Green eggs and ham

Lucky the Leprechaun came for a visit. He'd been visiting Sean's school and apparently came to our house. He left a note for Sean with words  he could read directing him to a gift.

 Sean is doing amazing with his reading and math skills. He is able to add and subtract. He is beginning to understand the concept of multiplication.

 I went to a kindergarten orientation for the dual immersion program. The principal said that to be ready for kindergarten the kids needed to know some of their colors and identify some of their letters and shapes. Seriously!

 If Sean doesn't get into the dual immersion program he is definitely going to stay at the Montessori school. The dual immersion program is three quarters of the school day and the regular kindergarten is only two and a half hours a day. I'm annoyed that kids in the dual immersion are given opportunites that other kids aren't. A select group of children are given preferential education. The principal said "no, all are kids are given great education opportunities, it's not the haves and have nots." I disagree. I think there is definitely a difference. I think they should offer an hour of a foreign language for all students beginning in kindergarten, then everyone would have the opportunity to be bilingual. The principal kept referring to their "monolingual children. and bilingual children." After spending an hour telling us how learning a second language improves children's test scores across the board they tell us it's OK if your kid doesn't get into the program. I've been doing a lot of research on the benefits of early a second language early in childhood and the benefits are huge.

 

We had green eggs and ham for dinner along with a side of green mashed potato's. I don't like eggs so I had to have something else.

Mom said, "you're not really going to put food coloring in the eggs." Oh yes we are! We did refrain from painting her ham green.