Kindergarten

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:44:00 +0000

That time is here again – school time! And this year, Nathaniel is in kindergarten! He started last Thursday and Joey went into work late so that we could all take Nate in for his big day. For anyone new to my blog, Nathaniel had been in the preschool program at the same elementary school for more than 2 years so he’s not new to the school, the people there or even his kindergarten classroom. Last Feb/Mar, Nate’s team felt it would be good for Nathaniel to start visiting Mrs. Miller’s kindergarten class across the hall from the preschool class. So Tues-Fri, he would spend a half an hour per day in his soon to be permanent kindergarten class. He loved it and constantly talked of Mrs. Miller.

Last week, we started preparing Nate for school starting and as always, he began with a “I don’t go to school!” and within a couple of days, he had adjusted to the idea. The week prior we’d actually gone in to meet Mrs. Miller and to see the classroom and tour the school. He was a bit shy while we were standing with him, but the moment Mrs. Miller took over, we were toast. He fell right back into routine of listening and following directions.

Thursday morning came around and he was extremely excited. We had the chance to walk inside to the classroom with him and see how they go in each morning and hang up their bags and then sit on their carpets. And then we were sent out! Pictures you say? OF COURSE!! Take a peek of our kindergartener!! Oh and this is a typical kindergarten class – not a special needs class. YAY!!

: Natey standing in the same spot we take a pic at the start of each year!

: Daddy & Nate

: Mommy & Nate

: Nate with the girls – please excuse the hair, we hadn’t brushed yet.

: Natey right after we got out of the car at school.

: Mrs. Miller (can’t see her) holding her sign.

: Even though the color is off, I love this photo!

: Natey getting ready to go inside with his teacher (pink dress).

: Natey hanging up his backpack and lunchbox.

: Nate sitting on his carpet waiting for Mrs. Miller.

Back To Summer School ‘08

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:19:00 +0000

Every summer since Nathaniel turned 3, he’s gone to the summer program at the elementary school. One of the concerns with autistic children is regression but thankfully, Nathaniel’s never experienced it. Because it’s a concern for typical autistic children (there’s an oxymoron for you), Nathaniel is eligible for, and goes to, the summer program…even though, I really don’t think we’d see any regression if he didn’t attend. Nevertheless, I love that he gets to go. He’s easily bored at home unless I keep his day packed with activities and it helps break up the summer for us. He had a couple of weeks off from school and yesterday marked the beginning of the program. He goes MTW from 9:30-11am and there’s only 4 kids that are in his class. The program lasts 4 weeks. Then he’ll get about 5 weeks off before he starts kindergarten.

Apparently the hour and a half he spent at school, coupled with having friends over yesterday afternoon and playing in the sweltering heat and humidity, proved too much for the little guy. At 7:30pm last night, he started to fall asleep in the chair so I asked him if he was ready for bed (he typically goes to bed between 8-9pm) and to my surprise he said yes. After I got him all tucked in, I did a couple of quick things around the house and when I went back in not 5 minutes later, this is what I saw….he was already passed out.

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Kindergarten

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