Kitchen window, day 89
Today was the Valentine's Day party at Kieran's preschool (he only goes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday).
Last week, in preparation for the party, we (and by "we" I mainly mean me) filled out the V-day Elmo cards I'd bought and took them in so he could "mail" them to his friends.
Today, I (and Cael) stayed with him since they'd asked for volunteers to help the kids read the cards and I had volunteered. It was enlightening to watch how he did at the various activities.
I've always thought that his attention span was comparable to others his age, but I got a healty dose of reality as I watched him fidget throughout circle time and need to have constant reminders by his teacher to sit on his pockets, to sit up, to pay attention -- all while the other boys and girls were docilely doing what they were supposed to be doing. Is there something we should or could do with him to increase his attention span in a classroom situation? I'll have to look into it.
At any rate, the party was fun and he got to decorate a huge heart-shaped cookie. Somehow, Kieran didn't inherit my sweet tooth, so his cookie went relatively untouched . . . until we got home, that is, when my sweet tooth took over and I, uh, "took care of" the cookie for him.
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This is something we are a ways off from still but one of those nagging fears I have. Out of interest does he also lack attention for, let's say, a movie at home. I know that has many factors (my non WS 3 year old won't sit through a movie but seems OK at school). E is too young yet to judge attention span but he does seem to like story time (although I think having his brother sitting and holding his hand helps). Would love to know if you find anything that helps the attention. I will ask around as I have a few teachers in the family.
Actually, the reason I've thought his attention span was fine was because he'll often sit with me and read books for at least 15 minutes or so. And he's definitely interested in watching a 30-minute episode of Super Why. But, now that I think about it, he's usually moving around the whole time he's watching the show--bouncing on the trampoline, rolling with the big ball, etc. And when I take him to storytime at the library, he definitely can't sit still and listen to the stories like the other kids do.
His preschool teachers seemed to have a good handle on him (mainly because one of them was sitting with him the entire time), but I can see problems in future classrooms when he can't sit still.....
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