Last week, I had a conference with Emmalynn’s preschool teacher during which she informed me that Emmalynn can’t hold her pencil or crayon the correct way.
And that she doesn’t know her letters.
Well, of course, she does…
…but only when she wants to.
50 Comments
February 10, 2010 at 4:48 am
Lol. This reminds me of my son 10 years ago.
February 10, 2010 at 5:40 am
LOL! Smart girl!
February 10, 2010 at 5:56 am
I’d say that she holds her crayon really well!!
February 10, 2010 at 6:46 am
I think the fact that she won’t do it on command shows great intelligence
I’m up too. Happy WW!
February 10, 2010 at 7:01 am
Cute, smart and stubborn…she’s brilliant!
Happy WW!
February 10, 2010 at 7:12 am
I have a son like that. He only does things when he feels like it…
February 10, 2010 at 8:41 am
PFFFTTTT!!!! Hold your pencils and crayons however you want!!!!! Conformity is a disease!!!!!!!
February 10, 2010 at 8:49 am
Too funny.
February 10, 2010 at 9:03 am
My daughter still doesn’t hold the pencil the way the teachers wanted her to, she is 15 and she still writes okay. Looks like yours is writing like a kindergartner to me.
February 10, 2010 at 9:22 am
looks like she has great handwriting
February 10, 2010 at 9:32 am
Wow, this sounds like my 6 yr old Shaun last year in K. Now in 1st grade he is better.
Happy WW!
February 10, 2010 at 9:51 am
looks like she’s doing just fine =)
February 10, 2010 at 10:03 am
Looks good to me!!
February 10, 2010 at 10:15 am
That’s too Funny!! I guess her teacher will just have to find a way to make her want too!!
Oh how I remember the pinch your pencil technique…
February 10, 2010 at 10:49 am
LOL!
February 10, 2010 at 11:08 am
correct way to hold a pencil? seriously. looks like she is doing just fine
February 10, 2010 at 11:10 am
oh I heard the same thing from my daughter’s teacher! She left handed and doesn’t want to hold her pencil the way they want her to. I told her to write in the way it is comfortable to her! Teachers – you know – they DO NOT know everything!
February 10, 2010 at 11:14 am
It looks like she does just fine to me!!
February 10, 2010 at 11:46 am
Of course she does, and she looks confident, too. That is why teaching is such a sensitive profession. Lovely photos.
February 10, 2010 at 12:20 pm
that crazy girl!!!!
February 10, 2010 at 1:24 pm
oh wow – nothing to be worried about, look at her write her name! She sounds like a bunch of fun and look at that smile!
February 10, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Good for her! She is doing great!
I’ve learned that teachers are not always right. My nephew’s teacher was trying to claim that he was developmentally challenged. His mother refused to believe it and had the school test him. Turns out he was GIFTED! He is now in a better school and no longer fidgeting in class because he is challenged and excited about his day!
February 10, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Good for her!
February 10, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I get just the opposite! At home my boys won’t do a thing but at school the teachers tell me how great they are doing! I am always amazed at what they can accomplish at school vs. home. I think that they would like for me to think that they are helpless – just like their father, lol!
February 10, 2010 at 2:20 pm
I am expecting this to be the same for my kiddo. How cute is she!?!
February 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm
She is super cute! And we have the same blog theme . . . because we are cool like that.
February 10, 2010 at 2:33 pm
That is cute! It looks like she is getting pretty good at writing her letters. My daughter needs to work on that. She is having problems holding her pencil too.
February 10, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Wow! WTG! She can print very well!!!
February 10, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Teachers just think they know everything….and then our kids show us how awesome they are! Too cute.
February 10, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I bet she will write her name or letters backwards when she wants too, right? My kiddos do/did that! LOL! Smart cookie!
February 10, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Isn’t it funny that kids will do what they want to do on their own time? I think it’s quite smart of them and looks to me like your daughter knows exactly how to write/hold a pencil.
February 10, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Kids never want to do it on demand!! She does great!
February 10, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Very good work. Love it. She should be proud. That’s refrigerator worthy!
February 10, 2010 at 5:02 pm
LOL! My oldest daughters preschool teacher told me I should hold my daughter back from starting K because she didn’t hold her pencil the right way!
Are you kidding me? I don’t hold my pencil correctly and I graduated from college!
February 10, 2010 at 5:30 pm
When we took our 18 month old in for her 1 year appt, the doctor showed us how to show her how to hold a crayon. Really? At one? As far as I’m concerned, she’ll hold it how she wants to! And it looks like Emmalynn is doing the same thing.
:p~ to the teacher! She showed her, huh!?! lol
February 10, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Just goes to show teachers don’t know everything.
February 10, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Looks to me like she knows EXACTLY what she is doing!
February 10, 2010 at 6:07 pm
funny! same with my little one, she knows how to count, ABCs only when she wants heheh
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February 10, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Looks like she knows her letters pretty darn well to me.
February 10, 2010 at 6:17 pm
She is so cute. And she sounds JUST like my daughter. In fact, her recent progress report from preschool says that she participates in activities, “when she wants to…”
February 10, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Well good for her! What a cutie!
February 10, 2010 at 9:25 pm
So cute. Great writing!
February 10, 2010 at 10:23 pm
awesome!!!
February 10, 2010 at 10:45 pm
It looks like she does a great job when she wants to!
February 10, 2010 at 11:40 pm
What a smarty and a stinker all at the same time. Glad she’s got it down, though.
February 11, 2010 at 12:00 am
Oh my goodness. My son did the same thing. I’m so glad that I’m not alone. lol Great Wordless Wednesday post.
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February 11, 2010 at 12:45 am
LOL That’s too funny!
February 12, 2010 at 3:23 am
That sounds very familiar. They sure do know how to play their teachers!
She is doing fabulous!
February 12, 2010 at 10:20 am
Kids never want to show off when you want them to, do they? Especially to the teacher. It looks like she’s doing beautifully.
February 16, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Good for her!
Sorry I’m so late catching up with last weeks WW.