Firsts~ Conferences

Tonight we had Reagan's first parent-teacher conference.  As someone who LOVED school, I was so excited for this- to hear the stories she doesn't tell us. To see your child through her teacher's eyes. We got a great report!

So I don't forget in years to come (who are we kidding, a month or two?!) some highlights:

She is kind to others and uses her manners, she is a rule-follower and likes to get confirmation from the teacher that she is doing the right thing, she does a great job of raising her hand and since she is one of the older kids in her class, likes to help the other kids who may be struggling (although not in a bossy way, her teacher assured us).

She is only 1 of 3 girls in the class so recess is a little harder- her teacher said she is shy on the playground but Rea has never really liked crowds.  She can count to 40 without mistakes, knows all her letters/sounds and is the only one in her class that can differentiate between upper and lower case letters.  Her teacher is going to start working with her more one on one to help push her in reading/phonics since she said she is definitely ready.  That was fun to hear being a huge reader myself! 

Her teacher said the main thing is that Rea loves being at school, learning new things... and especially loves the cooking segments!  We heard all about their class adventures in applesauce making from Rea so this didn't surprise me. 

She has done a great job of working on writing her name and now we are just focusing on fine-tuning the uppercase/lowercase letters.  All in all, a great report!  So naturally we had to celebrate with Menchie's after dance class.  Hope every year's conference is this much fun!

One of her first pieces of artwork: