Aaron can't!

Aaron's favorite grammatical construction:

"I can't want Elmo!" "I can't want Goldfish!"

A work related project

This from a Jefferson County publication - one of my big projects through the school year is doing lots of family outreach:

Westport: Parent Math Nights
Westport Middle plans to host a yearlong series of Parent Math Nights at the school and at St. Stephen Church, 1018 South 15th Street. The school recently held the first event and will host upcoming Parent Math Nights on Wed., Aug. 26, at Westport and on Tues., Sept. 1, at St. Stephen Church. These events allow parents/guardians to view the district’s college preparatory math program, and refreshments will be served. Research indicates that parents’ attitudes toward and involvement in their child’s education have a significant effect on their child’s school success. To print a flier about the upcoming events, click here. For more information, send an e-mail to Heather Sargent at heather.sargent@jefferson.kyschools.us.

Police camp

Raha did a 2 week camp with the Louisville Metro Police - thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and was very proud of his learning.

Luke's first day of school

Luke is still loving kindergarten! His teacher communicates daily, and is mostly just getting them used to being in school right now.

Aaron's OT at daycare

Jane's email from Tuesday: "We had a good session yesterday. staff reports he is doing well. he is getting to sleep at nap with pats on the back. He was yawning when I came in at 11:15. We did some scooterboard play in the gym and threw basketballs at the goal along side other children. Prior to lunch I let him suck and chew on the z-vibe. He ate the chicken patty and I encouraged play with the peas and canned pear pieces. He smashed the peas with a spoon and dipped the z-vibe (not vibrating) into pear juice and sucked it off the probe. He would not eat any tiny tiny piece of pear on the vibe. Megan prompted him to take a bite but he refused. He did go back to sucking up the juice. I encourged the staff to continue to allow food play. He picked up some peas and pears and placed them on the clean-up napkin. Sometimes it takes ten to twenty one days of seeing a food on the plate before a picky eater will try a new food. the nice thing about daycare is he will see the same foods over and over.Dana put the z-vibe in his backpack. I suggest you keep it at home and offer it as soon as he gets home and prior to eating dinner. You can also ask if he wants it before going to bed. He can keep it until he turns three or is no longer interested in using it.How are things at home? eating, sleeping, crashing toys?"

Kindergarten!!

After practicing getting up on time on Monday & Tuesday, today was finally the big day! Luke, Rich, and I went to MacKenna's house to meet the bus in the morning together. He looked tiny and a little nervous getting on the bus, but there were no tears and no hesitation.

I picked him up after school at the Cougar Den, which is the after school care program in the elementary school. He said that kindergarten was "Great! I never want to leave!" He liked everything - the other kids, coloring, lunch, recess, gym class...... he seemed confident and excited to go back.

His teacher, Mrs. Hickman, is a veteran teacher who had two of our friends' children last year. Both of those families have told us that she is a wonderful reading teacher and that she is very thoughtful in the way she structures her class.