When we moved into our house I was so excited because we had a den that could be turned into a playroom for Braydon. This excitement quickly went away when I learned how a child views "clean" and how an adult views "clean". I organized the room and even gave him bins with pictures to put things away himself. He thought the bins were supposed to be used to dumb stuff out and carry around whatever he wanted in them. The lucky little boy also has a nice train table in his room, but he is more interested in taking the tracks off and creating his own layout throughout the house. I have cleaned up many of the messes in the room and even thrown toys away because he doesn't clean up. Today however, I don't know if its because of the pregnancy hormones or what, but I decided that the room needs to go away!
What drew me to this conclusion? Well he took a step stool out to reach a tall shelf and take something down. All I could see was the bookcase falling over and him getting hurt. Plus he hasn't cleaned the room in a week, and his version of cleaning is throwing everything in the toybox. He then cries when he can't find what he wants, because it's not in the labeled bins! He also has two bags of toys which he "lost" because he didn't clean up. These bags have been out of the room for almost a month and he doesn't seem to care. This makes me think he has way too many toys!
Our home owners association is hosting a garage sale in a few weeks. This seems like the perfect time to sell these toys that he doesn't seem to even notice are gone. Plus with his birthday in a few weeks, and the baby due to arrive soon I think a good purge is necessary. I'm also vowing not to buy him a single toy for his birthday!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Parent/Teacher Conference
On Monday, we had Braydon's first preschool Parent/Teacher conference. I went into the meeting a little nervous because Braydon has some behavior issues in class that I already knew about. I came out of the meeting very pleased with my little guy! He has developed quite a bit since he started preschool this past fall.
Some things that he couldn't do when he started school, but is able to now:
* hop on one foot
* catch large ball using only his hands
* cut a straight line
* copy simple directional strokes (triangle, square, circle)
* efficient pencil grasp
* print first name
Also when he started he could only identify 2/6 shapes, now he knows all of them. In the fall he only knew 3 of his uppercase letters, now he knows 10. He knew 2 lowercase in the fall and know 6. Phonics show the most improvement with 1 in the fall and 14 now!
The only behavior issues he still has is that he takes toys or books from other kids. We are working on the sharing issue with him, so hopefully he will fully understand sharing by the time kindergarten starts.
Some things that he couldn't do when he started school, but is able to now:
* hop on one foot
* catch large ball using only his hands
* cut a straight line
* copy simple directional strokes (triangle, square, circle)
* efficient pencil grasp
* print first name
Also when he started he could only identify 2/6 shapes, now he knows all of them. In the fall he only knew 3 of his uppercase letters, now he knows 10. He knew 2 lowercase in the fall and know 6. Phonics show the most improvement with 1 in the fall and 14 now!
The only behavior issues he still has is that he takes toys or books from other kids. We are working on the sharing issue with him, so hopefully he will fully understand sharing by the time kindergarten starts.
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