Parent-Teacher Conferences

Last week, we met with each of the boy's teachers for the fall Parent-Teacher conference. We went in with expectations that Connor and Brady act like they do at home and were surprised when we received reports that were quite the opposite. They were still good reports nonetheless.

We really enjoyed meeting with Connor's teacher who will have him all three years that he spends at Montessori. She was able to report on his developments since the last time we met last May. She reported that Connor has shown a great deal of maturity and taking his school work seriously. Last year, he did more watching and this year he is doing more work independently. He is currently enjoying focusing on his letters and sounds and analyzing books. He is close to word-building, which is the first step towards reading. She also wants him to do more with numbers, so that will be a focus between now and the end of the school year. She said he is very orderly with his work, is very polite to others, and is always in a good mood and enthusiastic about school. For those of you that get to experience the constant animal role-playing with full details about what "he" looks like, Ms. Beth gets to experience it also. She is usually quick to tell him that animals aren't allowed in school (good thinking). We were very happy to hear about Connor's progress and the maturity that he shows at school.

We then met with Brady's teacher. We were expecting to hear about his calm and mature behavior that he exhibits at home. NO...she said he is a typical 3 year old that is easily distracted, wiggly, and chatty. She did say that he takes great interest in his work, is very independent, and is especially interested in geography. She has been impressed with his coloring skills - knowing the colors and staying in the lines (for the most part). He adjusted very well to a classroom of older kids and likes to hang out with the older kids the most. He graduated (got kicked out actually) from the nap room within 2 weeks of school, which she said is a big accomplishment also. However, he doesn't do well sitting through the 30 minutes of story-telling at that time. The rest of the school year will be working with him on focusing on his work and completing the task at hand before moving on. We are very interested in hearing about Brady's progress next time we meet.

Keep up the good work boys! We have been very pleased with what we hear and see.