Friday, April 26: I receive note from the Kindergarten room parent regarding all the activities for Teacher Appreciation Week at my daughter’s school. Monday, April 29: I send the handmade card to school with my Kindergartner for Teacher Appreciation Week. Tuesday, April 30: I send a box of Kleenex to school with my Kindergartner for Teacher [Read More]
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar – Kindergarten Style
Remember “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”? Okay, even I don’t remember when it was played on the radio, but I’ve certainly heard of it before. It goes like this: I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an’ pretend ‘Cause I’ve heard [Read More]
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Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, Er, Freaky
I consider myself lucky to have both a boy and a girl. It’s fun and interesting to see how different these creatures can be! The other day I took the picture below. I had stumbled into the living room and found this scene set up by my daughter. Awww, I just thought it was [Read More]
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24 Steps for Finishing Kindergarten Valentines
1. Buy box of Valentine’s Day cards. 2. Thank the Lord that child picked a box that has 34 Valentines rather than 1 box with 12 Valentines. No need to buy 3 boxes. 3. Break out the 3 sheets from the Kindergarten teacher which have all 26 kids’ names and photos on them. These are [Read More]
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Holy, Holy, Holy
Sydney, 6, has been learning to read high frequency words in kindergarten. These are words like in, the, my, little, etc. As we were sitting in church last Sunday, she started finding a lot of these words in the bulletin. It’s exciting to see her learning! I, the ever helpful mother, then pointed out that an upcoming hymn we were [Read More]
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How to Throw a Rockin’ Birthday Party
Those of you who have been around a while know that I do NOT consider myself a Pinterest-inspired Supermom. So I’m surprising even myself with today’s post recapping Sydney’s 6th birthday party. I consider this post a service to the other parents out there who may be faced with planning a party around a ROCK. [Read More]
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With Sympathy for Newtown
About two weeks after 9/11/01, my husband and I went to see a silly movie. It was much needed comic relief after the non-stop sorrow on TV. Like then, eventually I will return to jokes as relief from the events of this past week. But for now I am still so sad. When I heard [Read More]
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More Rage Against the Kindergarten Machine
Remember this? You can refresh your memory about this in my first Rage Against the Kindergarten Machine post. Basically, after 6 worksheets, Sydney didn’t want to color her kindergarten homework anymore and I didn’t think she needed to. But obviously her kindergarten teacher thought she should! Well, prepare yourselves. Now there’s this: Troubling? Brave? Poor [Read More]
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Tales from Halloween Past, Part II
A couple weeks ago, I lamented over the fact that my baby boy, once dressed as a pumpkin, has grown up and wants nothing more than to be a frightening/bloody/ghoulish mess this Halloween. Several of you were curious about my daughter Sydney’s Halloween experiences. I’m pleased to report that at the age of 5 she [Read More]
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Rage Against the Kindergarten Machine
To color or not to color. That is the question. Every Friday, Sydney gets a half dozen worksheets sent home from kindergarten. The worksheets are her homework. There are letters to identify and write, words to try and read, plus math exercises to tackle. We have until Wednesday to turn in the finished homework, but [Read More]
