Meet the parents session 2016

2-3 weeks ago, we went for our second meet-the-teacher session of the year. I was a bit nervous as he recently had a few brushes with a classmate and even threw her shoe over the fence and her clothes into the toilet. Not sure what went into him as they usually play together very well. 

However, unlike the last mid year review where he still had some issues settling in and sharing , this one went quite well relatively. Teacher said that he's able to play well with his classmates, and he likes to role play and be the teacher and teach the other kids how to read (and teachers were surprised he actually was reading correctly) . 

They asked if we sent him to any reading enrichment classes but we didn't. We only had nightly prolonged bedtime reading. (recap: he doesn't like to sleep). 

The only exception is with this particular classmate that is very similar to him, who will not give way to him or follow his instructions. So while they will seek each other out to play, they will usually end up in a conflict. Teacher said that Cayen sometimes is the one who approach him to play despite their efforts to separate them. 

For instance, even though that classmate pushed him and caused him to have very bad bleeding lips , the next day, Cayen still looked for him to play. 

However, I still don't quite understand how this works because in our chit chat with Cayen, he will usually say that this boy's behaviour is so-so (while the rest are good or very good) , that they will fight because that boy keeps coming at him , and there's one night that he requested to change school due to that boy. 

Thankfully, I just heard from his teacher that that boy is changing school. So let's see if things improved next year.

By the way , our latest project .. My idea to build rapport . He actually complimented me on my that " good ideas l (of cutting and pasting these messages and hearts and recycling his kumin book pictures) ! 



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