Oldest had teacher extraordinaire for two years of Kindergarten. He started K at the age of 5 because he was being placed into a language based program to help with his delays. He repeated K at the age of 6 because, frankly, he wasn't ready for first grade. It's been a blessing. Oldest is going into First Grade in the Fall. Youngest is starting K. With teacher extraordinaire. This will be MY third year, IN A ROW, as a K mom. Why sound so upset about this? K is fun. It's a time of so of many firsts. It's a time of exploration and learning. It's a time for making new friends, learning independence and responsibility, eating lunch in a cafeteria, having "specials" during the week like Art and Music. Repeating Kindergarten for the third time also means: Weekly show and tells. Each month is a theme. For the a combined nine Monday's in the month of May I've needed to help oldest find things to bring in that relate to "What Iv'e learned/love abo...
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