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June 18, 2008
Graduation
My baby boy graduated from kindergarten yesterday. The school did a very sweet ceremony. The "kindergarten" program is just that the 5- and 6-year-olds are together from 1-3 doing some special stuff, and then with the other kids (3- and 4-year-olds) the rest of the day.
It was a nice ritual - each kid walked around the circle while the younger kids blew bubbles on them. Then each of the teachers gave a gift and talked about something they particularly would remember about that kid. The masses got a bit unruly towards the end, but that's to be expected.
I did get teary when we were saying goodbye to people. I just wasn't really prepared. The end of school came so fast, and after so many months of craziness where I felt like we were just hurtling along, trying to get through. At least we know we'll be back at the school with Linna next year, and a few of the families will be at Ethan's new school, which helps.
I wanted to tell Ethan's teacher what a good year he's had, how he's gotten so much more confident and social. Last year he was sometimes reluctant to go to school, and a little bit at the beginning of this year, too, but the head of the school and also his teacher made a special effort to invent new materials for him. And I think it helped him to be one of the big kids, and to be part of a group.
Posted by ktingey at June 18, 2008 10:21 PM