Since we have reached winter break of the 2011-2012 school year, I wanted to include an update on how Diego is doing in school.
A big help for us are the new daily charts that are sent home with his communication notebook. The staff staples a sheet in the book that details for us what he ate, his bathroom use (doing great!), which class or therapy he had that day, and at least one or two highlights of the day. It is exactly the type of update I like to see since he is not able to relay all that info to us. I think back to when I was young and my Dad asked us how school was every day and just saying “good” was not enough. He wanted details and now I do too.
Diego is actually doing some basic addition and subtraction, writing numbers more clearly and had his first oral presentation just a few weeks ago. He had to tell the class some of the highlights of a book they read. From what I understand the teacher prompted him to answer some question about the book they read and he had to use a poster as his guide. Reading
I’ll be the first to admit that all that he has done has exceeded my expectations. I thought when we met last April to prepare his goals for kindergarten that we had set a realistic standard for him and that he would be challenged. I look at his paperwork and am delighted to say he is doing all we thought he might do and more! He’s blowing the standard out of the water and I’m so proud of him… It is a testament to all the work he puts in and how well his teacher is guiding the class.
As a side note, he now tells me “one secoooond” when I ask him to give me the iPad or my phone (he plays angry birds on my phone now too). He also uses “whatever” in response to us and although many parents might be bothered we think it’s great as it illustrates just what many other kids his age are telling their parents…
