Last Day of School Fiesta

On the last day of school, Alex gave his teacher, Mrs. Coffin, a butterfly suncatcher that he made for her.  He was apprehensive about her being his teacher at the beginning of the year, but he has really thrived under her guidance.  His behavior has generally improved and he has been more consistent about completing his schoolwork during class without letting his surroundings distract him.



His reading group/language arts teacher was Mrs. Fish, who enjoyed working with Alex.  Alex has been an excellent reader for years and the small groups allowed him to be paired with kids at a similar level.



Mrs. Weinberg was his 1st grade teacher last year, and this year supplemented his education by teaching social studies.  She'll be moving down to the preschool next year, so Aaron will get an earlier exposure than Alex to her fun and novel approaches to learning.



This afternoon that had an end-of-year fiesta with Mexican food and sombreros.  Alex tried an enchilada for the first time and loved it!  What happened to our picky eater? (This also means that there's hope for Aaron's palate improving someday).  We tell them all the time that there is a world of foods that they would love, but they won't try it because they've never tried it.  Kid logic.  We won't let them claim that they don't like a food that they've never tried, but we learned a long time ago that it isn't worth a fight.  It is worth encouragement and re-offering rejected foods.  Peer pressure is fair game ("other kids your age eat pizza, Aaron").



After the fiesta, parents brought in board games, most of them mildly educational, and had a board game party with the Lower School in the Resource Center.  Summer Break has begun! We'll reconvene here in 2 1/2 months.