Last night I went to Becca's school for back to school night. I had just done the orientation thing, so it seemed redundant to go, but now I am glad I went.
I was cornered by Becca's teacher and she told me that she will be starting to supplement Becca's work soon (as in, next week) because she already knows the material and the teacher doesn't want Becca to get bored. I knew that this would happen, and I am glad that she is taking it well. What struck me as interesting was that the teacher sounded almost defensive about giving Becca more challenging work. She seemed to feel the need to sell the idea. I don't get it. Why would I object? I don't want my daughter to get bored. I know that she knows the stuff that they generally go over in Kindergarten, and she has even read a book by herself (I am Sam...nothing huge, but still good for when she first read it at 4). Bored kids come up with something to amuse them. They will get into trouble if someone doesn't give them something to do. I guess she just wanted me know that she wasn't picking on my kid or anything.
Becca and I talked about what they are going over in school right now, and apparently that is shapes. The teacher told me that Becca already knew the answers to all the questions that she threw at them. Apparently they were talking about how many sides are on shapes, and when they came to circle, Becca answered the appropriate, "zero!" This impressed the teacher. Of course, she was asking the question for circle, triangle, rectangle, and square. When I asked Becca how many sides were on a pentagon, she got that right,too. The teacher commented that she hopes that she can challenge Becca this year. I told her that Becca really wants to be able to read well, and that should be something at least interesting for her, she was glad for that.
She didn't have any complaints about Becca's social nature, and that was what had me worried about her, anyway. Apparently, there are two other girls who are in that class who are just as smart, and Becca has been drawn to them while playing, too. That is nice. Her teacher was glad that they play well together, because they will probably be doing the same work.
I am so looking forward to September when Micah goes back to school. He still has the same teacher as last year, so it won't be anything new for him. I am so glad that we don't have to go through that until next year. The only thing that will be difficult is the fact that the kids are at different schools. This won't be a big deal except Wednesdays when they both have minimum days and are let out within 5 minutes of each other. Micah's class is usually out early to avoid the crowds, though. I hope it isn't a big deal. If it ends up being a problem, Micah will end up on the bus to go home on Wednesdays. That will be interesting to set up.
When the older two are at school, I will be working on the twin's potty training. Ali is almost always dry in her pull-up, but I think I will end up going through some extra accidents with Zoe. If she was on her own, I probably wouldn't push her, but with Ali really being ready, Zoe doesn't want to be left behind. She always goes with Ali when we take her to the bathroom and always wants to sit like her sister does, and occasionally she goes, but she it doesn't seem like she really gets it yet. I am so ready to be done with diapers, though. That is one expense that I can't wait to get off my budget.
Here is a passage of scripture that our church will be memorizing together soon. Just thought I'd share:
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
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