Yesterday Josiah was off school because they had parent teacher conferences. I went early to talk with his teacher about how he was doing in his 3yo/4yo pre-school class and what we were going to do with him next year. His class is a combined 3 and 4 yo class so he will be in the same class for next year.
Josiah's teacher says he is very bright and has far exceded the work that he was required to do for the year. In fact, she said that he is far above many of the 4 year olds in her class getting ready for Kindergarten. She said that he is ready for Kindergarten, but is not allowed to be promoted because of his age. I was thankful for that since I don't think he is ready emotionally. We talked about how he is reading short basic stories at home on a fun website we found (thanks Jan). I also told her how he knows how to sound out complex words using the rules: 1. when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking, 2. silent e makes the first vowel say it's name and 3. the sh, ch and th sounds. She was shocked since he has not let on at school that he can do these things.
The plan for next year is to work more on reading and math with him and to send him to one of the kindergarten classes for a few hours a week. I think that is a good plan.
During quiet rest time yesterday Josiah came busting out of his room and said, "Hey, Mom come look what I did in my room!" Now for those of you that read often are probably thinking oh no what did he do now as was I. Josiah cleaned his whole room up all by himself, without being asked. Wow! what a nice surprise. He then said to me, "Mom, do you think you could lay with me a while? I'm tired and I need to sleep!" Another shock to my system. Of course, I said yes. He fell asleep right away. Boy was the day turning out to be a major praise for Josiah day.
I woke him up from his nap to get ready for a fun evening. We went to All About Kids to watch Josiah's friend Chad do Tae Kwon Do. After Chads class, Josiah got to do a trial class to see if this would be something he would like. He was scared and didn't want to go into the room. I went in with him and sat on the floor in the back for a few minutes. He had so much fun that he wants to go back today. We are still deciding if we are going to sign him up or let him play soccer instead. Any comments/suggestions on this would be appreciated.
I forgot to take my camera, but I will get copies of pictures from Chad's mom, Tamara, and post them later.
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