Jacob will be moving onto the Sr. Toddler room now that he is 2. This is what his report said:
Jacob is a cute and busy little oby. There is lots to say about him. Since Jacob moved into the Junior Toddler room he has shown a great improvement in all areas of development. He actively explores his environment, keeping busy at sensory and creative activities, especially painting, goop and sand play which are his favourite. His language skills have progressed in the past two months. He is able to count from one to ten, answer questions "What's this?" with objects names, point to ten or more objects in a book when named, point and name body parts and point at and say peers names. He express his needs and wants, recognizes the colour blue and at time will guess the colour green. Jacob can be found playing with his peers in a group or side by side each doing separate activities. Jacob manipulates cause and effect toys, shape sorter toys, puts pegs on peg board and builds with Lego blocks. He enjoys playing alone when building with blocks or putting animal puzzles together which he loves to do. Jacob enjoys music and story time but for a short period of time.
Jacob will test his limits with the teachers, i.e. at lunch time he will play with his food and/or throw it across the table when he does not lit or he is full. He will also spill his cup of milk to make his friends laugh or sometimes he will copy one of his friends behaviour, i.e. dumping toys from the baskets. Jacob has a hard time during cloak transitions. He refuses to follow through daily routines, i.e. changing diapers, getting dressed, etc. He will scream so loud and cry until we finish changing him or dressing him, and cries when washing his hands.
In the self-help area, Jacob feeds himself but still requires some reminders to use his fork at lunch time. He is able to take his shoes off but he refused to do it at sleep time and requires teachers assistance to get dressed for outdoor play 80% of the time. In the fine/gross motor area Jacob can run, go up and down stairs with minimal aid, jump with two feet, scribbles, places and takes out small objects from a container. Jacob loves and will spend a long period of time looking at books as well as playing with the cars.
Goals:
1. In the Senior Toddler room Jacob will continue to be encouraged to dress himself and take off his shoes during cloak routine to further enhance his self-help skills.
2. To further enhance Jacob's development and curiousity, we will continue to offer a variety of more challenging activities such as memory games, flash cards and books where he will be able to recognize all his primary and secondary colours as well as his shapes and hopefully will capture his attention span for a longer period of time.
3. To continue to re-direct Jacob to follow through on daily routines, i.e. diaper change, getting dress, etc. without hesitation and/or screaming/crying. We will praise Jacob when completing a task, i.e. "Thank you Jacob for not crying when it was time to change your diaper". We will also give Jacob a warning call before his turn to change his diaper or other daily routines, i.e. "After Peter will be Jacob's turn to go to the washroom".
Jacob we wish you all the best in the Senior Toddler Room. You will be missed.
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Ummmm......that was a mouthful and oh so true, every word! Man, they call it like it is. So I guess being a softy isn't helping him! I know, I know....but he's soo cute!
All I can say is he takes after his father. He cannot follow simple instructions, is what Anthony's parents used to always say about him.
