Report card

This morning we met with R's daycare teacher. We went over some of what R has been working on, and how she has developed since starting there. We talked a bit about the changes that are coming up and how they will affect her. These include: moving to a new house, changing from sleeping in the crib to a big bed (this will happen soon), new baby (eek!). R's teacher also had a kind of report card of developmental milestones. There were +'s in the spaces where R had displayed a certain physical or social skill or behavior. Some of the grades were +/-'s. These were her "emerging" skills. Things that they had not seen a lot of until recently. Here is a list of R's areas of "emergence:"

+/-

urinating on the potty
"pooping" on the potty

sharing/negotiating with others

interacting with toys, having two toys interact with each other

walking backwards 10'

walking on tiptoes 4 steps in a row

putting 's' at the end of words to make them plural

changing clothes (putting on socks, etc.)


We did not get a copy of this particular report, though we did get a write-up describing her progress in general. But this means we cannot list what categories she had +'s in. In fact we didn't even really go over those much at all.

Some things we took out of the meeting:

R is a dare-devil. When she gets on the playground equipment, she likes to climb and try things that even some of the bigger kids won't do. (this was modified by a "for her size")

She likes everybody, but she does have her preferred friends. Her teacher described her as a "butterfly."

She doesn't hit others, and is more likely to tell the teacher who is hitting who.

She doesn't talk a lot in big groups, but individually, or in smaller groups of children (4 or less) she will be more vocal. She's "bubbly."

She loves her Mommy and Daddy and talks about them throughout the day (awwwww).

Any questions?