school

Av starts school this week (Thursday), her last year of preschool. Some of my friends have kids starting kindergarten this week. It has really thrown me into a panic! I am so not ready for my baby to start kindergarten. This time next year it will be us. I will be a mess of a mom for weeks leading up to it. So hard to let your kids grow up. It will be hard to stay positive, happy and excited in front of Av and not let her see me sad. I am sure she will be apprehensive and seeing me a mess will not help her at all. Anyway, the other reason I am in a panic is just thinking we have a year left to get her ready for kindergarten. I need to make sure I do all I can to get her ready. We finally have her verbally spelling her name right and constantly thanks to John!!! Av and I were working on it last week and she just could not keep it straight. I was so frustrated when John got home from work. She knows her letters, she can pick her name out of anything and everything, why can’t she spell it then? Ugh!!!!!!!!! John came in, made up a simple song of it and now both Av and Camille can spell Avery. The song is in my head pretty constantly now. Hhehhehe A-v-e-r-y. We have been reading a lot. Simple books and I point to all the words for her. Camille got out animal flash cards yesterday and I was able to use them to work with both of the girls. Camille to learn the animals and sounds (which she really already knows them) and Av I would point to the picture and ask her what animal that was. She would say then I would point back to the word that said the animal and tell her that’s what that word says. Then I told her she was reading based on the picture on the card. She was so excited! She is getting it that the picture matches up to the words. She was “reading” to her babies yesterday. It was too cute. We also have been playing a lot of memory and yesterday she drew a pic of her family for the first time. She did a great job and got it off the fridge to show John as soon as he walked in the door. I have learned that once a child can draw a stick person well they have every stroke mastered to write all the letters. So we have taken a step back and are practicing stick people. I hope that helps to give her more confidence with her letters. We went and saw her classroom yesterday and met her new teacher. Av was really excited and didn’t want to leave. I think it will be a great year!