As promised, here is the interview I had with Jonathan after his first day of kindergarten:
In the past five weeks I have have seen him mature and become more interested in learning. He has a GREAT teacher. I love that every time I ask to see his work or what he learned that he replies, "We don't work, we just play and have fun." GOOD I say! Otherwise he might not be willing to learn as much as he is. I hear things trickle out of him that they learned during the day. He'll sing a song, nursery rhyme, or talk about a math or science principle like magnets or patterns.
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| Ready for the First Day of School |
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| Jonathan at Canyon Ridge |
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| Jonathan and Erik in front of Jonathan's classroom. |
His school does the Investigations math program and I am so excited to see how it turns out. I honestly think if it is taught well, then it is a superior math philosophy. It was very controversial in the Alpine School District when I was a teacher there. Although my school was one of the few that had not yet implemented the program, I learned about it while studying Elementary Education at BYU. I think the program is largely misunderstood by parents because it is vastly different than the math philosophy we grew up with. Now that I am on the other side of the coin, it'll be interesting to see how I like it.
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| Waiting for Miss Querry |
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| What five-year-old wouldn't want to play with play dough first thing? What a smart teacher. |
When Jonathan sat down and started playing with his play dough, he asked, "What about Erik?"
"Erik isn't staying." I had to tell him. "This is your class." When Erik, Ella and I left the school and got into the minivan, Erik asked, "Where's Jonathan, where's Jonathan?" When I told him he had to stay in his class Erik replied, "I will miss him after all."
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| Miss Querry |
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| He LOVES riding the bus. |
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Now, just for kicks and giggles, I will post a video that Jonathan made of himself. I found it while going through my pictures.
