Katie....

Now I can finally get to Katie. She is doing great!!!!! She started the pre-K program at her school. The teachers sent home a sheet of items they wanted to know if she knew. Kind of like a starting grid to get her ready for kindergarten. I was quite frustrated because I had no idea if she knew this stuff or not. Some of it was obvious, I knew she could count to 10 and 20. But I did not know if she could identify the word purple with the color purple. I knew she could write letters but could she write the whole alphabet upper and lower case.

Needless to say I have been working with her 3 to 4 nights a week trying to help her with the things she is not sure about. When I picked her up last week her teacher asked me if I filled it out. I said I was unsure of some of the things if she knew them so I was working with her and would have the paper turned in the next morning. The teacher said not to worry too much about it because Katie knew more off that sheet than most of the other children in the class. Which I am discovering that to be true however, practice never hurt. She has trouble with some of the alphabet and if she writes her name without assistance she writes it exactly backwards.

She has been a great helper at home with Maddie. I just have to remeber to set some time aside for her one on one. She had a great time this past weekend because her cousins Ruth, Anna and Lily came for a visit. Talk about some girl power. They had a great time. Katie could not wait to get to Grandma's house to see and play with them.

Katie always has been my trouper. She is affected by very little and goes with the flow much easier than most. I have to remember not to take that for granted. TTFN