October 7, 2008
I Love School, Mama !
That was what Chloe said to me.. tonite before she went to bed. I was most certainly pleased with that statement.. because there was no prompting from my part.
An update on what Mrs Fuller the Resource, Reading Recovery & 6P Sci/Hlth teacher said.. was that there were certain instructions that Chloe didn’t understand.. like “under & above” (Kate tested her tonite. .and she could tell Kate exactly what was under her bed .. and above) and also she said Chloe doesn’t know our address .. and only knows that she lived in a white house. Chloe also don’t know our phone # or the emergency # like 911. But you see we never taught her that.. because she is always with us..!!! At 4.5 yrs old.. would you expect your kid to know all these..??
She also claimed that Chloe don’t know the words for certain colors. For example if she pointed to “red color” . .chloe would say … “i forgot” or ” i don’t know” .. which is pretty strange.. because she never had a problem with it .. when she is around us. But they want to continue to monitor .. and make sure she doesn’t lagged behind .. or something to that effect.. and will come back to us again. Oh . .and she can’t cut properly (we never let her use scissors .. so that is our bad).
I have yet to address the remark she made to her form teacher about “does Chloe speak in English at home?” I don’t really want to make a mountain over a molehill and become a mountain turtle.. but i had shown the email to a few mothers.. and they felt the same way as I .. but PB of course doesn’t think so .. *shrug* ..! MEN..!
great to hear that chloe loves school. i still think mrs. fuller is kinda ‘kan cheong’. chloe is not even 5 yet and she’s probably shy when talking to her. i don’t think i know my house addy when i was at her age
Comment by mommy to chumsy — October 8, 2008 @ 7:35 am
Gosh..they ask such question at that age? I guess we have more “homework” to do now.
Comment by Vien — October 8, 2008 @ 6:17 pm
Sometimes a child may feel insecure or uncomfortable when the teacher directs questions to her only, instead of to a group of children. So, when that happens, even when they know the answers, they may just choose to say “I don’t know” for convenient sake. I believe Chloe is still getting to know the teacher and is probably too shy to answer the qns.
As for the things that the teacher asked Chloe, we parents need to teach la!
It’s for their own good. They need to know who to contact in case of emergency (911, home address, tel #). So, you better start teaching her now.
Comment by crazymommy — October 9, 2008 @ 12:22 am
I believe it’s just Chloe being shy or nervous and not because she doesn’t know those answers. Not forgetting that she has just started school so the environment and the pple are still new to her. The teacher ought to cut her some slack!
Comment by sesame — October 9, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
oh, I hope my girl will tell me that too… since i have tried her once in nursery. She is still telling me “no school, mummy…”
Comment by VivianZ — October 10, 2008 @ 3:54 am
that’s great! her enthusiasm to learn new things is awesome!
Comment by Girlie — October 11, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
Alycia doesn’t know our house # and 999 # too coz I’ve never taught her b4. I guess it’s high time I teach her now.
Comment by health freak — October 13, 2008 @ 4:46 am