This time of year is rough for parents whose kids have a hard time with school. My Facebook newsfeed is flooded with articles about managing the transition back to school, tales of how everyone’s kids seem to just run off the bus excited to tell their parents about how great their school day was, stories of
Tag: Kindergarten
The girl’s violence struck the library like a bolt of lightning, drawing a gasp from the teacher and the librarian alike. Awkwardness soon followed the initial shock, and then the two adults exchanged a glance for a shrug. It was over. The teacher continued shuttling the children out into the hallway, back to the kindergarten
I can hardly believe it’s time to think about the next school year, but it is. In fact, it’s actually approaching the time when it’s late to be thinking about the next school year. Many public and private preschool application deadlines are fast approaching, and if you have a child who will be entering kindergarten in the
Few things fire up heated discussions on parenting chat boards more than the practice known as “redshirting” – the choice not to register your child for kindergarten even though their birthday falls before the official cutoff date. There are plenty of articles that argue both sides; the benefits of waiting a year until the child
Ah, five year olds. They’re some of my favorite people. Though I haven’t found my son’s first month as a five year old any less exhausting than the past 59 months of his life, it sure has been more entertaining and fun. I spent most of college and graduate school learning about school-aged kids, starting
Is it a full moon or something? Did I miss the memo? Is it “Cranky Ass Kid Month”? Because my 5-year old is behaving extremely strange. She is normally a well-mannered, polite, happy kid, with the exception of a whiny phase she went through a while ago. I feel like I am walking on eggshells
This past week, my Facebook newsfeed has been full of amazing, wonderful back to school photos. Many of my good friends have kids within a few years of my kids, and I’ve really loved seeing the first rides on the school bus, little guys walking into preschool for the first time, babies graduating to the
Tomorrow marks a major milestone in our house: Lovey will be going to Kindergarten. In honor of this gut–wrenching heartbreaking exciting event I wanted to re-post something I originally wrote for my other blog back in February, which coincidentally is the last thing I wrote for my other blog. My sweet girl, I’m not a
I registered my daughter for Kindergarten today. Holy shit. This can’t be happening. Where did the time go? Buttercup, I feel like just yesterday you were here: And now I am picturing you like this: Ok, so I’m jumping the gun a little bit here. But I feel like this is a huge milestone. She is the
Earlier this week, Jen blogged about her apprehension toward her son starting kindergarten—a whole eighteen months from now—due to his severe allergy to peanuts, which can trigger a life-threatening condition known as anaphylaxis. For the uninitiated, an anaphylactic reaction is a true emergency that requires immediate action to save a child’s life, due to its
