RAISING JOEY

31 for 21, October 21st

Last night at Joey’s parent-teacher conference, Joey’s teacher gave me a sheet from Joey (with her help) with an update of everything he’s doing at school.
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These are things I like and I am good at in the classroom setting:
-Attending and participating during circle (w/ a smile on his face)
-Imitating teacher movements/ gestures for poems and songs
-Signing action songs/ poems
-Referencing peers to model their movements during circle
-Eating snack independently with adult guidance as needed (especially chocolate pudding and apple sauce)
-Joey is highly motivated by his peers during during music & movement activities
-High level of innate mastery of motivation for self initiated activities
-Persistant exploration of the environment and engagement in familiar and routine activities and material use.

These are things I am getting better at in the classroom setting:
-Participating in table top actitivies with adult facilitation ie.. gluing, painting, markers
-Following one step directions in the classroom with adult facilitation
-Pointing to photos/ visual cues to express desired activity
-Transitioning within the daily schedule using a simple visual schedule board
-Increased comfort levels improve overall performance in most areas of the daily cirriculum
-Parallel playing near peers while engaged in familiar and preferred activities ie.. trains, cars, bean table, water table, simple 1-2 step play schemes with dolls/ food/ puzzles
-Transitioning to least preferred activities with adult support
-Increased symbolic play with adult/ peer modeling
-Increased attention span with familiar and highly preferred materials
-Emerging trial and error problem solving skills with materials of interest ie… puzzles, bean table, trains/tracks, legos, instruments

These are things I need help with:
-Toileting, washing hands, caring for personal belongings, transitioning from one activity to another when he is not interested or in the mood to engage.
-Safety awareness concerns require constant adult supervision/ facilitation in the classroom and outdoors
-Increasing attention span with activities/ materials that are unfamiliar/ least preferred