Meeting with the teachers

Today, I had progress meeting with the kids' teacher. It was very fruitful and I was pleased.

Chloe is settling well. She has good attention span and fully aware of what's going on. She is not shy, she asked if she needs something. She understand and comply with the teacher's instruction. She plays alongside with her friends, but not with her friends. The teacher is working on getting her interacting with her friends.

Lucas is doing well too. His teacher insisted that he is not shy but just quiet. He asked if he is not sure, he puts up his hand to volunteer to answer the questions, he talks in front of the class when he has to, he works well when he is partner with a classmate or in group. I was telling the teacher that he is bored at times in class. He finds the Math is too easy and the reading book is too easy. His teacher will do something about it. The only complain the teacher has is he goes to toilet a bit too often. She was wondering if he is trying to walk out from his boredom in the classroom....lol.

Meeting with Teacher

Yesterday was our session with Lucas's teacher to talk about his progress in school. He has been with this teacher for 2 months. Well, there were no surprises. The teacher pretty much said the same thing as last year's teacher. Consistent behaviour. He is above his peers in numeracy and literacy but he doesn't like drawing, coloring, singing and dancing. The teacher showed us his drawing and coloring work, and I must said it is pretty much as how he drew since 2 years ago. The human is still in 'stick' form. One color for the whole face. The teacher said he will do the drawing and coloring with hesitation but he will just do it to get it over with. During music class, he is the only person who does not participate. When we get home, we asked him why he behaves in such manner. His reply, 'It is so boring!'. What can I say?? Should I just let it be and let him get over it since drawing, coloring, singing and dancing are not essential survival skills? No?

And I'm meeting Chloe's teacher this Thursday to talk about her progress. Wonder what will the teacher says.

Lucas's Progress Report

Lucas's school gave us his first semester progress report. We were so impressed with the levels of details in the report. In short, his teacher said Lucas is quite a loner. He does not initiate conversion easily with his peers and does not join them much in the activities. He preferred to do things on his own,on his speed and his own terms. This is quite true. We observed the same too. The teacher suggested that we create opportunities for him to socialize with others but do not interfere. Example would be take him to the playground and sit down and watch. Let him try to make friends on his own.

His speech is way ahead of his age. He does not talk like a child his age. That might be because we talk to him like an adult. When the teacher asks him to do something, Lucas will try to talk his way out by giving all kinds of reasons and excuses. The teacher understands his character will in the end tell him, you still have to do it. He will do as told. Luckily, he is not rebellious or that stubborn.

He is a perfectionist, and feels very embarrassed when he makes mistakes. When he makes a mistake, he will cover his face with his hand hoping nobody will see his mistakes and the mistake will just go away. A good example would be when he accidentally pee on the floor, he will cover his face with both his hands. The teacher suggested that we should ignore him or change the topic when he makes mistake. This will send him a message that making mistake is ok and nothing to be embarrassed about.

There were loads of other comments on his motor skills, colours, numbers, apparatus etc but the social comments got us really interested. Oh....then we took a look at his artwork and my gosh.....he is so neat and organized! Very soon, he will be nagging at us on being untidy at home!!