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If I can’t find your kindergarten, you’ll have to be homeschooled
We intend to send our son to kindergarten in the fall. Many parents are delaying kindergarten an extra year for their kids. That’s their choice and I respect it, but the way I figure it, the sooner he...
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Forget about the gold, we’re going for the purple
We may have experienced a minor breakthrough. Being a five-year-old boy, our son likes to play when he should be doing work in school. Throughout autumn, he got better at focusing on his work, mostly...
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The stubborn contrarian doesn’t fall far from the tree
We had our spring parent conference with the boy’s kindergarten teacher last week. The good news is that the boy is doing well academically. As I often tell him, he’s too smart for his own good. On the...
View ArticleTo infinity and beyond
Buster is developing a curiosity about infinite loops. The other day he asked me, “If two people were saying goodbye and one said ‘Have a nice day,’ and the next one said ‘Okay, have a nice day,’ and...
View ArticleKindergarten artwork – middle child edition
By the initial Fourth Grade teacher conference you mostly know what you’ve got. In our case, it’s a good student who could be a very good student if he developed discipline or a work ethic. But we who...
View ArticleA Valentine’s Day massacre to call our own
Nothing sucks away the Valentine’s Day spirit like Valentine’s Day. This probably holds true in all situations, but it is especially evident when you have children in elementary school. Valentine’s Day...
View ArticleKindergarten spring exhibit
It’s that season again. Spring parent-teacher conferences mean it’s time to get the official assessment of your Kindergartner’s progress since November, and more importantly, admire his artwork....
View ArticleThumbs up for thumbs out
His preschool classmates know him as a mild-mannered boy. They would describe our Big Man as a happy, friendly kid. They would be shocked to discover he has a demon. Big Man’s demon descends upon him...
View ArticleStale socks and missing presidents
I’m not sure if my boys are getting too wise for me or just have too many wisecracks for me. This morning I told Buster he had to change socks. “Remember last time, when your socks smelled so bad...
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