One of our extra curricular activites at Roses Prep is Public Speaking. At this point, we call it "Presentations". The kids are assigned a topic each month and they must prepare a presentation on that topic. We encourage them to write note cards, have props, have an inventive introduction, and to focus on their audience. We are hoping that the children will gain confidence in their public speaking and be able to communicate without fidgeting, mumbling, hopping around, and saying "um" constantly.
Our first presentations were given last night. As we were about to begin, III tells me that he has a headache. I was functioning as "teacher" and not as "mommy", so I told him that we would deal with it in a few minutes. It turned out that he had a slight virus. He ended up skipping supper and going to bed early. He felt really bad physically, and I felt really bad emotionally for telling him to go ahead and do his presentation when he was sick.
Rosy was in costume for hers as Junie B. Jones, First Grader, going to a sleepover. I just forgot to tell III to change into presentation clothes. I'll work on that for next month.
We also painted pumpkins and wrote Halloween alliterations Monday afternoon. Our extra curriculars took longer than our regular classes.
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