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We’re near the end of the school year so it may seem like a weird time to introduce checklists to kids, but this is the perfect time. Earlier in my son’s life, checklists that told him to put on pajamas or brush his teeth didn’t feel like they’d be a big help considering I was . . . → Read More: Checklists for Cavanaugh  Leave a comment  Posted on May 13th, 2013 in Parenting, Schooling  bedtime checklist, checklists for kids, kindergarten, morning checklist, school routines, teaching kids to be organized I wrote yesterday about why we should write teacher request letters for school. Today, I’ll share my teacher request letter for first grade. Dear Principal _________, I’m writing because I’ve spoken with (the classroom teacher) and (the school counselor) about the first grade teacher assignment for my son, Cavanaugh _________, next year. They said I . . . → Read More: First Grade Teacher Request Letter 4 comments Posted on April 30th, 2013 in Parenting, Schooling advocating for kids at school, how teachers are assigned, how to help kids at school, teacher request letter The end of the school year is near and many schools are already making teacher assignments for next year. As a parent, you can have a voice in this decision. While most schools won’t honor requests for a specific teacher by name, you still have an opportunity to let the school know about your child . . . → Read More: Write Your Teacher Request Letters Now Leave a comment Posted on April 29th, 2013 in Parenting, Schooling advocating for kids, teacher assignments, teacher request letter My son and I started a kindergarten letter campaign this summer. Not a political protest kind of letter campaign, a learning-his-letters campaign designed to prepare him for kindergarten. The current Texas public school curriculum has moved what used to be first grade expectations down to kindergarten. For boys especially, this is a bad fit. Many . . . → Read More: Learning to Read 3 comments Posted on November 27th, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling emergent learners, kindergarten, leapfrog videos, learning to read, texas public school requirements Cavanaugh turned six today. How is it possible that I gave birth six years ago? I’ve been remembering it all week, the double-check to make sure we knew had to use a car seat, the suitcases that had been packed using lists from pregnancy books and parenting magazines, all those plans for how it was . . . → Read More: Now We Are Six 2 comments Posted on November 14th, 2012 in Holidays, Parenting, Schooling Birthday, Birthdays at school, Day You Were Born, Family, Home, Turning six It’s amazing how different kindergarten looks with a teacher that fits my son’s personality. The last times I wrote were about how we were coping with kindergarten (not well) and our fears about starting kindergarten. Now we’re in week five and the view from here (thankfully) is beautiful. Cavanaugh’s first kindergarten teacher just wasn’t a . . . → Read More: A Great Kindergarten Teacher One comment Posted on September 25th, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling advocate your child school, advocating for your child, finding a good teacher, navigating kindergarten, what teachers make Celebrating the end of the first week of kindergarten! After I wrote my post about Cavanaugh starting kindergarten last week, I thought maybe I didn’t explain what I was so worried about. Maybe I’m crazy, or overprotective, or making stuff up. But I wasn’t. I am not. Kindergarten is hard, for my son, for . . . → Read More: Coping with Kindergarten 16 comments Posted on September 6th, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling advocating for kids at school, entering the system, starting kindergarten Cavanaugh started kindergarten yesterday. I have cried all summer in anticipation of this event. For the last couple of weeks, I have read friends’ Facebook posts about their kids’ first days. One friend wrote that she did not want to wake up her daughter to take her to school. I totally understood. I started getting . . . → Read More: Starting Kindergarten Leave a comment Posted on August 28th, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling first day of school, starting kindergarten It’s summertime! For those of you who have older kids, you are taking time off, planning vacations and summer camps. But those of us who will have kids entering kindergarten this fall are looking at the calendar. It feels like school will start tomorrow. How did our kids get so tall, learn to say that, . . . → Read More: Getting to Know My Child Letter for Kindergarten 2 comments Posted on June 5th, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling choosing schools, getting to know your child letter, helping child get best teacher assignment I wish that I had thought to talk to and tour our neighborhood elementary school years ago. Rather than spending time researching private and specialty schools in case the public elementary school wasn’t good, I could have found out all I needed to know when I was pregnant, or when my son was two, or . . . → Read More: What to Ask When Researching Schools Leave a comment Posted on May 23rd, 2012 in Parenting, Schooling choosing a school, researching elementary schools |
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