The Big K
I have never felt so old as I have when people ask me if I feel old when I say "Andee's first day of Kindergarten was today." Yes, my baby started kindergarten today, and yes, now I feel old, thanks!
She has a new teacher. Ms. Taylor is obviously new to Andee, but she is also new to the school, new to teaching in fact. Fresh meat. I don't know how I feel about her. Andee LOVES Mrs. Litt, who we will ever be indebted to. Mrs. Litt is an amazing teacher! If you ever are living in Jessamine Co. and have a child that is 3 or 4, take them to JELV, and request Mrs. Litt. But that was preschool. So, to get Andee ready for the changes that come with a new teacher, I went over some of the policies that Ms. Taylor sent us with Andee. Ms. Taylor has a new discipline system. Basically, Andee should come home every day with a stamp on her hand if she was good all day. We are to encourage good behavior, and praise our child when we see the stamp. Andee is a fantastic child! I am so overwhelmingly blessed by how good my child is. So, I told her I would be looking for and expecting the stamp everyday. This was said in a way that let her know that I would praise her for this "prize."
Andee got off the bus today with smiles on, which let me know that she was going to be ok. This, in spite of the questions I earlier received as to why anyone needed to move on or learn any more than they learned in preschool (because she didn't want to leave Mrs. Litt.) So, first thing I did was ask Andee where her stamp was. She raised up her hands and started to look as if honestly expecting to see one there. We didn't find one. We asked Andee about the "sticks" used to show how good a child was, and Andee had no idea what we were talking about. This simply told me that the teacher hadn't started explaining discipline on the first day, not that Andee had been bad and didn't deserve a stamp. But, for the rest of the time I was with her (I had to rush off to work shortly) Andee was forlorn. I asked her what was wrong, and if she didn't like school and whatever else I could think of that would make Andee so down, but it turns out all it was was that Andee was sad that she didn't have that stamp. I think Andee was afraid of disappointing me, but maybe that is reading too much into it. Anyhow, the first day is over.
I can't imagine how old I will feel when people ask me if it makes me feel old when Andee starts 1st grade.
She has a new teacher. Ms. Taylor is obviously new to Andee, but she is also new to the school, new to teaching in fact. Fresh meat. I don't know how I feel about her. Andee LOVES Mrs. Litt, who we will ever be indebted to. Mrs. Litt is an amazing teacher! If you ever are living in Jessamine Co. and have a child that is 3 or 4, take them to JELV, and request Mrs. Litt. But that was preschool. So, to get Andee ready for the changes that come with a new teacher, I went over some of the policies that Ms. Taylor sent us with Andee. Ms. Taylor has a new discipline system. Basically, Andee should come home every day with a stamp on her hand if she was good all day. We are to encourage good behavior, and praise our child when we see the stamp. Andee is a fantastic child! I am so overwhelmingly blessed by how good my child is. So, I told her I would be looking for and expecting the stamp everyday. This was said in a way that let her know that I would praise her for this "prize."
Andee got off the bus today with smiles on, which let me know that she was going to be ok. This, in spite of the questions I earlier received as to why anyone needed to move on or learn any more than they learned in preschool (because she didn't want to leave Mrs. Litt.) So, first thing I did was ask Andee where her stamp was. She raised up her hands and started to look as if honestly expecting to see one there. We didn't find one. We asked Andee about the "sticks" used to show how good a child was, and Andee had no idea what we were talking about. This simply told me that the teacher hadn't started explaining discipline on the first day, not that Andee had been bad and didn't deserve a stamp. But, for the rest of the time I was with her (I had to rush off to work shortly) Andee was forlorn. I asked her what was wrong, and if she didn't like school and whatever else I could think of that would make Andee so down, but it turns out all it was was that Andee was sad that she didn't have that stamp. I think Andee was afraid of disappointing me, but maybe that is reading too much into it. Anyhow, the first day is over.
I can't imagine how old I will feel when people ask me if it makes me feel old when Andee starts 1st grade.