Preschool Conference

I had Kennedy's spring preschool conference yesterday and she has progressed since the one last fall.  Our little lady can count to 39 and recognizes all the capital letters.  She can identify about three quarters of the lower case letters and has mastered shapes and colors.  It's amazing to me how grown up she is becoming.  I've said before how thankful I am for her adult-like conversations around the house and her pure enthusiasm for everything.  That was echoed by her teachers as well.  Kennedy tends to play alone but doing activities that have a lot of children around.  They said her favorite play stations include the dress-up area, lego table, puzzle and reading areas and music.  Mrs. Englert said when they get out the musical instruments Kennedy can't contain her excitement. 
On a day they were learning the number three Mrs. Hankins had the kids break into small groups of three.  They were told each group would take turns picking three items in the classroom then bring them to Mrs. Hankins and talk about the number.  Kennedy sat there intently watching the process.  She then stood up, grabbed three bears and walked over to Mrs. Hankins and said "here's my three bears, can I just go play now?"  Mrs. Hankins said all she could do was giggle.  Why would Kennedy just sit there waiting when she clearly understood the expectation and what to do in order to finish and then go back to playing.  Mrs. Hankins said she'll be a sales person's worst nightmare.  That's our girl!
We've signed her up for the four/five year-old class next year which is three days per week but still 9am - 11:15am.  She can't wait!