Parent-teacher conference (for Erika)

Two weeks ago, Brian attended Erika's parent-teacher conference. (I didn't attend, Amelia was only 4 days old)
I suppose they do this at a lot of daycares around this time of year, a sort of 3/4-of-the-way through the year checkpoint?
We were told to expect that most children would have about 75% of the checkpoints mastered, and be working on the remaining 25%.
For example, in school they've only learned up till the letter "M", so though the checklist goes to "Z", they are not expected to know it all.

Erika was evaluated on the following points:
Social/Emotional Development
Plays and shares with other children
Gets involved in and attends activities
Listens in class
Accepts routines and changes
Accepts directions from teacher
Follows group directions
Sustains attention to tasks

Fine Motor Development
Holds pencil correctly
Uses scissors correctly/effectively
Traces simple shapes

Creative Development
Expresses self through play
Participates in music activities

Language/Cognitive Development
Knows first and last name
Recognizes own names
Prints first name
Puts events in sequence
Recognizes same/different
Counts at least 10 objects in one-to-one correspondence
Recognizes numbers 1 through 10

On all counts, Erika received a "+" indicating that she had mastered the task! 100%!
According to her teacher, she's at the top of her class and excelling in all activities.
If she had to pinpoint places for Erika to work on, it would be:

• Tracing a triangle (it was a little wobbly)


• Sometimes Erika doesn't like to participate in music class and does not want to sing, but when she's in the mood, she is a willing participant


• She wouldn't describe Erika as having a shy personality, but when introduced to strangers or new settings, she is extremely cautious and "clams up". She acts very uncomfortable with new people or new experiences, and takes a while to warm up to the situation. Once she is comfortable with what is going on, she then becomes a good leader and volunteer in her group.

Erika was also able to:
Name all the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, heart, diamond, star
Name all the following colors: red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, orange, black, brown, white, grey
Recognizes her letters, up to the letter "W" (she missed on X, then got distracted and wouldn't return to the task)
Can count by rote, up to  27 (she told her teacher she could count to 40, but got to 27, then started jumping around to random numbers)
Knows her letter sounds, up to "M" (that's where they covered in class)

And you know what the teacher told Brian?
She said that she wants to come live at our house for a while and shadow us to learn how we parent Erika, because when she becomes a mom, she wants to have a kid just like Erika! :)