Our Littlest Sponges

For Kindergarteners, they have their Open House before school starts.  That way they can get acquainted with the classroom, their teacher, and the surroundings.  We went to the Open House and GaryTodd was super excited.  He gave his teacher a high-five, and later gave her a huge hug.

But when we actually entered the classroom, he didn’t want to do anything the teacher had wanted him to do.  He wanted to play with the toys.  He especially didn’t want to color on the coloring pages that had been set out.

That was what made him get nervous about going to school.  He got upset because he didn’t know how to color.  He has never been interested in coloring with me, and he suddenly realized that he was going to have to color in school. 

This was his first paper he did in school (left).  I was very happy with the fact that he colored. But then I was excited that he followed the directions, and even wrote his name!  I had never seen that from him!  I was impressed that he had traced most of the circles too.  I have been so happy with how much he enjoys school, and how much he absorbs.

On the fifth day of school, he came home with this paper (right):

I was amazed with how much his coloring changed in just a few days.  And he uses many different colors whenever he colors. 

He tells me every day that he doesn’t talk in school.  He can be a quiet kid, so it doesn’t really surprise me that he is quiet in school.  But we just entered September.  We’ll see how quiet he stays by the first parent/teacher conference. 

Seanelle is really enjoying school too.  Today she gave everyone a huge scare.  She is a first grader now, so she wants to be like all the other big kids. 

We take a neighbor to school in the mornings, and then her parents pick them up after school.  Today I got a call asking me if I had picked up Seanelle already.  They searched for her in the school, but no one had seen her. 

I immediately left the house to search for her.  I found her not far from home, just walking home after school.  When I asked her why she walked home, she told me that she just wanted to be a big kid and walk home. 

I suppose it is a good time to learn a lesson about being where people expect you to be, about being safe, and keeping your word… but I could have done without the panic.  We are definitely going to have to keep our eyes on that girl!