A welcome note to any of my
daughter's classmates parents who have found this blog. First, rest assure that I
won't be blogging gossip here or anything I think is inappropriate for
a blog so darn public. If you're the teacher, I will always bring my
concerns to you before I ever write about it here. That said, back to
our regularly scheduled blog...
Ah, Friday of the first
week of kindergarten. I think we are all exhausted from this week. My
daughter especially so. So how is she doing? She took to kindergarten
like a fish to water...at least from my perspective.
Tuesday was
insane. Almost every kindergartener had at least two adults with them
in the lunchroom. I think we caught a few kids who also brought
grandparents...very cute. Our daughter sat at the table looking a bit
stunned, yet eager. We all walked over to her classroom once the
teacher showed up at 9. The room was a nice size, cubbies for their
coats, and the big tables were all set with their first coloring
project. Once we got all her items put away and the girl was settled in
a seat, she gave us that look. "OK, you can go now." We hugged her and
went in for the good-bye kiss. DENIED. Overnight, our loving &
kissy girl grew into a 16yo teen. Pick up was equally insane as class
after class of different grades flooded into the lunchroom and kids had
to sort themselves out between pick-up and bus. One teacher did have a
bullhorn, but we could barely hear it over the chatter of tweens. Our
babysitter came to get acquainted, thank goodness we planned it like
that cause it really was a madhouse for a few minutes. But the kid
found us and looked happy. She took a nap on the way home.
The
rest of the week we left her in the lunchroom a few minutes before the
teachers show up with a few of her classmates and the teacher's
assistant. Each morning she acted as if we were the most embarrassing
people in the entire world...And I wasn't even singing! That is an
issue we will be working on, let me tell you!
The funniest thing
is that on Wednesday she saw the kids who were going to eat breakfast
line up and go in line. She got a breakfast ticket and ate
breakfast...her second of the day. All without paying for it. She just
followed the group. Her daddy did talk to someone the next day to pay
for breakfast.
She also reported to us one day that one boy told
her that he didn't like girls. Today I saw him calling for her at
pick-up and patting the spot next to him on the bench. There's more to
that story, but it's best told in person over a cuppa something. :)
Her teacher looks like she's going to be great. The kid loves her already.
I'm
pretty hopeful for this year and this school. It was quite a leap of
faith to apply to this school. I haven't written about kindergarten in
months because I was waiting for us to figure out where she would go
and then I didn't want to jinx what did happen. We didn't get into the
lone private we applied to, but we did get into one magnet school and
one gifted school. We're at a gifted. We are clearly aware of how lucky
we are. Seriously. We decided to apply to this school solely based on
the principal who appears to not take any BS. She stated some very high
standards at orientation and while the coursework is intense for
kindergarten, I think everything will work out.
This was cross-posted from my personal blog, Viva la Feminista. When Veronica isn't trying to get her daughter to act like a 5yo, she also blogs at WIMN's Voices, and Work it, Mom! You can also follow Veronica at Twitter.
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