Fortunately, Jack seems to be doing quite well in terms of his physical skills. The checklist I was presented with this time was far more extensive than the little scrap of paper listing Jack's accomplishments and "things to work on" I received last time. You'll be happy to know he can now hold a crayon properly, and identify boys and girls. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to know that HE'S a boy. Whoops. There's always room for improvement, right?
Then we got to the page for Social and Emotional Development. I started to panic when I saw that there were a bunch of things highlighted in orange, including "display aggressive feelings and behaviors,"and "defend their possessions." Then Jack's teacher presented me with the news:
Apparently Jack hasn't been showing enough aggression.
In the words of Super Grover 2.0, "Hubba what?"
According to his teacher, Jack never yells, hits, or pushes. If someone takes a toy from him, he just walks away and finds something else. He's very mild mannered, keeping to himself at times or checking in for the occasional grape. His teacher has no concerns about him whatsoever. All is well in Jack Land.
He looks SO innocent, doesn't he? |
Jack will most likely have another parent-teacher conference before the school year is over. I hope by then Jack's social skills have improved (at least when he's at home), that he's learned to stack rings in order by size, and maybe even picked up a few words in Russian. So far he can say "Russia," which I think is a good first step.
Oh, and by then, he may even know that he's a boy.
3 comments:
Ha too funny! I can't believe he's such an angel at school. I know the truth...(Look, I'm still reading your blog from Kenya!). Love you.
As I've always said, better to be good in public and horrible at home instead of the other way around. Not good for us moms, but much better for our reputation as a parent.
My kids do this when I drop them off at church. They are TOTAl angels. The workers usually pick them as one of their favorites. Then I get them in the car and they are screaming at each other.
My son had a really hard time calling his cousin a she. Everyone was a he to him. LOL.
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