Second grade has been challenging for my girl so far. Let's face it, it's been challenging for me too. It started the first day of school when she told me on the way home that she hated second grade. I didn't take her too seriously, even when she told me before going to bed that she was going to call in sick in the morning. It still didn't really sink in....until the next morning when she barricaded herself in her closet and refused to come out. After some coaxing, she did come out and ended up having a better day.
We are still struggling to love second grade. Now, don't get me wrong, there are way more good times than there have been bad, but it has been breaking my heart to see Katie upset about school and homework.
Katie is a thinker. She always has been. She understand things most kids her age don't. People have commented on her "old soul" for most of her life. She is sensitive. She has REAL emotions that she has to express. She is a girl who cries while watching a movie, both when things are sad and when they are happy. I've seen her wipe tears away many times, she really feels what is happening. She is super caring and puts other people first. She is the first to give away things to someone who needs them more than she does. She's beginning to understand that she is a fortunate girl and that she is lucky to have such a caring loving family.
She still doesn't love second grade. She cries about doing homework. She doesn't like that her class gets in trouble. She doesn't like getting punished as a class for things that she didn't do. She doesn't like that other students talk and are disrespectful. She doesn't like writing. She feels stressed about doing work. She is a smart girl and has great ideas. Her area of struggle is writing. It takes her FOR EVER to write things. She is a horrible speller. These things cause problems when you are in second grade. I wish for her that things would come easier. I hope and pray that she is learning some valuable lessons by having to struggle to do things. There are so many things that she does well.
She has become a pretty great reader. She loves books and is gaining some confidence in her reading ability. She has to memorize a new poem every week, and by Tuesday morning she's got it down. She doesn't just recite the poem, she performs. My girl has music inside of her. She loves to sing and dance and she does so with gusto. The girl has moves! She's also a great problem solver. She thinks logically and is good with numbers. She's also confident in most things. She's confident in her own style and is comfortable in her own skin. She doesn't sit back and let someone tell her what to do, she makes her own decisions and sticks to what is right for her.
Katie is a great big sister. She loves her brother and would do anything for him. She is quick to sacrifice what she wants to make him happy. She always includes him in things and she lets him be a leader in their play. Alex is lucky to have a big sister who loves to help him.
I am blessed to be her mother.
