Progress

This week I finally learned what we pay so much for at Ava's pre-preschool. We had a parent teacher confrence. Oh my gosh! While Ava is doing fantastic (uh, maybe we are slightly bias) they give her grades. Like they would in Elementry school. Language, correct usage of pronouns, nouns, verbs, etc. - Ava sometimes get these right. Words- she is up with everyone in her age group. She knows over 2,000 words. Social- She does well Music/singing/dancing and rythm- Great, she gets a lot of that from Phil since they play music together. She just needs to work on her hand motions with the songs. Math- Is a subject they really haven't gotten to just yet. Colors, shapes, pre writing skills- need work. :( So Phil and I have been working on her colors with her this weekend. To work on her pre-writing skills they have suggested we take fruit loops and have her string them on a string to make a necklace which she then can eat. They were concerned that Ava gallops instead of skips. Also they encourage the kids at this age to know what kind of learner they are. Ava apparently doesn't know what kind of learner she is so they are still working with her to help her recognize that she learns a certain way and needs to ask for things that help her learn a certain way. (HELLO!!! Why on earth didn't they do this with me in school?!) So now I know why its so dang freaking expensive. I'm glad she is learning all that she is learning. I'm glad she is doing well. No real behavior issues. She is 2, well almost 3. No development issues. She was shy but is learning to stand her ground and express her emotions with words. At home she is a hoot but I'll save that for another time.