Reesi's Assessment

I met with Reesi teachers at her school on Wednesday to hear the results of the rigorous assessments that they did. Being a teacher, I am very interested in assessments so this was exciting. She is, as I imagined, well above where she should be. One area where she was more advanced than others that surprised me was social. Who knew? Most of the skills that she has mastered are around the 3.5-6 year stages. Well, except for one that is around the 2.5-3.5 year stage. Surprisingly, that skill is throwing and catching a ball. The teacher laughed when I told them that her dad is a baseball coach. I have informed Larry that he has some work to do. I will be in charge of the academics, but he's got to step up with the athletics. To Larry's credit though I think it is her, not him. I heard him upstairs tonight trying to get her to practice throwing a ball. He finally had to resort to bribing her with a quarter and that didn't even work. So much for the athletic scholarships.

Here are her current goals that her teacher has established:
Hops on one foot for 3 seconds
Tries again when a change or disappointment occurs (this is a real challenge)
Puts shoes on correct feet
Recognize numbers 4 & 5 (I know I should have already had this one done)
Count by rote t0 20 (we're getting close)
Put toys away before moving onto the next task
Identify more letters (it's time to get the sound cards out)
Write first name using uppercase R and the rest lowercase (she can do it, but needs some major work on form)