Parent/Teacher

We had our first parent/teacher meeting this morning.

When we first arrived, there was a binder there that showed drawings the children had done the first day of school. The question was, 'What did you have to do before you came to kindergarten?' Some drew pictures of brushing their teeth, of waking up, of getting dressed...Paden drew a picture of himself in new clothes...not that there was any choice, he had outgrown the length of his pants. He had spent most of the summer in shorts, so we really didn't notice until we went to try on his fall clothes...how I love Old Navy!!!

So we come into the classroom, which I now dub Munchkinville, and notice all the bright and colorful things on the walls. Considering they have only been in school for about two weeks, the children have done alot of work. Paden had another picture on the wall - a self portrait... I can't wait to frame it. We sat down on little chairs, across from a little table....LOL, I felt like a giant.

Paden's teacher, Mrs. Walz, was very friendly and the comments she made of Paden leads us to believe that she is, indeed, a very intuitive teacher.

Paden is very friendly and kind to his classmates. He is very inquisitive and not just content to do something in particular, he wants to know the particulars!! 'Why are we doing something this way? Why does this go here?...and so on and so forth. Yes, he is quite analytical in some respects.

He is also very persistent. When he told the teacher she needed to help him with something he couldn't do by himself, Mrs. Walz indicated that she wouldn't be able to help him right away. Instead of waiting, he plugged away and got it done all by himself. What a guy.

I believe that Paden's first year in school is going to be an amazing one. We are very happy that we chose the school that we did for him.

It's been a good day!