Jason and I attended the Kindergarten Roundup meeting with lots of questions, hesitations, and maybe a little bit of excitement...after all, Kindergarten is quite a milestone. We sat in the back of the class and observed the teacher, the kids, and the routine of it all. It was most entertaining to say the least! Mrs. Bell is a wonderful teacher with a disposition meant for a Kindergarten teacher. All of the kids shined with their individual personalities that were made so apparent in the short twenty minutes we observed them. I think they left me with a permanent grin the entire time. We were thoroughly impressed that all of the kids were able to read and spell. We were told the kids, depending on each individual's progress, would finish the year being able to read between a 1st grade to 3rd grade reading level. We were impressed. We have pretty much decided to go ahead and enroll Hudson in the program. However, he will attend Kindergarten twice so he will not enter 1st grade as the youngest kid in the class. There is a HUGE difference between a 5 yr old and a 6/7 yr old so we do not want him to compete with kids that much older than him throughout the rest of his school years. I guess we should have planned his birthday a little better! ; )
On a similar note, Jason recently put a great learning game on his iPad for Hudson to play. However, we were both quite shocked at how good he was at it. It had adding and subtracting which he aced! It also had sections where it would ask him to find words such as "the" or "ran" and he knew every single one of them!! It also had him complete the spelling for words like "cat" or "jug" and again, he knew every one! We realized that all of that money we begrudgingly shovel into this school is paying off. Yay Primrose! Yay Hudson! However, he knows he is smart and is constantly telling us, "(he doesn't say 'duh' but his tone does) I already know that". I'm sure this is a precursor to the teenager years.
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