i don't know

Hooray! According to Rachel's teacher, today was another great day at school. So glad to hear....

It's like pulling teeth to get Rachel to tell me about her morning at school, though, and there's no time to stand and chat with the teacher to ask her. So here's a typical conversation we've had each of her three days at school:

M: What did you do at school today?

R: I don't know.

M: Did you play with some other boys and girls?

R: Yep. (one of her new favorite words...."nope" is the other favorite.)

M: Who did you play with?

R: I don't know.

M: Did you color?

R: Yep.

M: What did you color today?

R: I don't know.

M: Did you cut with scissors?

R: Nope.

M: Did you sing any songs?

R: Yep.

M: What songs did you sing?

R: I don't know. (Today I actually got an answer....she started singing the song for me!)

M: Did the teacher read a story?

R: Yep.

M: What was the story about?

R: I don't know. (Both Tuesday and today she eventually told me it was about porcupines. I don't know if that means she read the same story today as she did Tuesday, or if it was a different story but still about porcupines, or if it just meant Rachel remembered Tuesday's story today!)

M: What did you play outside?

R: In the house. (There's one of those Step 2 plastic houses out on the playground.)


Today I asked a new question....

M: What game did you play today? (Hoping she had actually played a game...)

R: Dominos!

M: What do you do with dominos?

R: Match them.

M: What is on the dominos that you have to match?

R: Dots.

Ahhhh, finally, I found out something! I also found out (after several more exchanges like the one above) that they talked about the letter F some more, they talked about their families, and she drew a picture of her family.

M: Who is in your family?

R: I don't know.

Hmmmm....I wonder how she drew a picture of us without knowing who we are?

It's so strange that there's this huge gap of time in my daughter's life twice a week that I am not a part of and I don't know what's going on in that time! I wish we'd get some sort of newsletter or something telling me what they're doing, because it's pretty impossible to get information out of this three year old. Some three year olds may go on and on about their days at school, but not mine. Open House is next week. Maybe I'll find out some answers then.