First Day Summary
There were a few bumps in the road but I think her first day at school went pretty well.
The bus was about 20 minutes late coming home at the end of the day. A few buses went by our stop and one even stopped without Darcy getting off, but it was a different bus line than what had picked her up so I was pretty sure that we were still OK. Eventually her bus arrived and she got off with a big smile on her face.
The first thing I noticed is that she was wearing the new shoes we had bought her that were to be designated as "inside shoes". I asked her what happened to her other shoes and she said she couldn't find them. I had put her name on her inside shoes but not her outside shoes because I figured that those would just stay in her cubby hole. Silly me. I hope we can find them.
She cried when she got home when I asked her the names of some of the other kids in her class and she didn't know any of them. She also said she didn't have anyone to play with at recess. I encouraged her to find another little girl tomorrow and introduce herself and ask the girl if she wants to be friends. I told her there were probably other girls who felt lonely too and that she'd have lots of friends soon.
We were asked to send two snacks but she had only eaten one. We'll see if she does better in the future.
She told me they had learned a new song today called, "Bonjour samalama". I'm pretty sure that's not the right second word but that's what she told me. She also told me that when they were learning the song the teacher had asked if anyone knew what bonjour meant and she put up her hand and the teacher called on her. She said it meant hello and she was correct. She kept saying "correct" over and over. It cracked me up. She was very proud of herself for getting a right answer.
The rest of the evening went well until I was turning out the light for bed. Then she started to really cry, saying how much she missed me during the day. She asked me to lay down with her and although I won't usually do that I made an exception tonight. I told her she could remember our faces when she felt lonely at school and that would make her feel better. Then she started rhyming off all kinds of faces she could think of (me, Nick, Wesley, her cow, things like that). Soon she was ready for me to leave so I said goodnight and closed the door. I was in my room for a few minutes when I heard her door open. I went to see what was going on and she said, "Mommy, can I think of my toothbrush's face when I'm sad?" Her toothbrush has Belle from Beauty and the Beast on it so I told her she could. That put a big smile on her face and she closed the door and went back to bed. I haven't heard anything else from her.
So, there were a few perfectly normal worries but I think we're on the right track. I'm sure that by the end of the week she'll forget that there was ever a time when she didn't go to school!
The bus was about 20 minutes late coming home at the end of the day. A few buses went by our stop and one even stopped without Darcy getting off, but it was a different bus line than what had picked her up so I was pretty sure that we were still OK. Eventually her bus arrived and she got off with a big smile on her face.
The first thing I noticed is that she was wearing the new shoes we had bought her that were to be designated as "inside shoes". I asked her what happened to her other shoes and she said she couldn't find them. I had put her name on her inside shoes but not her outside shoes because I figured that those would just stay in her cubby hole. Silly me. I hope we can find them.
She cried when she got home when I asked her the names of some of the other kids in her class and she didn't know any of them. She also said she didn't have anyone to play with at recess. I encouraged her to find another little girl tomorrow and introduce herself and ask the girl if she wants to be friends. I told her there were probably other girls who felt lonely too and that she'd have lots of friends soon.
We were asked to send two snacks but she had only eaten one. We'll see if she does better in the future.
She told me they had learned a new song today called, "Bonjour samalama". I'm pretty sure that's not the right second word but that's what she told me. She also told me that when they were learning the song the teacher had asked if anyone knew what bonjour meant and she put up her hand and the teacher called on her. She said it meant hello and she was correct. She kept saying "correct" over and over. It cracked me up. She was very proud of herself for getting a right answer.
The rest of the evening went well until I was turning out the light for bed. Then she started to really cry, saying how much she missed me during the day. She asked me to lay down with her and although I won't usually do that I made an exception tonight. I told her she could remember our faces when she felt lonely at school and that would make her feel better. Then she started rhyming off all kinds of faces she could think of (me, Nick, Wesley, her cow, things like that). Soon she was ready for me to leave so I said goodnight and closed the door. I was in my room for a few minutes when I heard her door open. I went to see what was going on and she said, "Mommy, can I think of my toothbrush's face when I'm sad?" Her toothbrush has Belle from Beauty and the Beast on it so I told her she could. That put a big smile on her face and she closed the door and went back to bed. I haven't heard anything else from her.
So, there were a few perfectly normal worries but I think we're on the right track. I'm sure that by the end of the week she'll forget that there was ever a time when she didn't go to school!
posted by Sue Matthews at 8:35 PM
5 Comments:
Sounds like a standard day of JK to me!
"Samalama" had me laugh out loud. Can't wait to hear what else she learns.
Oh Sue, you are such a great mom. I only hope that I am this good when my little Selina is ready for school.
P.S. I love reading your blog.
Super C you are too kind! From what I hear you're doing a pretty great job with Selina too!
So it's official. Your little girl goes to school. Never mind about Darcy crying, how did YOU do??
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