We had Mason’s parent-teacher conference today. His teacher was so nice and came to our house because Cindy and I were having two-parent-working-schedule-woes. We were prepared for more mischievous examples, such as the “kissing bandit” escapades that we heard about last year. Much to our surprise, we received this report.

What a treat to have Mason in the class for another year! In our conference planning, the staff all commented on  how delightful Mason is, and what a leader he has become. In preparing this conference, I re-read last year’s report written by Debby, and it reminded me of how much of a mischievous side we saw of Mason last year. This year, he is one of the more responsible in the class, and we actually use him as a great example of how things should be done at circle and at play and work time.

Mason is a fabulous kid who plays wells with boys and girls. He is empathetic and sensitive with his friends. He is also sensitive about things that the children say to him, and takes all of their words to heart. When dealing with a conflict, Mason processes the situation first, using his words and talking directly to the other children involved. He will then share it with us. We usually commend him personally, then later at circle, we describe how that is the way to do things!

He takes direction well, and is typically a self starter. Sometimes he takes a little bit of direction, but he always works on his tasks through to completion. We often see that Mason takes a very long time to do his work, but it is not the difficulty of the project, but more that he is engaged with other things at the same time…this could be the other kids at the table, and a social conversation going on, or something as simple as changing the erasers on the different pencils to be something more of a better fit, in his eyes!

Mason is working on his letter writing and still needs a little help or dotted lines with some letters, but he is engaged and attentive at trying his best. Mason struggles with rhythm at times during music circle, but he is very earnest and sticks with it.

This boy is loved by the staff and the students, and plays often with Maddie and Emma. He engages with Toby and Conner, and upon Cayden’s re-entry to the class, we are happy to see that he has not reverted to the rough play of Cayden, Ryan and JJ. We are so happy to have Mason in our 5’s class, and are excited to watch his growth and development throughout the year.

# posted by Julie : 9:05 PM