Seems like just yesterday I wrote about Princess daughter going to all-day kindergarten every day and what would I do with "all" that time. I've managed to find a few things to do and not to do, and now, we're about a week out from completing kindergarten.
Princess daughter had a great year. She learned to read, write, add, tell time, and identify which containers are recyclable, but she's learned so much more about life - about getting along with people who don't look like her, act like her or think like her. She's learning to navigate the rough waters of life with other people. So there really is something to that saying about life and kindergarten.
I spent a lot of time in Princess daughter's classroom. Those sweet children that hugged me every time I passed through the door, the little ones who begged to join Princess daughter and me for lunch are growing up just like her. Soon they won't give a hug; they won't even look my way.
But I realized a new mission for "all" my time. Part of the reason Princess daughter was at this school at this time was so I could be one more caring adult in the lives of these little ones - read to them, check out their library books, help make their parties a ton of fun, invite them to join us when parents didn't come to the Thanksgiving feast, praise their playground feats at recess, and freely give a hug and encouraging word. And it was in kindergarten this year that I learned so much, too.
Princess daughter had a great year. She learned to read, write, add, tell time, and identify which containers are recyclable, but she's learned so much more about life - about getting along with people who don't look like her, act like her or think like her. She's learning to navigate the rough waters of life with other people. So there really is something to that saying about life and kindergarten.
I spent a lot of time in Princess daughter's classroom. Those sweet children that hugged me every time I passed through the door, the little ones who begged to join Princess daughter and me for lunch are growing up just like her. Soon they won't give a hug; they won't even look my way.
But I realized a new mission for "all" my time. Part of the reason Princess daughter was at this school at this time was so I could be one more caring adult in the lives of these little ones - read to them, check out their library books, help make their parties a ton of fun, invite them to join us when parents didn't come to the Thanksgiving feast, praise their playground feats at recess, and freely give a hug and encouraging word. And it was in kindergarten this year that I learned so much, too.
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