Fun at school... Jan 2014

I am so thankful that Pierce's teacher post pictures of the kids at school... for my personal enjoyment and also I get to use them here and let you see all the fun they are having in school.  

This picture I took of Pierce's theme notebook... he was learning how to put a sequence in order using "clothes through time".  Do you remember any of these?  The next picture is of an interesting assignment which I loved Pierce's answers.

Pierce received Star of the Week from Mr. Milford again... so proud of our little man.

In honor of celebrating another Korean holiday at school where they learn all about the holiday, dress up in National clothes. crafts (Korean Masks), Korean games, and for this day they asked Parents to come so the children could bow to us and present us with money (now I like this holiday).

The weather was getting to be nice so they had lots of field trips in January.

You will have to click on these pics to see Pierce's masterpiece... they were challenged to create a future house and then try to sale it... Pierce's is in the top left hand corner and looks like a pumpkin... so fun.

I absolutely love that the children still get free playtime in 1st grade... really helps them use their imagination and learn to play well with others... look at this amazing city that the kids built with sky scrapers, a zoo, streets, bridges and more.

Pics of Pierce at school back in Oct 2013

I love looking back on these pics of Pierce at school in Oct. 2013. He looks so little to me and it really shows how much he has grown in the past few months.  Pierce was really starting to have a good run at school. He was given a star of the week and had some great work to show off.  We are so proud of our little man.  

Here is Pierce's class picture.

At the beginning of the month Pierce got in trouble on the playground for fighting.  He and the smallest boy in the class picture got into a "fist" fight.  By the time I got to school I was given various stories of how it all went down... some teachers saying it was a big deal and others saying it is what boys do.  I did not know what to say especially when the Head Master wanted to talk to me about how he handled it.  He told me that he told Pierce never to do it again and that if he did he would be kicked out of school.  You can imagine my reaction and yes I cried.  I was embarrassed, devastated and sad for Pierce.  All up until the point when I found out that him and the other boy "slapped" at each other at the most.  Pierce can not even throw a ball all that hard much less punch someone.  But nonetheless we had to put  some behaviour measures in order.  Below is a chart that Pierce carried around for three weeks to every teacher/every class to give the teacher the chance to mark his behavior.  The first week was insightful, the second week was better and the third week was much better and that is how Pierce earned his star of the week above.  Which was the start of many more to come.  He really took a turn and realized that he had a lot of people on his side and were trying to help him be the person that God made him to be.

Also this month they had a lot of field trips, one to the theater, one to the park, and one to the museum ... Pierce as you can imagine was so excited.

And we can not forget the infamous Pirates Day (aunt juju was here last year for the big day... we missed her this year).  Pierce had an outfit to wear to school but the morning of he did not want to wear it.  So I have learned to pick my battles so this is why Pierce is not wearing anything pirate.  It was a good lesson for him after school he asked for his pirate costume before the party... he has a good mommy bc I had it in the car.

Here are some pics of the fun after school... the Pirate Party!

Pierce and his good friend Jacob... aren't they cute.

Below is a pic of one of Pierce's journal entries in class.  Look at all those words... wow!