I have to brag here for a minute, if you hate brag posts, don't read!
We had Hayden's parent/teacher conference last week and I have to say, we were very pleasantly surprised. Many of you know that we struggle with Hayden some times, his ability/inability to focus on things, his listening and following directions skills, etc. To my surprise, his teacher gave a glowing report, not to say Hayden never gets in trouble, he does. About once a week he gets a "yellow" stamp on his behavior card, so we talked about his behavior and she assured me that there are MANY kids way worse than him in the class. Hayden's problem is that he is chatty, he really likes to talk and he really wants to be friends with everyone! She says he is never naughty on purpose or malicious, he is just social! (That's my boy!) Andy and I discussed this and decided we'd rather he be a little over social than anti social, right??
As we discussed his abilities, she says he is probably the best reader in the class and has far surpassed the baseline testing they have done thus far, yay! She says she is constantly amazed at the things he will randomly read and recognize. I'm not surprised, he's been memorizing logos and signs since before he was 2. She said that Hayden will notice if anything is changed in the classroom, a picture on the wall moved, the tables in a slightly different place, you get the picture!
School funnies:
Hayden asked to have a girl moved from his table. When he asked Ms. Tapia asked him why and he said because she wasn't writing her name straight on the line and therefore wasn't doing her work right!
He has a girlfriend, her name is Kristen!
Last week he told Ms. Tapia that his last name is pronounce differently than it really is. After a few days of her pronouncing it the way he told her to, he decided she was right pronouncing it the original way. This is actually a really funny story that I can't explain so if you're interested, ask!
We are just so proud of our sweet Hayden and glad that he is holding his own at school, I was worried about him but I know he is thriving and loving it. In fact, we're on fall break right now and he keeps asking when he gets to go back to school!!!
7 comments:
That is so great that he is doing so well in school. It's always worry sending our kids to school so it must have been reassuring to hear that everything is fine. Do you guys have year round school there?
Sarah - We do not have year round school but we start really early so we have a one week break in the fall to make up for that in addition to a week in the spring. I's nice to have a little break.
Way to go Hayden! It's always nice to hear they are doing well.
Way to go Mom and Dad! Adam's is tomorrow and I can only hope for such great results!!
Yay! Glad to hear things are going so well for him. That's awesome!
It is such a relief when they do well in school. You always hate to hear they are struggling or not making friends. I feel like a mama bear with my boys and their friends and teachers.
YAY Hayden! I've got to hear how he was pronoucing it.
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