Parent Lesson Night

Several times a year the school has "Parent Lesson Night."  It is a chance for the kids to teach their parents the lessons they have been doing.  The toddlers do not participate (too little to really understand the concept), so this is the first year both girls will be able to teach us.  The night starts at 6:30 and each age group gets 30 minutes in the classroom to show their parents their works.  They start with the youngest kids so Kayden went to her classroom first.  Before we went in, we talked to each of the girls about the fact that when their sister was showing the work, they needed to not try to help or correct.  I was really amazed at how well each of them did - Keeley because the works were ones she had already done for the most part and Kayden because we were in Keeley's room at what should have been bedtime!

Because we had both girls and baby brother asleep in the wrap (best baby ever), we didn't get any pictures.  We'll have to work on that for next time.  Here is a run down of what the girls showed us.  The works they were the most proud of.

Kayden - two pouring works - one with water and one with tiny beads, a work that involved taking pins from a pin cushion and arranging them in the openings of a salt shaker in a pattern, a sorting work with vegetables and one with fruits, and two of these cylinder works (red and yellow)

This was my favorite work to watch her complete.  She chose her rug and carefully unrolled it (this is a rug work) and then went and selected her box.  She set the box down on her rug and removed the felt piece on top of the box that was the same color as the work.  She then took off the lid and carefully removed each cylinder and placed it on the felt.  After she had them all arranged she took to stacking them on the lid.  She did it perfectly the first try.  She then told us that you have to take them off carefully and can't hit them to knock them down (so tempting!).  After each knob was placed back in the box, she put on the lid, rolled the felt and returned the work to the shelf.  She then rolled her rug and put it away, demonstrating how you are supposed to do it and telling us what not to do.  I was amazed at the care she took with each item and how focused she remained.


Keeley only had a chance to show us two works because hers are a little more involved.  She started with the moveable alphabet. She has been talking about the moveable alphabet since last spring.  A few of her friends were "on the moveable alphabet" and she would watch them and come home and tell me, "I have to finish my sounds and then I can be on the moveable alphabet"  The day before she started, her teacher told her she would get a lesson the following day.  I don't think I have ever seen her so excited.  It is all she talks about now.  The moveable alphabet is a spelling work.  She gets a box similar to this


 and a packet of cards with six pictures. She placed each picture on the rug and said the word then began to pick the letters to spell each word.  I knew that was what the work was but I was still amazed that I watched my baby spell cat, rat, hat, bat, ham, and man last night.  She carefully sounded out each word and placed them next to the pictures.  She is starting a new packet today and is so excited. 

I think all schools should have "Parent Lesson Nights."  The girls were so excited to show their work and so proud of what they could do.  We are pretty proud of them ourselves!