Liam: 5 yrs. 8 mo.

Liam started Kindergarten today.  He actually doesn't start public school for another week and a day because they are doing assessments this week.  We are looking forward to talking to his new teacher 'Miss Shedden' on Friday morning.  Since we already paid for the month of August at Kids Village, the kids will be going there for 2 weeks.  He is in Miss Kelli's class, who we really love.  He had her for 1/2 the school year after his first Sweet Pea teacher left.  Miss Kelli was the one that recognized that he was ready to start reading, and got him on the reading program.  Sadly, the teacher he had the following year didn't even know he was reading.  And after talking to one of his friends mom who was in the same class, we realized we had the same complaints about that teacher.  Real bummer, since that was his last full year there.  We have heard that Kindergarten is learning letters, and sounds, and that is pretty much it!!  We are really concerned about him being so bored!  Although, we hope he does better about doing school work than he has been about doing the work books with us.  He started out really happy and excited to do them with us, then as the summer went on, he got more and more upset when we wanted to do them with him.  Hoping that his attitude about learning will improve!  Thankfully he did very well with his swimming lessons over the summer.  He listened pretty well, for him, and made some great improvements.  He started diving to the floor for toys, and often picked up more than 5 toys in one dive.  He worked on his breathing coordination with the swimming strokes.  He started doing the front stroke and back stroke, and floated on front and back.  He is so comfortable in the water now, I think it is just a matter of maturing a little more till he is swimming across the pool on his own.  Anyway, I look forward to picking him up from his first day today too, and hearing all about it!

comment by mom/grandma on 08/22/2013
He is such a sweety! I can't wait to hear all about his first weeks at school. We are all missing him.