4K Achievements

Liam got his first report card today! His teacher says that:

"Liam is an excellent student, and you are to be commended for raising such a fine boy! He is a cheerful, polite, energetic, and friendly student. He is a wonderful role model in the classroom! Liam is doing well academically and socially in the 4k program. During play time he enjoys the dramatic play area, math, and block center. He is able to recognize all uppercase letters except J, recognize all lowercase letters except b and q, recognize most letter sounds, count to 101, count object to 25, recognize some numerals, basic shapes and patterns."

He still says "71" when he sees a number like "17", but I'm pretty sure being able to count to 101 makes up for it...! Especially when the benchmark for rote counting at his age is 20! I was very surprised to see that he got 4's (typical of a child 5 years or more) in all of the math categories. He does like math, and he's been able to count and understand numbers since he was very little, but I guess I notice the creative side of him more. I'm excited to think that he has inherited his father's knack for numbers instead of his mother's stunted touch-point math approach! (yes, this is how I learned math and no, I cannot do math with out it...!)

He also got 4's in the early literacy category and "curiosity, risk-taking and willingness to engage in new experiences" category.

I'm proud of how much he's learned so far this year, and I'm glad that he likes school so much and has made such good friends. I also can't believe that he's halfway to kindergarten...! In some ways he seems light years older than 5, but in others he still seems like my little boy. I keep telling him to stop growing and stay five forever, but so far he's not listening...