C is becoming kind of a loner at school--pointed out by his teacher. He hasn't quite figured out how to make friends. He often times chooses to play alone instead of with others. This makes me sad, but I just have to respect his personality while encouraging him to be kind and courteous to others. When I come to pick him up, I often see little girls trying to play with him, but overall he'd rather play with boys or alone. It is funny to me that he is such a loner b/c other kids always seem to know him and talk to him. He is just such a funny bugger about interactions. He will hardly say hi to girls when we enter school. He says grandpa is his best friend, but otherwise he really misses his friends from Normal.
C hates to write or use a pencil. He can do it, but he gets frustrated quickly. I think at the root he is a bit of a perfectionist, but knows his skills don't match up, so he gives up. He can't seem to remember not to pick up his pencil when he shouldn't. Last week they worked on tracing lines--straight and curvy. He was so proud and yet ashamed to show me his work. He pointed out every mistake he made. Even though he doesn't enjoy it, he is always so proud to show me his worksheet of the day--which starting this week has begun focusing on a letter of the week and writing skills. He was so proud how he didn't get tricked. You can't see in the picture, but he traced his name in the yellow--poor kid just has terrible writing skills--which both Scott and I had as well.
He is keenly observant and somewhat more sensitive than I ever gave him credit. There is a little girl in his class that speaks almost no English. He told us all about it from the very beginning. He was very concerned about her. He asked us to help him find some Korean words to say to her. He tried, but I don't think she either understood him or he pronounced them correctly, but he's still very concerned. She is one of the only girls' names in class he knows. Crazy. The teacher even spoke to me about his observancy.
He is taking a biweekly computer class through school to help improve his fine motor skills and just to become a bit more tech savvy. He loves it. His teacher always says what a great listener he is and what a great memory he has. I was kind of shocked about the listening part b/c he goes straight there after 3 hours of preschool, so I didn't know how he would be.
He is very excited to be a big brother. He asks me questions all the time like when will the baby be here and when will we find out if it's a boy or girl. He is very aware and sensitive to the fact I don't feel well. He tries very hard to be good and helpful. He even helps me clean bathrooms and dust!
His eating habits are a mystery to me. Sometimes he gladly eats whatever and then other times he sees a spice or ingredient that freaks him and out and he flat out refuses to eat anything. He's been getting away with being pickier since I've been sick, but I was floored when he told me his favorite snack he's had at school so far were carrots with dip. He's never shown any interest in dips/dressings. Today at lunch he asked for carrots and ranch. He doesn't use much ranch, but he downed lots of carrots. Thank you preschool.
Finally my biggest worry about preschool--lice, which was enhanced by 2 incidents this week. First our friends who live about 30 minutes away got lice from school. 1 of the 3 children got it and the mom. YIKES! I don't know if any others ended up with it, but that sounds miserable. Second Scholastic books sent a little packet home for parents with info and coupons. Check it out.
Lice can affect you. Thanks for confirming my fears. I've never had lice, and I taught summer camps one year where I was petrified I'd get it.
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