Here's Elise's class update:
We had a Great day today! Happy Birthday to X! He is three years old! Today in art, we made napkins that we use at lunch time tomorrow. X decorated hers with buttons. During circle time, we changed our calendar and X helped us to describe the weather and change the weather to sunny. X helped us change our days of the week. During music time, X helped to stir the alphabet soup. For our daily activity, we worked with flash cards of colors and shapes. X matched all of the colors together and Elise excelled at matching all of the shapes together. X quickly found all of the stars in his group and moved on to the next set of shapes.
Elise really seems to like ballet class. However, she can't take a nap right away on Tuesdays because it's so close to the bus arrival. That said, she completely fell apart on me, screaming and yelling, when I took her upstairs for a nap. Guess who desperately needed one!?
To top the day off, Jonathan came home with a disciplinary note. He's talking too much in class. The plus side is that he's making friends just fine. The minus is that he can't shut up. So, I came up with the "two finger touch" technique. He may put his elbows on his desk and use his first two fingers to hold his lips closed secretly to make sure he's not tempted to talk. He's not to make a big deal of it (it's not for the class to see), but it's a physical reminder to keep his mouth closed and his eyes on his teacher. Of course, he has to move his hands when he is called on to speak. He should also always have his eyes on her; if a classmate tries to distract him he should just point in her direction without taking his eyes off her. Let's see if this works!! I really don't want to have to go back to the daily journal from Kindergarten; that was such a headache.
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