Parenting month 102: 5 year olds know everything

As we start the new school year, we have a new milestone.  DD5 is starting Kindergarten!  Our school district does only half day so just like big brother she is going to a nearby catholic school, which has full day kindergarten and two working parents can figure out how to make schedules work.

So, at this point, DD5:

• Taekwondo:  following daddy and big brother, she does TKD.  And she now goes into testing with a go-to show-off move, (something she can do that the other tigers (age 4-6) do not). Last time it was repeated round kicks.  This time they are kicks that are as high as her head.  The other thing of note is that some of the teachers figured out that she can actually learn the forms (standard for 4-6 yr olds is that they follow the teachers in forms)  Of course, that means that they make her do this in class.  In one sense, special attention is a good thing. But DD5 has figured out that means they are extra demanding.
• Ballet:  At this point, she just does her own thing.  Thing is, she actually does know the standard positions, and she could do these dance if she wanted to.

So, at this point, she has figured out many ways of earning praise, and there is certainly a show off element here, as well as showing the adults in the room she is a good girl when big brother (or someone else) is being bad.

For kindergarten she

• Figured out  that having another chinese girl in the school means that they have a secret language (chinese) they can use.
• Tells the reading teachers that the books they are finding for her are not at her level.
• Is pretty sure she knows everything.

So, DD5 is very entertaining (always has many things to say), but is potentially trouble (in a good way for a 5 year old)

View this post on Instagram

TKD testing at @wexford_ata

A post shared by Louis L 🔑 (@lluang70) on Aug 31, 2019 at 11:38am PDT