Reasons to be cheerful!

[Firebird]

 Headed out to Fenway Park to see Pearl Jam for the... hmm... 7th time?

[Arturo]

Suicide Squad is a stupendous movie! Another piece that the critics were totally wrong about.

[Guardian85]

I rather enjoyed it as well.
Not too enthusiastic about the Joker's new look, but Leto really nailed the portrayal otherwise.

[Dave]

Hey! This is my 500th post!

[Tank]

Hey! This is my 500th post!

Excellent!

[Essie Mae]

Hey! This is my 500th post!

Congratulations! Fast work 

[xSilverPhinx]

Hey! This is my 500th post!

A whopping average of 11.111 per day!  Congrats!   

[Magdalena]

   Another 500 and you can have a lovely fork, spoon, or knife! 

You can also have a spork...if you like that sort of thing. 

[Dave]

  Another 500 and you can have a lovely fork, spoon, or knife! 

You can also have a spork...if you like that sort of thing. 

WOW!

[xSilverPhinx]

Had some financial problems but they were solved!

[Magdalena]

My precious little boy began kindergarten today. 


I got an email yesterday it said:

...your child has been selected based on academic achievement to receive instruction in K and 1st grade standards.

...He's so smart. 

Probably gets it from his dad. 

[Dave]

My precious little boy began kindergarten today. 


I got an email yesterday it said:

...your child has been selected based on academic achievement to receive instruction in K and 1st grade standards.

...He's so smart. 

Probably gets it from his dad. 

Good stuff! So, another  brainbox in the family?

[Guardian85]

You know you're tabbing through the Norwegian woods when you suddenly find a

[Magdalena]

My precious little boy began kindergarten today. 


I got an email yesterday it said:

...your child has been selected based on academic achievement to receive instruction in K and 1st grade standards.

...He's so smart. 

Probably gets it from his dad. 

Good stuff! So, another  brainbox in the family?

It's too soon to tell, but it looks like it. 

Some of you are probably wondering what "academic achievement" means, especially at age 5. It just means that in kindergarten he already knows things most kids are supposed to know by 1st grade like: Writes his name and last name, recognizes upper/lower case letters and the sounds they make. Recognizes shapes, counts to 100, reads three letter words, creates patterns, adds, etc. The school combines kindergarteners who already know these things with the kids in 1st grade who just learned these things last year, that way; the kindergarteners are not "bored" for a whole year learning things they already know.

I highly recommend preschool. It really helps prepare them for kinder. Not all kids learn at the same pace, but from age 4 to 5 he learned all these things. If you wait to enroll them in kindergarten, they'll learn these things from age 5 to 6.   

[Dave]

Never quite got the American grade system. Here seems to be the "Year" counts.

But, yes, anecdotes from friends indicates that pre-school is a real boost. Kids learn from day one, make use of the faculty!