Madeleine's Journal

Madeleine is no longer a preschooler!  She celebrated her last day of school on Wednesday, and got to bring home lots of class and art work to share with all of us.  Among such classwork was a weekly journal, in which she drew pictures and then dictated, and later "kindergarten-spelled," a description of what she had drawn.  Here are some highlights:

Ah.  Just what one would expect in a preschooler's journal.  A picture of an alien spider, a chair, and a door that hits people with the doorknobs.  Madeleine's artwork (and descriptions) are never, ever slightly sociopathic at all.

"This is the smiley page with green scribbles."

I am going to be seeing that smile in my nightmares.

"I am jumping on the moon."

It's interesting that she is not wearing a space suit as she does so.  Maybe this confirms my whole idea that Madeleine comes from a different planet.  In this case, she apparently inhabits the moon with no need to breathe oxygen or protect her body from the elements.  And she has a blue face.  And what is either blue hair or four long blue fangs coming from her mouth.

Oh, well here's a normal one: "It's the Zombie's birthday.  Her favorite color is red and that's why her balloon is red."

The reason why her favorite color is red is because that's the color of blood.  

I am sensing a theme here.  "This is an alien bouncing on the moon."

"This is Twilight Sparkle writing.  It says something she learned about friendship today."

This is just pure laziness.  What are you going to draw in your journal today?  A bunch of wavy lines. 

Well, now. Finally a post that is not about aliens or moons or scribbles.  "I am at Rosemary Pool for free swim.  It is only open in the summer."

Ah, post "Pirates of the Caribbean viewing."  I like the spelling attempts here.  'Tes Cabden Jac Sbaro" translates to "This is Captain Jack Sparrow."  I was totally lost on "Tes the gzegzg," however.  Luckily, Madeleine was able to inform me that it spells "this is the zig-zag."

And clearly these were drawn after Madeleine got deep into the "Ting and Ling" books.  And in her version, Ting and Ling are not little twin girls, but are instead hulking giants.

I've gotta say, this is not bad kindergarten spelling!  I can definitely read that it says "Rosemary Pool is closing."  I'm not sure what the picture with the screaming floating head has to do with the subject matter, however.

And finally, we have: "The Culr Mustr," or "the color monster" in standard English.  Because, let's face it, we had our fair share of aliens and zombies, but monsters were sort of under-represened in this journal, so why not close out with one, right?


I can't WAIT to see the kind of work Madeleine does in kindergarten!