Tucker just finished his first year at Broadway Elementary. Broadway is a language school, Tucker is enrolled in Spanish Immersion. He spends half of his day learning in Spanish and the other half learning in English. The unfortunate thing is Broadway is nowhere near where we (happily) live. It takes me about 45 minutes to drive him to school in the morning, then another hour for me to drive to my work. Add a drop off for Emilia and it’s a two hour commute.
On the other hand, he is speaking Spanish comfortably around my house and to my family. And that makes the commute #worthit.
It’s been a long year for the Bub. He’s really struggled with learning how to follow directions and keep his hands to himself (manos!). There were many, many, parent teacher meetings and a handful of reward systems including: stars, chocolate milks and smiley faces on post-its. Like everything else this far, we had to wait until Tucker was ready.
It doesn’t help that he is pretty bored. I’ve stopped drilling so much math with him in hopes that he won’t be too far ahead of the class (in the three major tests he had two perfect scores and a 98). Tucker has also started reading voraciously. Which has been a bit of a savior in the behavior area because now he can be challenged to do work and projects on his own.
The last few weeks of school Tucker has been able to really pull it together. He was awarded a second stripe in Jui Jitsu, received an award for 100 books read and earned Star of the Week. Congrats buddy, you’ve worked hard for it and we are so proud of you.
pictured with Professor Rodrigo (of Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jui Jitzu).
This photo KILLS ME. First and last day of kindergarten (note the tippy toes in the before picture). 