We had spring conferences today with Connell's teacher at preschool. We had no surprises --- she stated that he could do all the academic/fine motor tasks that they tested him individually on (ABCs, numbers, patterns, cutting with scissors, writing letters) and yet he still talks constantly and often out of turn. This is no shock to me since many of you might know that my constant complaint about spending the day with Connell is that he is never silent. He basically thinks aloud -- so he tells you everything about everything and asks you questions in between. It can get very draining for me. Since there are 16 in his class and the class size is only going to get larger as he approaches kindergarten, he is going to need to learn when it's his turn to talk and when he must listen. In addition to that, he also likes to switch spots during circle time so that he can vary his friends to chat with. Ugh! For the first time today, we told Miss Theresa that since Connell was very late in talking and even then very slow to develop good communication skills with ECFE personnel that some ECFE teachers were watching him closely thinking that he might need speech and language intervention. Miss Theresa's mouth dropped to the floor at that comment as she has always seen him as an excellent communicator and now to the extreme. Funny how things turn out I guess -- she thinks that he just took everything in for all that time and now he is an overflowing vessel!
In the picture above, the cutting along the bottom black line in the purple was done by Connell -- (we think the top one was done by the teacher or aide).
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