But for whatever reasons that go through an eight-year-old's mind on any specific Monday afternoon, today Mikayla would have preferred to walk home from the bus with her BF Sophia and spend the afternoon playing with her. Gramma was NOT on the agenda. And I got the temper-tantrum to prove it.[...]
Archive for the ‘School’ Category
A Walk with a Robin’s Egg
I suddenly realized how big she is getting and how beautiful she is.[...]
Happy Second-Eighth Birthday, Mikayla!
Three out of four years we tease her that she doesn't REALLY have a birthday this year so we don't have to get her any presents. She already rolls her eyes at us.[...]
Help Hilary, Help!
I made the mistake of calling them snacks but Mikayla quickly corrected me...I guess you have "snack" for casual stuff and "refreshments" for important performances.[...]
Walking with Kayla
Don't get me wrong. I know the temper tantrum, fit throwing, telling on each other, scrapping on the floor pulling hair hard days are coming. I'm just amazed they didn't start out sooner.[...]
She’s Reading To ME Now
Once we did finish reading the posts, she went and got the Jillian Jiggs books. I told her my voice was shot from reading all the blogs to her. So she said, "That's okay. I'LL read them to YOU."[...]
The Secret Reader Update
Besides, how often is it that a 50 (something) year-old gramma gets to wear a mask?[...]
January 13th, 2010 - 3:17 PM § in 2010, Kindergarten
Srooleun
So last week when I was in Mikayla's class volunteering for center time, we got to use all new crayons and glue sticks! [...]
January 12th, 2010 - 4:17 PM § in 2010, Kindergarten
Secret Reader
So the other part of this is that Secret Readers are given permission to dress up. So I found a pig mask on the internet, printed it out, cut it out and I'm wearing it to kindergarten. [...]
Writing a Book
Kelly ripped off her badge, handed it to me and said, "Here. I'm sure you want this so you can rag on me in your blog."[...]
If I told you I had pancakes for breakfast…
But there's no one in the school cafeteria heating up lunches for six hundred million little elementary school kids. [...]
Rth
As usual these days, my job at center time is to help kids stretch out words. They don't need to know how they are really spelled. They just need to write down how they sound for now because they are being taught the sounds of the letters, not how to spell.[...]
I Must Be Poor
So our assignment was to make a list of five words that were Needs. They'd talked about it the day before so they had a good idea that things like air, a house, clothes and food were Needs.[...]
Walking Home with Kayla
Except I will say that Hannah Montana ain't got nothin' on this child in the clothing department! This is the most opinionated child I've ever run into when it comes to clothes! [...]
Mommy Is Not Under the Pillows
This time, as I started toward the front of the school, I saw my son-in-law pull around the drop-off circle and out popped my granddaughter. Cool! I yelled her name.[...]
Mrs. Michaelson, The Substitute
It's nice to see people enjoying what they do. Especially people who are making our children feel important.[...]
Carving Knives and Kindergarteners
And then we got down to the good stuff. The goop. The seeds. The slimy, yucky mess of it all. Woo-hoo! I've never seen such faces. It was great! LOL![...]