Over the summer, she attended a three-week part-time summer program at her new elementary school. It's an awesome program intended to introduce our little ones to kindergarten and prepare them for the coming school year. Her summer teacher was a caring and energetic woman who kept parents very involved in the whole process, and provided tons of free materials (games, flashcards, etc.) that parents could use throughout the summer with their kids. The best thing about her was that she later became Aislin's kindergarten teacher, too!
School started on August 7th... Aislin chose to ride the school bus, so every morning she and I walk down the road and around the corner to her bus stop, and in the afternoon the boys and I drive that short distance to wait for her in our car. (What?? Afternoons are hot in Arizona!!) So far she's had her birthday celebrated in class, and the boys and I got to visit that day with brightly-colored cupcakes in hand; she and her class did the "Gingerbread Man Search" around the school before finding him perched atop a shelf in their classroom; she participated in "Color Days" where her class would focus on a different color each day (over the course of two weeks) and show their participation by wearing the day's color or using it in some way.
Aislin is enjoying school and learning so much every day. She's changing and growing before our very eyes. Tim and I are also enjoying this experience of having our first child go to school, and of being involved at her school. We're so proud of our little kindergartner :)
This pic was actually taken during her summer program, and the lady right behind her is her kindergarten teacher!
This was taken on the first day of school after she had come home. Although most parents take pics with their kids posing in front of their home or their school bus, or in their new classroom and sitting at their desk...I didn't :P It all just happened so fast, but I guess it's better than no pic at all :)
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