Learning

Karsten is doing a great job at preschool.  He seems to be having fun and making lots of new friends.  When I dropped him off the other day, one of the teachers told me that he's become quite the helper for some of the younger girls.  One day someone took one of the toys away from a little girl and she was upset and crying.  Karsten held her hand and took her over to find a new toy - how sweet is that.

He came home a few days with blank worksheets that he hadn't tried to color or write his name on.  Scott asked his teacher when he picked Karsten up, and she said he kept saying he didn't know how to write his name or know how to color.  She said that it wasn't uncommon for boys his age to not be interested in coloring or writing.  We said we would work with him at home to get him more used to writing his name.  He's been doing it for a while when we outline it in dots; however, I think he just needs a confidence boost when doing it without dots.

Working together on holding the pencil right and writing his name.


Updated 10/4: I'm happy to report that he's now writing his name without dots and is coloring his papers again!