Back to School Night

Back to School Night was tonight! Parents got a chance to hear all about what the kids are doing in school and what to expect this year. Yes, it was a wee bit intimidating. Maybe we should have had Ellie do some of them thar book learnin over the summer...ya know...instead of just staring at shiny objects.

Nah, she'll be fine. She has run into a little snag in that she is in class with a girl she knows from kindergarten who is a notorious talker. We'll call her "Myrtle." Ellie came back the first week and said, "When Myrtle is in line behind me, she talks to me and I know I'm not supposed to talk, but my body wants to talk to her." I told her that it's hard not to respond when someone is talking right to you, but you still have to follow the rules. I told her that if it's too hard for her that she should move away from Myrtle or request that the teacher move her away.

So tonight I mentioned it to the teacher. She said that Myrtle is the one with the issue (which I already knew) and that she had told Ellie, "I know that you are not a kid who gets into trouble. So, you need to just tell Myrtle that you are not going to talk to her in class." She said today she saw Ellie shush Myrtle, which she saw as a good sign of assertiveness on Ellie's part. So that was great. I told Ellie right away that her teacher and I were both proud of her for handling the situation as she did.

So far I am quite happy with Ellie's teacher and the classroom and the group of kids she's with. I hope it'll be a great year!