Desi and Kindergarten

Let's be real about Desi and Kindergarten. Things could be better. Desi is functioning at about the level of a 4 year old, which makes perfect sense according to the adoption specialists. She was in the orphanage for 4 years and it will take her 4 years to be completely caught up. She hasn't even been home 2 years yet, so this shouldn't come as a surprise, but..... Yeah, you knew there would be a but didn't you :-) We got Desi's interim report last week and she was marked "below" on her ability to listen and be quiet. I agree 100%. She has the attention span of a stick of butter :-) LOL We are also seeing this problem in dance class. She just can't seem to stay on target. Desi is also having issues with her sight words. She knows them, she just can't say them. Let me explain. We printed her sight words and put them on a table. When asked to find a certain word, she will pick up the correct paper without hesitation. We can then point to the word on her list and ask her to SAY the word, but there is nothing. She can't seem to transfer the information, even though she knows the words. The principal has explained that this is developmental and she will eventually be able to verbalize her sight words. We are still waiting on her speech and OT to start at school. I hope this will help in the area of her blending sounds, which is another area we are having problems with. Sigh. Oh, and we think maybe she is having vision issues too as she is almost laying on her paperwork to write her words. We get to see the eye doctor next week to have her tested. Some might say Desi is having a rough way to go in Kindergarten. Well, she might be, but she doesn't know it!!! The kid is having a GREAT time in school and gets mad every morning if we don't leave early enough :-) LOL She loves her teacher, she loves her friends and she loves doing her homework every evening. Is she oblivious to all the problems listed above? Yep, and I plan on keeping it that way. No sense in making her dread school every day, so we will just keep all these "issues" to ourselves and keep making school fun. And her "disabilities"......the ones that NO ONE even notices because her personality overshadows them....not even an issue :-)