We had a parent-teacher conference a few weeks ago where we got more detailed feedback. His teacher said K was very bright and a joy to have in class, had very advanced reading and writing skills, and draws detailed pictures. He is at around the same level as his peers with counting and math skills. Socially, he's doing fine, but sometimes gets his feelings hurt when classmates decide to leave what they're doing with him and do a different activity.
I know K is a smart, engaged, curious kid. I was a little concerned about his social development because when we pick him up, he's usually playing alone and sometimes he says something like, "Nobody wanted to play with me at recess." I also know how sensitive he is, and he doesn't yet have quite enough empathy to realize that other kids may be sensitive or shy too, or that another kid's rejection of a certain activity isn't a rejection of him. But I also know that in preschool, it took him a long time to warm up and eventually he had a tight group of friends. And when I'm at school with him, other kids are always calling out to him as we walk by. His teacher wasn't concerned, so I guess we'll just keep checking in with him on how he's doing with friends.
K's report card is cute. It says stuff like "He identifies numerals to 20 by name and connects each to counted objects" and "He uses late invented spelling" (which apparently is a fancy way of saying that he makes up plausible spellings that capture the relevant letter sounds). It's strange seeing this very objective assessment of him according to standards for kids his age. I guess we should get used to it.
(This was also X's first experience with Jell-O... by the end it was EVERYWHERE)
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