School Photo

This is the first school photo that we have had for Emily since she was two years old! As you can imagine, she has definitely changed. Much of the baby fat is gone, and she is a full-blown little girl. Emily finally had her 5-year-old check up a few weeks ago. She is up to 36.2 pounds (14th percentile), and 41.75 inches (17th percentile). Her percentages are steady relative to prior years, so she is doing well. The doctor projected that she will end up approximately 5'2" because that is about 20th percentile for women.

As for school, we were very curious about what we would learn at the fall parent-teacher conference. Because Emily is new to the Montessori school, we expected that there would be an adjustment. In general, the teachers say that Emily has transitioned well. Not surprisingly, she tends to gravitate toward the art activities, and needs a little extra encouragement to complete the language and math materials. She definitely likes to write, and practice her letters, but she seems to have much less interest in actually learning to read.

As for violin, Emily has graduated from her box violin to a real violin. She was definitely excited about the transition, but I think that she will be even more excited when she is actually allowed to put the bow on the strings. Right now, we are mostly just practicing setting up good playing position, etc. Unfortunately, Emily is often not super excited about our nightly lesson, and so it can be a challenge to actually get her to practice. I am hopeful that she will get more excited as time goes by and she sees what progress she is making.