Kimmy Schemy

Ken* is 3 years old. He is enrolled in our Playschool program. He is a typical playful little boy who wants to play all the time. And that’s nice because kids learn by playing.

Ken’s memory span, however, is too short. He tends to forget easily. It’s as if he doesn’t remember any of the lessons, both previous and current. Another thing is that, he doesn’t do his homework. No matter how many times his teacher gives instructions to his nanny about Ken’s homework, the little boy always comes to school with assignment undone. It seems like no one is checking the boy’s lessons at home. But when teacher asked where mommy works, she found out that mommy is a plain housewife. Ken is an only child (so far) so there is no baby to keep mommy busy. So, teacher set a meeting with mommy and told her about the undone homework and Ken’s difficulty in coping with the lessons.

The following week, when Ken gave his Assignment notebook, his homework was done. It was neatly done, very neatly in fact, pictures perfectly colored and lines perfectly traced. It was obviously done by a much, much older person, Mommy for instance.

Last Friday, Ken’s class was given their first Assessment Test. He didn’t get any score. He didn’t recognize any color, any shape, any number or any letter of the alphabet.

His teacher was frustrated. She feels as if she’s not being effective. She said..

“I simply wish someone will take the time to guide and do a follow-up on Ken’s lessons at home..”

I told her so do I. But I said it’s OK. Ken is still young. A lot of things may still happen in the future. We can only do our work and hope for the best.

*not real name

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