Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on Nov 2nd, 2009
My post from last February about homework in kindergarten has attracted such a large number of readers, I decided to revisit the subject. This year I have another kindergartner and the homework that started to trickle in at the beginning of the year has been gaining speed by the week. Last week, when I went [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day on Sep 16th, 2009
Let me begin by saying that in general, I have nothing but praise for teachers. Goodness knows they deserve much more money and respect than they actually get. Their job is raw-to-the-bone tough and often thankless and I, for one, have a heap of a lot of respect and admiration for them. Teaching is something [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 27th, 2009
Here he is, my baby boy, on the very first day of his full-time school career this morning: Notice the happy smile on his face? Here he is getting on the bus: Notice the sweet, happy, blemish-free face my little Logan is sporting? This is Logan shortly after arriving home this afternoon: Hmmm, he appears [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 19th, 2009
Cody had a difficult time adjusting to kindergarten last year. He’s not a morning person at the best of times, but faced with a long bus ride and an even longer day away from his beloved home made him even more snarly come 6:50 a.m. Fortunately, he made a little discovery about a month after [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 17th, 2009
The back-to-school blues have definitely taken over our house, as we’ve gone from a summer that passed all to quickly to a week full of volleyball practice for the girls. We’ve all been lamenting the coming early hours, long days away from home and homework. Last week, Cody received a back-to-school letter from his teacher. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 13th, 2009
Last night was the parent/player volleyball meeting at school for grades 6-12. Because of the school’s small size, the volleyball coach has been letting the 6th graders play on the junior high team. My daughters’ large class brings a whopping 15 players to the team and since our volleyball team is one of the best [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jul 30th, 2009
The meeting minutes from our school board’s last session included a bit about how Junior Kindergarten will not be in existence this year. I have to admit, I felt a bit guilty when I read this as it was my decision to send Logan to Kindergarten that caused the whole thing to disintegrate. The superintendent [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 14th, 2009
So Logan’s preschool program was this morning. It’s the third one I’ve been to. It’s also the last one I’ll be attending, ever. For my kids, anyway. <<sniff>> The upside? His summer vacation has officially begun and he’s thrilled about it. He’s full of big plans for the summer, though most of them involve actual [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 5th, 2009
I’ve made up my mind about Logan’s kindergarten career: We’re skipping the Junior and going straight to Kindergarten. My reasons are threefold: 1. When Logan gets in a mood on mornings he doesn’t want to go to school, he always whines, “I hate school! It’s so BORING!” Considering he’s one of the oldest kids in [...]
Posted in Head-scratchers on May 2nd, 2009
In February I posted about Logan’s teachers advising me to think about putting him in Junior Kindergarten rather than Kindergarten. I concluded my post with this: “I’m just hoping that his presence (or lack thereof) in junior kindergarten isn’t the swing vote that decides on its existence.” Guess what, ladies and gentlemen? Sure enough, Logan’s [...]
