mid year progress

even though anthony has only been in school oh about 2 months now. he got a mid year progress report.
social/emotional: anthony demonstrates the ability to:
-show feelings through gestures and facial expressions
-express needs and desires non-verbally
-engage in activity chosen by adult

physical: Anthony demonstrates the ability to:
-move with direction and beginning coordination
-manipulate objects with hands
-connect objects together with adult assistance

cognitive: Anthony demonstrates the ability to:
-direct attention to one task at a time, with adult encouragement
-recognize familiar objects in environment

language: Anthony demonstrates teh ability to:
-listen attentively to familiar sounds
-respond to routine greetings


And his weekly progress note:
*Anthony does really well during large group instruction time- expecially when music is playing!
*Anthony was able to identify several upper and lowercase letters during our small group activities this week.
*This week we introduced scissors to students, Anthony is learning how to hold scissors correctly and practiced cutting construction paper.

I can tell anthony is learning from speech too. At least i think it came from speech. When its time for school, we prep him by saying "let's go get ready for school" so he knows where he's headed. He'll say "I like school" and we usually repeat it back like "you like school?" and he says "i love school" he's done that with a few things. in the same manor. so he's not just constantly mimicking us anymore, we get some response sometimes. its great! always brings a smile to our faces!

Ry is the same. i think he is teething again, cause he is drooling a lot. and as my friend Kim pointed out last week, he had stopped drooling haha. We hadnt even noticed. but he's up to it again. so maybe its 2 yr molar time, who knows. He says a few words here and there. we can tell theres improvement and can't wait for him to really start talking. boy will he tell us how it is haha.