Parent/Teacher Conference Day

I had Hailey’s first ever parent/teacher conference today. The assessment was very thorough and included 5 broad areas under which there were about a million minor little skills. The whole assessment is 10 pages single-spaced. Who knew that you were supposed to be able to do 10 pages worth of stuff by the time you're 2?!?!? The broad areas are large motor development, small motor development, cognitive development, language and literacy development, and social and emotional development. Here are some interesting tidbits about Hailey that come really as no surprise, but I’m putting them here for documentation purposes:

1. Hailey doesn’t like conflict and will walk away when children are rough-housing or fighting over toys;
2. If a child comes to take Hailey’s toy, she will give it up and go get another one of the same thing whenever possible;
3. She loves books and gets a check under everything related to speaking and communicating;
4. She is comfortable playing by herself;
5. Some days she will lie on her mat for 2 hours during naptime and never go to sleep (then where does she get the energy when she gets home???);
   
6. She knows her colors and shapes;
   
7. Despite the fact that she comes home and tells us that she was a bad listener and that her "ears don't work," the teacher has never actually had to say that to Hailey; and
8. She picks up on songs very quickly.

Things that Hailey will be working on in the next few weeks:

1. Learning the first and last name of everyone in her family;
2. Learning the letters that correspond to her name;
3. Working with scissors; and
4. Identifying numbers by sight.

PS: Check out the old school-style belly picture I posted on the last entry. I had to improvise last night, but I'll have Luke take something more official soon.