Our nursery and preschool had an end of summer event at s small spray park near here. It's a great little area. They have a park and then a fenced in spray area. It's perfect for young kids.
Earlier in the summer, Becca had a dentist appointment who sent her to an oral surgeon. He said he didn't know a lot about tongue clippings and thought Becca's might cause her problems as she got older. The oral surgeon said it wasn't an absolute necessity but would probably be beneficial. She has decent range of motion and no speech problems. She cannot stick her tongue out or up very far. The concern is it will be sore as she gets older. I hear it's a pretty easy surgery and they bounce back in a day or so. However, Darren's work just started offering dental insurance and the kids weren't covered. So, we decided against surgery and plan to get them on in February. Still don't know if we'll do the surgery but if it's as easy as they say, I don't see any reason not to. But surgery is always a little scary for kids and if it's not really needed than we shouldn't do it. There's just no way to know how it will feel as she gets older; it doesn't bother her now. So, who knows?
Becca started first grade. Her teacher is a neighbor of ours we've known for several years. We are thrilled, and I'm doing a really good job, so far, of not being one of those annoying parents who take advantage of the fact her child's teacher is just down the street. Becca is just learning so quickly and I know it happens that way a lot. She's reading on a 3rd grade level and is in what they call a talent pool. They don't really do gifted/talented at the age but they identify some of the higher achieving kids and offer them extra opportunities throughout the year. I was concerned initially when they sent something home about whether I wanted to put her in gifted/talented. While I know she's doing well in school, she's still only first grade and she may start leveling out and/or the other kids may catch up. I'm sure she'll get good grades, but I hate labeling them at this age.
Earlier in the summer, Becca had a dentist appointment who sent her to an oral surgeon. He said he didn't know a lot about tongue clippings and thought Becca's might cause her problems as she got older. The oral surgeon said it wasn't an absolute necessity but would probably be beneficial. She has decent range of motion and no speech problems. She cannot stick her tongue out or up very far. The concern is it will be sore as she gets older. I hear it's a pretty easy surgery and they bounce back in a day or so. However, Darren's work just started offering dental insurance and the kids weren't covered. So, we decided against surgery and plan to get them on in February. Still don't know if we'll do the surgery but if it's as easy as they say, I don't see any reason not to. But surgery is always a little scary for kids and if it's not really needed than we shouldn't do it. There's just no way to know how it will feel as she gets older; it doesn't bother her now. So, who knows?
Becca started first grade. Her teacher is a neighbor of ours we've known for several years. We are thrilled, and I'm doing a really good job, so far, of not being one of those annoying parents who take advantage of the fact her child's teacher is just down the street. Becca is just learning so quickly and I know it happens that way a lot. She's reading on a 3rd grade level and is in what they call a talent pool. They don't really do gifted/talented at the age but they identify some of the higher achieving kids and offer them extra opportunities throughout the year. I was concerned initially when they sent something home about whether I wanted to put her in gifted/talented. While I know she's doing well in school, she's still only first grade and she may start leveling out and/or the other kids may catch up. I'm sure she'll get good grades, but I hate labeling them at this age.
