On the way to the car Friday afternoon, my son looked at me with serious eyes and said, "Mom, what does "maestra" mean. There's a boy in my class who calls my teacher this word all the time." I said, "Maestra means teacher," He smiled and seem relieved that his classmate wasn't offending their dear teacher.
He also told me that "kindergarten is funner than preschool." I thought that was a perfect way to end the first three days of kindergarten.
This morning, when we were reviewing list one of his 50 sight words for the year, I was impressed that he could recognize about 70% of the first 10 words already. His colors and shapes recognition and oral repetition is at 90%. I am really happy about how quickly he is acquiring the language.
This week will be a full week of 5 days of school. We let him relax quite a bit this weekend, watching movies, swimming, skateboarding, scootering and playing outside in the yard. I don't want him to be stressed out in kindergarten. I hope that he can realize that learning is fun. Learning needs to be intrinsically motivating.
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