Parent-Teacher Conference #2

Yesterday was Jeremiah's parent-teacher conference, and it was great! We had set goals for him with a slew of teachers in June, and he has been making extraordinary progress. He says words out loud (as opposed to in whispers) pretty much all the time at home and most of the time at school. He has started playing with the other kids. He knows what his name looks like (and has started calling himself "Miah"). He loves to wear lycra sleeves and his weighted vest. He's pretty much a cute, happy, easy-going little boy.

His class plays outside almost every day, and often ride on tricycles together. At the beginning of the year, Jeremiah didn't want to ride the bikes, so he sort of watched the other kids. Then he would run after the kids on the bikes. THEN he figured out he could stand on the back of another bike and have a classmate take him for a ride; one day the classmate got off the bike while Jeremiah was riding and Jeremiah fell down and was very surprised. Now Jeremiah will ride the bikes too, and chase the other kids, and play tickling games with them (all while playing on the bikes).

Jeremiah will give correct answers when asked colors and numbers, when they give him some time to come up with the answer. He sings songs, including actions, that the children learn each week. And when they walk through the halls, everyone asks who the cute little boy is. :)