Last day of school

Today was Scott's last day of kindergarten. It was a weird kind of day for me. I was both happy and sad for Scott. Happy because he really enjoyed the year, got a great start on learning, made good friends, had a wonderful teacher, began to read and write, is ready for first grade, loves his bus driver and riding the bus, really enjoys PE and recess, and has an easy time making the transition to and from school.

But sad because I know he will never have that exact same group of sweet kids again and his school day will be more academic next year with less room in the schedule for free time and extra activities. But, Scott doesn't know any of this, so he was simply happy and thrilled to share his last day with Andrew, Amanda and me (along with all of the other families).

We began with Miss Laurie reading the kids a story. They responded to each page with a phrase they had learned. Look carefully at the picture...see who is ready for school? Yes, Andrew took a seat next to Scott and acted as if he had been in class all year. In fact, he hasn't even ever been to preschool. Who says the second child doesn't have an advantage?!?


Then, Mr. Charlie sang songs with the kids. Mr. Charlie is Eliott's dad. He came to the class every Friday for an hour and sang songs with the kids. This was in additon to their weekly music class. Scott's class had so many wonderful parent volunteers who used their special skills to benefit the class.



Here we are enjoying the music.


If Andrew already has an advantage, imagine what Amanda will be ready to do when she enters kindergarten! She will have spent all of her life exposed to classroom life, whereas Scott never entered a classroom (except Derrick's class) until he was 5.


Miss Kelly was Scott's parapro for the last part of the year.