Ane came home with her progress report/report card last week – the elementary school is on a trimester system and it was the end of winter trimester. Unsurprisingly, Ane came home with a glowing report.  She and Ms. V. get along so well together, and academically Ane is just where she should be.  I wish […]

Last Friday, Ane was scheduled to do Show and Tell in her class.  Because there are 25 kids in the class, Ms. V. has set up a schedule so that only 2 or 3 kids share each day, instead of eating up an entire day with Show and Tell. Guess what Ane insisted on bringing […]

We had just finished up another Junie B. book, so I suggested to Ane that for her 15 minutes, she should read to me. She balked. I insisted. She has so many of these “Step into Reading” books in the early levels, and has learned so many “snappy words” at school, that I felt she […]

Our local school district has always been big on literacy. At least, that’s what I both remember from my school days, Auntie’s days after I left school, and Ane’s experiences now. When we moved to the district (back in ye olden days of 1987), the elementary school that (eventually) all four of us attended had […]