What a gorgeous morning. Sun shining, birdies singing...
I was unloading dishes when the sound of my eldest wretching reached my ears. Poor thing started her day throwing up. Whatever it was seems to have now, fortunately, passed.
My headache lingers, but I can work today. Goal: finish Chapter 10 of the text by Wednesday. We'll see if that happens. But it's a goal.
La Princesita's kindergarten conference was this morning. She has already demonstrated having exceeded all kindergarten learning objectives. But she's a smarty-pants and a perfectionist, so I'm neither bragging nor am surprised. That is just who she is. However, she has been noticed to want to stay with the teachers during recess or play by herself rather than play with her classmates. There are various possible reasons for this that we brainstormed, one of which could be having had the one little girl she really felt empathy with, Rosie, who left the school as soon as the two girls were really starting to feel close. Although this occurred at the beginning of the school year, we all know what a sensitive soul La Princesita is. She could be afraid of getting close. She could be shy in meeting others, as the only other child from her preschool is in the afternoon kindergarten class, not the morning group. There is also the issue of having been involved in two major auto accidents by the age of 5. I never thought of that, but her teacher said it warrants a further look. One of her friends also hit her on Friday of last week, a friend who does not have a very highly developed speech level yet and who probably hit in frustration, not being able to verbalize her feelings. This, however, really affected mi Princesita and in her relating this story it was possible to see how betrayed she felt. This has occurred with mi Princesita in the past, before she can really remember, with a couple of her other playmates, so I suppose it's possible she feels a bit traumatized.
Academics are not everything. I want a well-adjusted and happy child. I want her to enjoy her childhood. She loves school, so I don't believe that she is having serious problems in any aspect, social or otherwise. And I don't want to be "the pushy mom"...I want to be involved enough to be a part of my children's lives but not demanding how these lives should and will develop.
Do I make sense? It feels like such a thin line sometimes, that which separates "involved" and "pushy". I constantly pray for the guidance to do right by my children....
...and happily accept advice from Those Who Know and Understand!
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It's great isn't it to have staff who are willing to be open with you and not just say - 'K's had a great day' and not inform you of concerns. K sounds so like a wee girl I got close to at the pre-school I have just left. She loved to hold my hand outside. One day though she was playing with another girl and she called out to me, "I'm okay Kay." (it was as if she knew I worried about her a little!) So sweet. I'm sure K will be fine because she has you looking out for her and you are sensitive to and aware of her ways. Understanding is the biggest thing. If a child knows Mum understands, then that helps make it all okay, cos she's totally accepted for who she is and where she is. Unconditional. Oh - aren't they just the best these kids of ours?!
ResponderEliminarYes, Chief, it is. I thank my stars not only that I was raised in a school system that cared for its students, but that my children appear to be taken care of as well! How lucky we are...
ResponderEliminarThere could be a million reasons.... kids are all different aren't they? Mine made her two best friends in one school and then we moved to another district and I shuttled them all so they could stay close. She's never really made any more that she's as close to since then and it's been a good four years and I still drive them.
ResponderEliminarMine has trouble in math and I don't think it's just the subject. She's doing well in her other classes but ends up in lunch detention quite a bit with this teacher who comes off to me as something of an Eddie Haskell.
K sounds like a good sweet kid. And that's important.