Our First Parent-Teacher Conference

Wow, did we feel like official school parents. Bill and I attended our first parent-teacher conference at Colin's daycare. We weren't sure what to expect or how involved the discussion would be. Well, his teachers really put in some effort on developing a notebook of photos, art, conversations had with each child as well as mapping out strengths and areas to work on.

We discussed how Colin has progressed since joining the class. He is very social, comfortable and confident in the room, and loves the art projects (lots of yellow!), singing and dancing. He has quite the dance moves!

Things to work on for him (and really most 2 year olds!) at school and at home are reducing the physical responses to problem solving (some hitting and kicking), respect for others' space and things (like a Seinfeld character, Colin is apparently a "close-talker" and likes to borrow everyone's sunglasses), encouraging self-help and continue to advance those developmental skills.

There will be some transition this summer at school as a few of the kids move up to the Pre-K room, some kids take the summers off, and a few of the younger kids are old enough to transition into Colin's class. His teachers explained that Colin will have a "leadership role" in the new class. Is that like a promotion? Fortunately, Colin's two teachers will be running the summer class and all the kids pretty much know each other from playground and group activities.

Leaving the meeting, we felt pretty proud of our little man!