The teacher checked off all of his milestones, meaning that he is where he should be developmentally at this point. She also added some further words to many of the checkpoints. Here were some of my favorite comments:
* Thomas loves to ask questions
* Thomas is so advanced with his language skills. He comes up with some of the funniest things I have ever heard a child say. He has no problem using his words to explain his wants and needs.
* (Thomas) loves to hear exciting stories. He is very good at retelling stories.
* Thomas is such a smart young boy. All of these skills come very easy to him. He reminds me of someone who will get an A+ on a test without studying.
* I feel that Thomas is very happy at school. All of the children in the class enjoy playing with him. He seems to be very sweet and easy going.
* Thomas is also very good with his math concepts.
* (Thomas) doesn't like getting paint on his hands--he makes a funny face.
* I have really enjoyed having Thomas in my class; he is such an entertaining little boy. ... Thomas enjoys school, and that is one of my main goals of the threes.
All in all, it was a great report. He needs to work a little harder on his fine motor skills, particularly holding a pencil/pen properly. He also doesn't like to stop playing and will have to start understanding that school is for learning, not playing as he goes into the fours next year. It will be an adjustment for him, but I'm sure he will do fine. As it is now, his artwork is already improving. It used to be that I could always pick his out of the lineup displayed in the hall because it was the one with the least amount of effort expended to draw the picture. But these days, he's getting a little more involved.
Right now in the hallway they have self-portraits on display. Thomas' is very cute. And then there is a questionnaire that he answered and some of the answers are hilarious. One is he was asked to complete the sentence "________ is the boss of my house." He said "Nobody." Ha ha. I can't recall the other answers at the moment, except that he also answered "When I grow up I want to be:" with the answer of "babysitter." This is funny since he's never had a babysitter who is not a family member. But he said that it means he could play with Parker and other babies all day. When they send home his questionnaire, I'll have to remember to share more of it.
One more thing because it seems to be a good place to share it. Along the lines of funny things Thomas says... Recently we were all driving back from the Air Force Base or the airport and we were driving around the side of the airport past the construction site for the new Boeing presence that is coming to Charleston. Basically it was a massive field of dirt and cleared trees...some were in piles. I said, "Oh, I guess that's where the new Boeing buildings will be." And Trey said, "Yes, that's right. Thomas they are going to build large airplanes right there." Thomas looked at the site very pensively. I could tell he was really thinking about it. And then he looked at us and said, "How are they going to make planes out of dirt?" :-)
He's too cute and I was glad to hear that he not only does well at school, but he enjoys it too. Let's hope it all lasts!
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