Kindergarten Update

I had the opportunity to meet with Noah's teacher, Mrs. Hoover, during Spring Parent Teacher Conferences. She is very pleased with his progress so far this year and he is right where he should be.

Mrs. Hoover explained that Noah has all the tools needed to be an independent reader, except for the confidence. This was no surprise to me as I deal with it on a weekly, if not daily basis. It can be so frustrating, especially when we are trying to get his homework completed. He gets it in his head that he can't do something, so he doesn't even try to do it. He is so afraid of doing it wrong that he won't even attempt it. He tends to be a little bit of a perfectionist. Where does he get it you may ask? From both of his parents.

Noah isn't too sure that he wants to move on to the First Grade. Mrs. Hoover is trying to have him sit in on a first grade class so he can see what it is like. She wants him to see that they do many of the same things in First Grade as he has been doing all year in Kindergarten. She mentioned he was lucky to have so many of his friends in his class this year and that won't necessarily be the case next year. So, she is trying to help build his confidence. Do you see a trend here?

I was also able to discuss his behavior with her a bit. I had been wondering if he has meltdowns at school when things don't go according to plan, like we face at home. She assured me he is pretty adaptable. She agreed that things tend to be very black and white with him, but also feels this is good as he won't be easily swayed by his peers. I guess he saves up all his frustrations for me. Which is a good thing I guess as it doesn't interfere with his school work.

So I guess we need to work on building his confidence.

Here is a look at his Spring School Picture...

Here is his Kindergarten Graduation Picture. Graduation will be on June 7th.