On Friday afternoon I took Emma to her (prospective) new Kindergarten for an evaluation and orientation meeting. The kids were asked to go with the teachers so they could watch them play, ask some questions, etc while the parents stayed behind to hear about the program from the principal. Some kids whined or cried, but not my Emma. She ran up and gave me a kiss and then quickly got in line. She did very well on all her assessments. Recognized her letters (all upper & most lowercase), knows all her letter sounds, colors (duh!), and her phone number, birth date, etc. As far as numeracy skills, the score card only has a place to mark the kids up to 30, where they are allowed to make 2 mistakes or less per 10 numbers. The teacher had to add a note on the side stating that Emma could already count to 100+.... That's a kindergarten skill, being part of the "100 club." So so proud of my little smarty pants. :)
The tour of the school looked great too. I like the layout and the design of the school. They are an environmental science magnet school so get some extra funds and look like they use them well. There is a library, a computer lab, and an awesome science lab full of live reptiles, fish, rodents, etc and all kinds of museum quality specimens. The classes get to visit each of these locales once a week for enrichment services. They also, unlike most other kinder classes in the district, have a full time aid in the room which helps to offset some of the ridiculousness of the current 33:1 ratio. They do field trips and science projects and it just looks wonderful. Plus, as a magnet program, Emma can be bussed there in the morning, which will be a big help.
I am a little saddened about the fact that my "baby" is growing up so quickly but I am so excited for her to start this next chapter in her life...
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