Thursday, November 24, 2011

Simon - JK Parent Teacher Interview

Well with 36 families, a day wasn't enough for Simon's kindergarten teacher to schedule parent-teacher interviews. When we didn't get any notice home my girlfriend (who is also a kindergarten teacher) assured me that it the teacher didn't schedule a meeting, she had no issues with Simon. Of course, I needed to hear this first hand so we arranged a phone interview with Miss K.

Well it turns out my friend was correct as Miss K. apologised that she did not meet with us face to face. Past years, they had 2 days to do the interviews where this year they only had 1, and she wanted to meet with the parents with kids who were having trouble.

The highlights from the conversation about Simon:
-follows direction really well (wondering if she is talking about our same kid)
-very cooperative
-well liked by the other kids and the teachers
-very good candidate to go into French immersion
-very polite
-"Charmer"
-good with all shapes, letters and numbers (up to 10 required)
-always willing to help

And the stuff to work on:
-Very slow at getting dressed (yep she is talking about our son) as he socialises a bit too much and is always one of the last ones ready
-Fine motor skills are weak (expected for a boy at the age of 4. She suggested some alternatives to pen and paper for working on them: Lego, spelling out his name in Cheerios, play dough and cutting.

I'm a pretty proud parent over here. Of course, we would love to see a little more polite, cooperative and helpful around the house as well :) but a least he's showing his best side to the rest of the world.

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