Last Friday, Dylan received his first Dragon Skills Award. Over the course of the year, I think every student eventually gets one, but we are still so happy for our little guy. They had a special assembly first thing in the morning to recognize the Dragons for having been particularly good at x, y, or z “Dragon Skill”.
The assembly itself was pretty sweet (and short!). The kids opened with their Dragon song (about the Dragon skills–responsibility, respect, etc.) and then Dylan got to go up to accept his award, a certificate and a pencil he was so totally stoked to get! You could tell he was pleased to get one!
So, we had no idea what his award would be for…and we were kind of surprised that it was for “Motivation and Effort”!! I mean, Dylan hasn’t yet struck us as the “academic type,” you know, the one who sits still and quietly colors, writes, or reads; he still prefers playing his made-up games above all else, and that clever little monkey actually stopped bringing home his “work” when he caught on to the fact that I was checking it out and encouraging him to finish any incomplete activities (we will now have to check his cubby more regularly)!! But, one of the classroom moms actually told me Dylan has pretty good focus in the classroom. Hopefully, this will always be the case!
