The things you learn when it's too late - like having a September 8th birthday means you can't go to kindergarten for another year. Or at least when you go to DODDS schools. Grrr. Man, if I had only scheduled that C-section a week earlier! It's an issue that sorely irks me because my September 8th born child is ready for kindergarten. So what do I do? Skirt the system, of course, and decide to homeschool her! Yes, I am a glutton for punishment. No, I'm not trying for the mom of the year award.
As a part two to my crazy decision to homeschool, I also invited a friend's daughter to join in. Actually, this was for many good reasons: Molly also faces the random cutoff date and would be put behind a year and I think it will actually be easier to teach kindergarten with two kids instead of one. To me, kindergarten is about socialization: learning to take turns, sit in a circle, walk in a line without talking, etc. and these concepts are a little hard to teach with only one pupil. But just to make sure Emmy is well-socialized, we also enrolled her in the pre-school here on base for 3 afternoon sessions a week.
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Back to school - like the outfit? |
So the Coats Academy re-opened this morning with double the enrollment from last year.
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Molly and Emmy |
The day went great (although I was a little nervous since my curriculum hadn't arrived yet) and the girls had a great time - they got along like long lost friends. I think it's going to be a fun year!
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Doing a science experiment - mixing colors |
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Playing letter bingo |
After morning studies, then lunch, I took the girls down to Kuwae Preschool for their afternoon entertainment.
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Heading into Kuwae |
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Their day starts on the playground - can you see the tearful goodbye? No? I didn't either. They ran ahead of me and didn't look back! |
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Preschool teachers Ms. Alicia and Kaori-san |
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Ready to roll! |
I now have 1 1/2 hours of freedom from being a mom three times a week - what am I going to do with myself? Oh, don't worry, the list is so long I don't know where to start!
You could go to the gym....just say'in!! :)
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