kid update because this week has been very tempestuous and I am tired of thinking about it.

M is slowly learning to write.

It is an extremely frustrating process for her because her receptive reading is very good, but her handwriting and spelling are not. (No surprise as spelling and fine motor [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/10/12/twekcl-twekcl-ltutul-stre/feed/ 7 I *knew* lunch would be a problem http://american-family.org/2008/09/04/i-knew-lunch-would-be-a-problem/ http://american-family.org/2008/09/04/i-knew-lunch-would-be-a-problem/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:30:12 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1433 I was preparing myself to write a political post.  Not one about the current bruhaha, just one about a political topic near and dear to my heart, but now it must wait.  Right now, there is a minor school adjustment crisis that is taking up my brain space.

I freaking KNEW lunch was going to [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/09/04/i-knew-lunch-would-be-a-problem/feed/ 33 The Good, the Bad and the Parents http://american-family.org/2008/08/28/the-good-the-bad-and-the-parents/ http://american-family.org/2008/08/28/the-good-the-bad-and-the-parents/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:35:40 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1392 We just returned from Meet the Teacher day (aka check out all the kids and their parents day).

The BAD:  When we got there, we got the news that M’s kindergarten teacher will be out of school on maternity leave until mid-november.  This is a huge bummer to me.  When I was in kindergarten, my [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/08/28/the-good-the-bad-and-the-parents/feed/ 11