Saturday, September 26, 2015

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb

We have just finished the second full week of school.  It has been an interesting month as all three of us have needed to settle into a new routine.  Taelin loves, loves, loves her new school.  She is excited to go every day and comes home happy.  I could not be more pleased with our decision choose Heritage as her school.  She is just going to blossom!  She is struggling a bit with full days all week and has been really tired at the end of the day.  Add dance into the mix (which is happy has started back up) and she has a really full schedule.


I asked her today what her 5 most favorite things she has done at Heritage have been:

1. Art-They have been writing a ton and she loves illustrating all of her stories.  They also had the art teacher for the first time this week and she got to sketch in her art notebook that is "just like LaLa's!"

2. Math- Who knew my kid would love math!  She loves the small math group and the games they are learning to practice addition.  It is seriously the first thing she talks about when she gets in the car.

3. Reading- Man, this girl is SO motivated to read.  I have been really careful not to force the issue because I know she will be able to read when she is ready...and I think she is ready.  Her challenge is going to be that it doesn't come fast.  (I don't know where she gets that from.)

4. Morning Meeting- Every morning they start their day all together in a morning meeting.  When Joe and I did our visit last year, it was seriously the most magical thing.  I actually got teary while watching the class.  They talk about a quote and then write and then talk some more. I'm not surprised at all that it is one of her favorite parts of her day. It's amazing.

5. Missoula Children's Theater- This week they had a two hour theater workshop done by the Missoula Children's Theater.  They got to do a bunch of different things.  She learned about 'key gestures' and 'isolation' and got to practice in a couple of skit.  Not surprising to anyone...she loved it.


I am so excited to see what this year has in store for this great kid!

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