Annual Teacher Conference

Here's what Chloe's teacher wrote in her annual conference report:

Chloe is a social and inquisitive child who thrives in the school experience. Though she is an active participant in a wide range of activities at school, a few of her favorites are artistic endeavors (drawing, painting, clay, and visiting the studio), dramatic play including family life, princesses and fantasy, and animal play, and writing messages and notes and using her emerging literacy skills.

Though Chloe is very outgoing with familiar people and situations, we still notice that she can be shy or even scared around new teachers or children. She is able to talk about these feelings and come to a resolution, and usually after more exposure
becomes comfortable (with how much she loves the Studio, you would never guess she was initially uncomfortable around Laure and didn’t want to go!). Chloe enjoys
interacting with other children, and even when she is engaged in a solitary activity she is chatting with the adults or children around her. Chloe tends to play in groups (mainly with other girls) and seems to play equally with everyone.

Chloe’s language and literacy skills are developing well: she recognizes and can write her letters, can spell many familiar names, and already knows a few sight words. Though she is one of the younger children in the class, other children seek her out for assistance with letters and numbers. Chloe is always helpful in these situations, and often will offer help when she notices other children struggling.

Chloe is very capable and independent in the classroom, able to put on her own coat and shoes, go to the bathroom without assistance, clean up without direction when she’s done with something, and smoothly make transitions throughout the day (though she does sometimes try to talk the teachers into letting her stay inside if it’s cold or wet out!). Chloe has mastered many fine motor skills such as using utensils, pipettes, fine paint brushes and pens, and is able to bead the smallest beads we have on thin wire. Her gross motor skills are also developing well—she enjoys running, jumping, and climbing, and we have seen her using these skills much more on the playground now that she has become more interested in dramatic play outside.

Goal: We notice the tattling and excessive rule enforcement much less than last year, but now we see a little more bossiness and excluding in her group play (usually on the playground). We are working with Chloe and the other children to be fair and flexible in their play, and to talk about their roles before they begin playing.

And some pictures from school: