Re: talking about the school day
- From: "Donna Metler" <dmmetler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:40:12 -0500
"Beliavsky" <beliavsky@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When I ask my 4yo son what he did in school today, he either shrugs,What I started doing with my 2 1/2 yr old is a daily "journal". I actually
says "I don't remember", or tells me what he ate for lunch. I don't
think he is trying to be standoffish. Asking my 2yo (who stays at
home) what he did produces a cheerful "nothing!". I can get some idea
what the older son is doing by looking at the worksheets or projects
he brings home. He does like school. So I think there is no point in
probing -- if he wants to tell me something, he will. Sound reasonable?
started this because she wanted to write, and physically couldn't, but it's
also turned into a good recall skill.
Basically, we sit down, either after preschool when she comes home, or after
we've done her morning activities, and she tells me what she did and I wrote
it down. We do get a lot of lunch recalls, but she's getting much better
about telling me the details about what she did. It also gives an
interesting view of what is important to her (a trip to the Mall is
memorable because of riding the escalator, for example). She then
draws/writes (well, scribbles) to her heart's content to go with her
"story". We average about one composition book a month. I figure it will be
interesting to look back when she's older.
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