School Update

Dear Mackenzie,

I had a parent-teacher conference with your teacher today and she only had great things to tell me about you! She said you are a pleasure to have in class and that you get along with all of your classmates. You do well in math, you love music and art and you like riding the bike on the playground, which you didn't used to, but now you do maybe because your legs are strong enough to pedal it. Also, when you started school in September, you could only identify one letter in the alphabet, but now can easily name 23! (The letters o, p and q give you a little trouble.) You are so good at writing your first and last names and you have also learned how to write "mama" and "love." (So, all the most important words, haha!) You know all of your letter sounds and I am relieved to see that you are currently more interested in reading. Up until recently, you would only look at books briefly and sometimes only if I read to you, but now I see you choosing to read all on your own. And every night, after I put on your pjs and it's time to get in bed, you haul half a dozen books to your bed to read until you fall asleep. And it's always the same six books, more or less: Madeline, Curlfriends, Peanut Butter & Cupcake, Unicorn Diaries, Beautiful and a copy of your Community House yearbook (I spent so many hours putting that together, so I'm so happy you still look at it all of the time!). Sometimes, you swap something out for No More Kissing or All About Bluey.

I'm so proud of how well you've done in school this year and how much you've learned!

Love,

Mom