Smart Cookie!

Last week, Mrs. Vasquez pulled me aside before class and told me that she has noticed how far advanced Mackenzie is and that she had spoken with one of the kindergarten teachers about her .They decided to send some kindergarten work home with Mackenzie to  keep her challenged. I was bursting with pride as I left school that day, so excited that someone had noticed Mack's abilities. I could hardly wait to raid her back pack when she got home to see the advanced work that was sent home with her. Inside her back pack were some reading work sheets, a few math pages and some sight reading books, all things the current kindergartners are working on. Just looking at them, I knew that Mack was already beyond that. She breezed through each thing and the next day we took it all back to school. Mrs. Vasquez wasn't surprised to hear that Mack already knew all the things she'd sent home and vowed to keep working with Mackenzie during class on sharpening her skills. For now, I am going to keep working through our work books, art projects and "field trips" at home as Mackenzie requests and we'll just follow her flow! I am so proud of Mackenzie and , even better, she is proud of herself! I am also so thankful for teachers who take the time to notice Mackenzie's natural intelligence and the hard work Mike and I have put into nourishing Mack's hungry mind.