Kayson Kindergarten Fall Conference

Tonight was an exciting evening here (even tho this Momma was anxious!).  We had Kayson's first parent-teacher conference as a true school student!  Nicky and Avery came over to keep Cora entertained... Ryan, K and I were off.  

When we arrived, Kayson showed us a few things that were on the walls - some drawings mostly.  Then we sat down (as we were waiting) and looked through his Profile.  It was full of different items - like his writing, some math work and some social drawings.  It was SO neat to see all of this... and have him tell us all about the stuff in there too.  He seemed so interested and was excited to tell us about it!  There was also a book in there - he read the whole thing to us with only a few mistakes.  It was AMAZING.  By far - that was the best part.  Just seeing him read to us and be confident in that. 

Then Mrs. White was ready for us.  We all sat down and just talked a little about how Kayson's doing... she showed us a few of the basics (what Kayson knows and some 'test' that he took).  He also read a little more of that book to us again (so Mrs. White could listen).  Then he was free to play on the iPad there - all learning apps of course!  :)  It was then time for the adults to talk.  Mrs. White has no concerns about Kayson academically.  She says he's doing really well and she's very proud of his work, especially his reading and writing.  I LOVE IT!  

One thing we were curious about was if Kayson is a leader or a follower at school.  Our guess was follower.  Mrs. White corrected us instantly - he's a leader, she says.  She says he is confident in his work and learning, that he tends to be the leader.  We were thrilled to hear that!!!  Very cool.  She also said that he's very responsible... she said she has a few students that she asks to do things for her or the class and they do it with no question.  Kayson is one of them, he's always asking to help.  This didn't surprise us at all - Kayson does NOT like to be bored.  Sure, he can sit quietly on the iPad or watching a movie, but if he's not doing that - he wants to be busy.  We plan on giving him more things to do around the house - helping out, etc.  Mrs. White thinks he'll do really well with that. 

So overall, the conference was great.  We are very proud of Kayson and how well he's done these first 3 months or so.  It's pretty awesome seeing all the neat things he's doing and everything he's learning.  Learning rocks!!  :)