June 5: My day in first grade

Today was a pretty great day. We parents were invited to Katie's classroom to watch the class perform six different plays. Katie was in Three Cheers for Tacky and The Little Red Hen. The kids did an amazing job and it was a lot of fun for all of us proud parents to watch them. Even Jack enjoyed the show, and Jack usually hates anything not involving pirates.

After a short recess they also had a quick little graduation ceremony (just don't tell them they still have a week left of school). Each of the kids introduced themselves and said what they liked best about first grade and/or what they wanted to be when they grow up. Katie said she wants to be a veterinarian. Of course, my response was, "An evil veterinarian?"

I absolutely adore her teacher. She's been doing this for, like, a hundred years but you'd never know it judging by her energy level. She's spectacular. The kids all think so too.


I'm not ashamed to admit that I stole something from those little cherubs today. They have a fabulous conflict resolution system in the classroom; Kelso the Frog offers a wheel of choices when problems arise:

  • Go to another game
  • Share and take turns
  • Talk it out
  • Walk away
  • Ignore it
  • Tell them to stop
  • Apologize
  • Make a deal
  • Wait and cool off


Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to keep a list like that handy at all times for all family members, hm?

First grade is the coolest. I'll miss it.

--Jen

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