Emma decided to start a school in her room and she has one student who started out to be a straight A student with good behavior...but by day 4 he rebelled and had had enough and has struggled in the behavior area...yes that cute little student is Gavin. I was SOOOOO impressed that the good behavior lasted 3 days, so the 4th day I knew would come. Emma even asked me if I could change the time of Gavin's little preschool that we do with the other moms from the ward so she could teach other students. When I told her we couldn't change the time then she wanted me to let her skip school so she could teach them. :)
Cute little Emma, she had quite the school set up. She had a table with handwriting worksheets she had me print out on the computer. She had a little white board that she was teaching Gavin letters on, she had "centers", she had a whole crate of books to read from and her rocking chair she could sit in to read to him, and she even had "treasure box" like she has in first grade. Once Gavin received 5 tally marks he could choose something from the treasure box. I think in his 3 day educational career he actually got to choose from the treasure box twice! So you can tell he was very into it too. He took it very seriously and was excited to tell Matt all about school when he got home. But day 4 just about killed Emma. She loved the power and attention that Gavin was giving her and when he decided he wanted to play on the computer before it was computer "specials", and refused to listen when she said NO, he broke her heart!
I felt so bad for her. I tried to explain that there is a reason 3 year olds don't go to school everyday. They don't have a very big attention span and about once or twice a week is all they can handle. I told her maybe he was pushed too hard and he snapped. She wasn't having it...she told me I needed to be harder on Gavin and expect more from him. She said if he was old enough to play Club Penguin on the computer, then he was old enough to go to school everyday and do more chores like she and Luke do.
I finally convinced her to let him take a couple of days break and then she can try again. I will let you know how it goes :) he he he
5 comments:
I love this little girl. She is going to be like her Grandma G., must run in the family. Keep up the good work Em, you're the best.
Dear Emma, I musr send you some of my retired "stuff" I keep treasuring! How many boxes would you like? I played school more than dolls when I was your age!
Love it.
That just brought back so many memories of us playing "school" down stairs. Remember the cute blue chalkboard?
I agree with Christie, she will likely follow in Grandma Gillespie's footprints and what more could you ask? She is so grown up in her little girl way! Love her and love your explanations even if it didn't work!
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