Dear Kieran,
How
are you today? I’m doing fine, though I miss you like crazy! I hope you’re doing
well and are having lots of fun during this last week of summer.
I so enjoyed our time together on Thursday! You’ve gotten
really tall and have quite the powerful swing when it comes to light saber
battles!
Your knowledge of the states as we put together the USA map
was very impressive, too! I really enjoy talking about all of the places we’ve
visited and hearing about all of the states you’d still like to see. I am
looking for a world map puzzle so we also can learn about countries and oceans.
While you’ve never been out of the United States, perhaps when you become 18 you’ll
want to travel overseas.
Teaching you how to play chess was a lot of fun, too! The
game is very complicated and will take a long time learn, but you're well on
your way by learning the names of the pieces, where they go on the board, and
how they move.
Building the ancient Egyptian city out of the craft blocks
was a good time, too. It looked just like some of the cities we saw when
visiting the Egyptian section at the Museum of Man in San Diego. I posted pictures
of our work online!
How did you like the book about the Titanic that you took home on Thursday? I remember reading to you
kids’ books at Barnes and Noble about the Titanic
and how much you enjoyed them. I thought you’d like that book!
I am so proud of you that you are about to enter first
grade. You will find it a lot of fun. Always do your schoolwork, even if it’s boring
or difficult, and you will do fine. In fact, you’ll find that that first grade
and school in general gets easier when you do your assignments!
One book I recently read that you might like is about going
to first grade. The book was called “First Grade, Here I Come!” by Nancy
Carlson. It tells the story of Henry, who after the first day of first grade, isn’t
sure how he feels about it. The teacher isn’t like his kindergarten teacher,
and the fifth-graders hog the monkey bars! Will Henry come to like being in
first grade? You will have to read the book and find out. When your mom takes
you to the city library, I bet you’ll find the book there in the children’s
section.
We next get together on Friday, Aug. 30 – just six days from
now! Let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to bring. I see your email “send”
button is not working again, as I haven’t received an email from you since Aug.
11. Perhaps you could have your mother help you with that. In any case, I have
saved all of my emails for you so that if there are any of mine that you do not
receive, you’ll be able to later read them.
Well, that is all for now. I love and miss you very much and
will see you on Friday!
Love,
Dad
