Bella's First Kindergarten Show and Tell

Last Friday Bella has her first Kindergarten show and tell.   Recommendations for her day were things related to Fall, the Letter D or Animals.    We chose a keychain that Grandpa and Grandma got her from this Columbus Zoo.  It has a picture of all of us and a dinosaur.    We tried to talk to her about it a little bit, but she just kept saying she didn't want to do it.    That morning she was in tears and was very nervous about her show and tell.  She decided at the last minute to take a different keychain (the one we originally picked actually was Evie's, I guess).   This one had our picture, but not the dinosaur.  So since Dad was in the picture, she said that could be D word.   She was so distraught about it, I decided to e-mail her teacher that morning and give her a heads up.   I received a very nice response from her teacher and decided to post it here.

Hi, Robin,

You are absolutely right—Bella is shy.  She is a sweet and kind little girl and works hard at school.  I do want you to know that she copes well at school and she does not dwell on her shyness or get upset.  She “holds her own”.  She is just quiet.  She always participates in activities when asked to do so.  She did great with her Show and Tell today.  She was reluctant to say very much but I helped her along and she got through it.  Her friends asked her good questions and I think she felt good about it in the end.  I did ask our counselor for suggestions of readings for you and she said she would let me know of some soon.  She also suggested that she could work with Bella in a small group of other children who are also shy.  I will let you know when we get that organized. 

I hope this helps.