The First Day of Kindergarten

He looks excited right? Of Course he was the first one out of his classroom!

Yep it is official, Ethan had his first day of school yesterday. He was so excited, he wanted to do everything himself. He told me that I could just drop him off, I didn't need to walk him in. I told him I needed to walk him in. When he got home from school I ask him how his day went. He said fine. I asked "what did you do?" he said I colored a picture. He said that his park (the playground) is not built and that he had to play with balls and jump ropes. And really that is all I got out of him. A man of many words, just like his Father! The funniest story about this whole back to school experience was his assessment test he did last week. I had been working with him on reviewing the things that he learned in preschool. Evidently it was not enough. He knew his letter, sounds and numbers. He could count and write his name. He could not read or write a sentence...go figure!

Funny things that happened during the assessment: 1. His teacher handed him a book and said what is this? Ethan replied : Froggy goes to school (The name of the book). She said yes but what is this, pointing to the book again. He said again...Froggy goes to school. She tried a new approach, "this is a...." Ethan looks at her and says "Boook". Just the way he said it was like, you should already know what this is. 2. Ethan was counting groups of objects on a piece of paper. He had noticed that the teacher was writing on another piece of paper after every time he answered a question. She asked Ethan which group of objects had more. He leaned over to her paper and pointed to the group that had more on her paper. I guess he was just trying to make it easier for her. Last but not least they were naming shapes. Ethan was done I think. He had his hands on this cheeks and his elbows propped on the table. His teacher held up a black circle. She asked what is this? Ethan replied a Truck tire. She wrote that down. She held up a square...What is this? Ethan: Two triangles put together. He is replying in this I am bored out of my mind voice. It was so funny. I know he knows his shapes, he was just lazy! Well I guess at least he will be able to progress a lot on his future assessments!! I love my little, sorry BIG guy!!