Now that it is officially back to school season and the freedom of summer has started to fade, parents all around are planning for the first day of school. Families are trying on clothes to see what can be saved and what must be donated in order to make room for new school clothes. Moms are piling into SUVs, … Continue reading
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This Year…
Today, my son finished 2nd grade. It doesn’t seem possible! This year, he attended all specialists without extra accommodations or assistance. This year, I walked into the office and didn’t have to avoid the principal. This year, my TBP had a group of boys that he played with and called his friends. This year, my son ate in the lunchroom despite the noises, … Continue reading
The Compliment Bag
When you have a child like mine, you really don’t know what his classmates think of him…or actually if they know much about him at all! On Friday, my son brought home a “compliment bag.” Inside this decorated brown lunch bag, was 24 little slips of folded up paper. By the time I found it, my son’s mind had already … Continue reading
Teacher Mama
I think that sometimes my son is frustrated with the fact that I am a teacher. He seems to resent, that I know about curriculum and what gifted kids his age (and skills) should be doing. On Monday, we downloaded the “challenging” spelling list for the week and within minutes, he had mastered all 15 words. I … Continue reading
Amazing Restraint
Everyday, I get to walk home with my son. We walk hand in hand and talk about his day at school before the conversation switches to Minecraft. During our walk, I learned that there was a substitute and that the students didn’t act the same way that they usually act. I heard about computer lab and … Continue reading
A Kid Like Mine!
In the beginning of my teaching career, I remember students that confused me. I thought that I was a good teacher, but I didn’t understand the ones that challenged my ideas of what a first grader should do. I knew how to support the “typical” students and those students not making sufficient gains. Honestly, the ones that confused me were … Continue reading
The Lunchroom
We have an ongoing love/ hate relationship with the lunchroom. For most of last year, my son did not eat in the lunchroom. Instead, he sat in the office near the secretaries and ate before going to recess. During these daily lunch dates, he would share about his morning, talk a bit of Minecraft, and the ladies would … Continue reading
African Overload
Things have been going well at our house. We had a wonderful Easter, despite my TBP’s uncertainty with an outdoor egg hunt. If you remember from my previous post, he was concerned about the eggs being contaminated by animal urine, dirt or lawn fertilizer. In addition to Easter, we received his report card and was very happy with his grades. We were … Continue reading
Borrowing Trouble or Careful Planning?
When you are the parent of a twice-exceptional child, you are always trying to stay one step ahead. You try to enjoy the upward trends when they come; however, you feel as though you have to be prepared for the downward spiral when it hits. Because of this, I think that I worry about the future more than … Continue reading
Will the Giftedness Remain?
Things at school are better. I hear about the games that he plays with friends at recess and the visiting that distracts him from his lunch in the cafeteria. I hear about the read alouds in class and the projects in computer lab. I hear about the art projects and the “secret” family gifts that are being created. … Continue reading
My Twice Baked Potato 