This week in Kindergarten

David had his first school picture day. He is not one who loves having pictures taken so we prepped him and talked about it beforehand. I let him know what was up, what would happen and that I really needed him to give a great smile for the camera. He came home telling me it was super easy and he used his best smile. :)

They focused on letters K, L, M, N and O this week in reading and learned a shape poem in Math...

Shapes Poem:

Solid shapes are fat not flat.

A cone is like a party hat.

A sphere is like a bouncy ball.

A prism is like a building tall.

A cylinder is like a can of pop.

A cube is like the dice you drop.

Solid shapes are here and there.

Solid shapes are everywhere.

Last week's playground races have established a set pecking order in David's group of friends. He falls right in the middle of the 3 of them with his little friend, A, being faster and, N, being slightly slower. David knows this; He respects this. He sounds very much like a grown man when talking about his friends now. He gets that his one friend could challenge him at any time and whoop him. He talks about this friend with a little bit of awe. He also understands that his other little friend is a little smaller and a little slower. He's very sensitive to this and really tries not to hurt his feelings. 

Before grocery shopping this week, David was asked what he'd like for me to buy to pack in his lunch. He said hard boiled "dinosaur" eggs, cherry tomatoes, ants on a log and PB sandwiches. He says these things make his tummy feel best and help him not be hungry later. I am SO stinkin' proud of my boy and his healthy choices. Very grown up for a 5 year old, I feel.

They practiced fire drills. David said the alarm was so loud and they just had to "get out SO fast and keep going, going, going until Mrs. H got them all to the grass". He was very serious. It greatly impacted his Thursday. I didn't hear about anything else that day.