MikeKristyKoleJack

So Kole's school sends home progress reports and boy were we blind sided. He isn't up to par on any of the skills listed. Now I believe the teacher said at our meeting that this was not to alarm us- that the goal is see improvement on the progress reports as the year goes on but I think this is crazy. Why would you send out something like that? I feel awful. I had no idea he was so far "behind". I had heard of some of the other kids his age doing exceptionally well in one area or another but I had always felt that there wasn't a need to push. Now I'm pushing.

I'm not pushing like crazy- mostly I'm making time EVERYDAY (at least 30 minutes) to focus on learning (and in turn, focus on Kole). I suppose I should have started this earlier but better late than never. Now we're having a blast, the one on one time is great and extremely rewarding. I think I'm seeing some improvement too so hopefully that improvement will continue.

I also ordered a Leap Frog video that I've heard is GREAT for learning. Can't wait for it to get here. I didn't want to push too hard too early but this progress report has been the nudge I needed to get going. I know we'll get on track, we are already, but there just seems to be alot of pressure already.