School Stuff

Michael and I will be having parent teacher conferences today for all three kids. I think I know what they will say about Parker and Elizabeth, but I'm eager to hear how Miranda is doing.

We heard back from speech therapist at school and the girls are "fine"...their pronunciation and articulation is in a acceptable range. Miranda is in the 50% for her peers and Elizabeth had no issues. For receptive vocabulary, they are 84% and 95% respectively. She wants to keep an eye on Miranda's slight lisp, but thinks it will go away with age.

Parker is now working in a math group with 4 second graders who are advanced. Not advanced like Parker, but it wouldn't be reasonable to put him with 3rd or 4th graders. He knows one kid from the playground and one from swim team, but he was a little sad to know no other 1st graders would be in the group. Get used to it kiddo.

Miranda and Elizabeth have taken to playing Police after school with some boys. They basically chase them all over the place, grab them by their clothes and then "put" them in jail. It's a very physical game and each day I say, "be careful, don't grab the boys", but the boys say, "WE like it! It's ok!" and the game continues...

The district is having a presentation on playground stuff for 1st and 2nd graders to help the parents help the kids navigate being teased, bullied, or excluded. Perfect timing!!!