Abigail

Abigail at UCC's last day picnic. 

Bell, Abigail, and Catherine

Mrs Edwards and Keith UCC Preschool 4 Class

St. Andrews preschool 4 teacher, Mrs Townsend.  She called the kids the Fab Five!

Abigail is really in a Daddy phase these days -- they are the cutest couple.  

 

 

 

 

 

Abigail as she moves from preschool to kindergarten.

She recognizes and writes letters and numbers.  She knows each sound.  She can count to 100.

When she wants to please she can be enchanting.  She knows Mama responds to gentle hugs and pats, being polite and kind.  She knows Daddy wants her to focus and work independently.  She knows to provide John with jelly beans, fruit chews, and Fluffy to calm him down, and to include him into her imaginary play to make him happy and part of the team. 

She has made great strides in working independently, especially in the pool with Miss Rachel.  She is now swimming without Rachel spotting her.  

She excels at communication.  She enjoys meeting new people, introducing friends to one another, and being in large groups.  She has begun saying something nice to people she sees – as she people watches.  It is usually directed at young women, such as I love your gold dress,  I like your jeweled flip flops.  But we have to work on a few like, you have the cutest bunny teeth, I like your mole, it looks just like the wart on my thumb, you have the cutest round belly.  We need to work on remembering a new friend’s name; this is somewhat purposeful as she knows how embarrassed I get when Aiden is always called Avery, etc.

She uses her creativity and imagination in amazing ways.  Coloring, drawing, and reading are huge outlets – it is not the coloring/drawing that I do in complete silence.  She talks and wiggles and sometimes dances about.   Recently her conversations between her drawings were in rhyme.  That’s pretty amazing.  This went on for over 45 minutes.  Her imagination compounds on itself and her visions are very complex and brilliant.  This is when the rush comes in…to get to the finished idea in her mind. That part perplexes us as she can rush but see the finished product she imagined. 

At UCC she has had a nutrition class taught by the TCU nutrition students. These young girls have made a huge impact on her.  She readily asks for the healthier food, and eating in moderation.  This week she had a scratch on her chin and when she learned that avocado was rich in vitamin E, the avocado on her plate was quickly eaten.  She wanted to share “eating the rainbow” at SAS with her friends.   She wants to eat more apples, avocado, strawberries a day and limit her fruit chew bags to only one.   They have also taught her about gardening and populating your garden with good bugs.   Her teachers have all made big impressions and she emulates them in imaginary role play.  Her heros are her teachers;  she wants to be a teacher when she grows up. 

Fears – her imagination seems to put her right into a story and the tension and interchange at those crucial parts of the story are heightened and she relates to this as fright.  She is also fearful of thunderstorms and being alone.  She has troubles releasing these anxieties at the end of the day and we are teaching relaxation techniques which have been very soothing and helpful.

Things we are working on as kindergarten approaches – problem solving and being more independent.  Such as motivating herself to accomplish hygiene tasks and getting dressed/undressed, helping at dinner time and sitting still and listening to others conversations, and anger/disappointment management.