School for us began officially last week. I say 'officially' because as we have worked through our kindergarten curriculum, I have found that Evelynn has a good grasp on the concepts so far. Mind you, it's only been a week. We've run into a couple of issues that were unexpected but definitely workable. In recent months, Evelynn has completed mazes like the one above. The difference between prior mazes and this one is the graphics. I know pictures at this point in a kindergartener's student career are to draw her interest and make the exercise entertaining. For Evelynn, they greatly hindered the process of going from the 'go' point to the dinosaur.
She studied the maze for a while and decided on the direction of the 'rhino' and the 'crane' animals. Stopping at the rhino, she said "I can't get to the dinosaur this way because his horns will poke me." She looked a little longer before moving toward the crane. She didn't say anything about the beak or the wing, but observed that she couldn't go that way either "because his feet are in the way and they probably stink." She then decided that direction would not work. She began at 'go' again and went toward the fish. She quickly nixed this idea saying "The fish would be too slippery and his tail would wiggle too much to get to the dinosaur." At this point I figured she would go the correct way. She was out of other options. However, she began at the turtle and followed the path to the dinosaur, ignoring the paths to the fossils and the diamond. I asked her how to get from 'go' to the turtle. She looked at the paper, then looked at me, and them stared at the paper before saying "But to start at 'go' I have to go by the mummy. If I do that the mummy might wake up and chase me. That would be too scary." I told her that was the right way to go and that she should draw the path completely from 'go' to the dinosaur. Uncertain, she said "Well, I guess I can draw the line REALLY fast and he won't wake up."
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