This year the girls are in 5th Grade, 3rd Grade, and Kindergarten. One would think I would have a grasp on the elementary education process at least from a parental perspective. With the exception of the fifth grade assignments and expectations, this is not our first rodeo. But, I seem to already have forgotten the…
Yesterday the Kindergartener turned six. I’m not sure how this is even possible. It makes me feel simultaneously old, and sad, and grateful for the gift of getting to raise these girls. Something about my youngest child starting kindergarten, losing her first tooth, and now turning six makes me realize how fleeting the days are….
I confess that I never read Anne of Green Gables as a child. I was more into popular teen fiction than the classics back then. So it wasn’t until last year when I started reading the first book in the series to the girls at bedtime that I came to know and love the cast of characters…
Each week in the Kindergartener’s class the teacher gives everyone a helping assignment. The kids seem to take a lot of pride in these assignments because it’s a responsibility specifically theirs for the week. Someone will be the calendar helper, the door holder, the messenger, the lunch helper, etc. This week the Kindergartner’s assigned job…