Seezun's greetings

At our little parent-teacher conference a month or so ago, while waxing lyrical about how wonderful Dash is (of course), his teacher did say that she wished he was a little less of a perfectionist sometimes (oh, so do I... huh?). He was very reluctant, she said, to try to write anything by sounding it out - he insisted on asking for every letter. Which is fine at home, but I can imagine that a class of twenty-three five- and six-year-olds all asking you for the next letter could get tiring.

On Tuesday, Dash sat down to make a card for his beloved teacher. I oversaw the drawing of the picture:

[Draws a big curve]
- What's that going to be?
- An earring. Because we're giving her earrings.
- Um. No, we're not. Remember I said that wasn't the best idea? We're giving her a gift card.
[Erases curve. Draws a big rectangle.]
- No, you really don't have to draw the gift card. Why don't you draw something Christmassy?
- Okay, I'll draw a present. On a reindeer.

Then I was distracted in the other room while he started with the writing. I could hear him sounding out "Happy Christmas," but he didn't ask me anything, so I didn't offer.

I think his teacher should be happy with the result. I loved it.