Wednesday, December 15, 2010

First Day of School

He LOVES it! "Mama, tomorrow stay all day"

It didn't hurt that he was ahead of them in math....whizzed through the
9x's worksheet in 2 minutes instead of the allotted 2-1/2 and had all of
them correct! Understood the division assignment and was finished before
the others.

He listened to the practice session for the Christmas program, scheduled
for Fri. night and declared that he wants to go on stage and help to
sing. He does know what a Christmas program entails because he watched
the others do their piece, last Friday night. So tomorrow he will stay
through program practice, thankfully the music teacher is flexible
enough to find a place for him to stand.
I asked him what he will do if he does not know all the words...he
showed me very well that he is a great mime. (Said that is what older
brother was doing last Friday night)

We went out to buy the coveted lunch box....and he spent the evening
trying to read his Bible Memory passage Isa 53:1-6 (KJV no less!)
In the picture is he trying his hand at the handwriting practice paper
(he informed me it is PENCIL writing, no hand) and the teacher did some
research during PE and discovered info on "one handed typing"

I thank God for teachers willing to go the second mile and I feel relief
at seeing his enthusiasm for going to school tomorrow. I pray it lasts
for another 8 years!

4 comments:

  1. Oh, wow!!! That is FABULOUS!! You must feel a huge weight lifted from your shoulders.

    You've got one smart boy! Yay!!

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  2. Oh, Chris, sounds like he is doing GREAT! What a blessing that his math is so good- that should boost his confidence.

    Thanks for your comment on my blog. I think one problem for our Nathan is that he KNOWS everyone else is 'ahead' of him, so he won't try. In our family, not only is his 8 year old sister light years ahead, but so is his 5 year old brother. I am hoping once he is in an ELL class with K-2nd graders, there will be other kids with no academic skills as well. Then he won't feel so alone.

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  3. So happy for him and for you!!! Mama, you did the right thing for your son!!! Very cool!!

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