Libby has 25 kids in her classroom. There's 25 more in the other Kindy class at her school. Overall, I've been really disappointed in this entire school year. I do think her teacher is a super sweet girl, but that's not enough, ya know? They have homework everyday and that's not a problem, but it's pretty repetitive stuff. Like right now on Mon/Wed/Fri they have to write the numbers 1-12 twice on a sheet of paper. Libby just wrote her numbers from 1-100 the other night so writing to 12 isn't a big deal for her. I'm glad it's not hard for her, but I do think it's not quite enough of a challenge either. After Christmas break they started sending home a book (it's been the same one all week) for them to read every night. It's basically 6 or 7 pages and it's just about different things the kids in the book like at the playground. It took Libby not even a minute to read it. I know not all the kids are reading so great/at all at this point, but again, not much of a challenge for her. There is a little boy in her class who is reading at the 6th grade level and they don't have anything different for him to do either. I can't imagine just how bored he must be!! The teacher told me at her last parent/teacher conference that she had a speech eval done on Libby because when she gets into group situations she noticed she's got a tendency to stutter. Turns out she doesn't have a stuttering problem, she just feels rushed when she's talking during circle time (where they all sit on the floor and share and talk). She's feeling rushed so she ends up forgetting what she's trying to say and ends up using a lot of filler ummmm and uhhh's. Don't even get me started on the social aspect. I've noticed such a change in Libby this year. Before Christmas break we were really butting heads and her attitude was awful. During Christmas break she was back to her normal old sweet self again. Seriously, 2 days back from break I noticed a change in her attitude again. She's only in Kindy - it just seems like it's too soon for all of this attitude stuff to be going on. She likes school, but she can take it or leave it. There are some pretty mean kids - especially a little boy that seems to really enjoy being mean to her - and she doesn't want any part of that. I've done lots of praying and thinking and research and have decided that I'm going to start homeschooling her next year. She's excited about it and honestly, I am too.
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