First, here are the kids headed off to their last days of school just before summer, Zayd to say goodbye to Ms. Alyson and Kindergarten, and Zahra to say goodbye to Montessori Schoolhouse and Ms. Lee. I was really much sadder to be leaving MSH than I expected. Both of my kids really blossomed there and grew into such interesting people.
Zahra didn't understand why she didn't have a sign like she does on the FIRST day of school...so she made one. Again, MSH was the perfect environment to challenge this precocious four year old.
Fast forward 90 days, a lot of time with Joe and a few vacations, and you get to mid-August and a back to school advcnture for my kiddoes.
I am terrified of sending Zahra back to Pre-K 4, this time in a public school, but I really want her to be with her proper grade. I don't want her facing college at 17; I think she might self limit with her college choices (or we might!) to compensate for her age. I remember some young women at Bryn Mawr who were just 16 and they didn't get quite the full experience. I can't imagine what that looks like at a bigger school. So, maybe we mess around and tweak this year a little, but eventually we get her into a village model at ALA where she can do 2nd grade work in Kindergarten and all is well. I just have to hold on for that. And she does too. Since we are a couple weeks in, I can report that she likes it quite a bit but insists that they don't have to work, they just play. She studied for Zayd's first spelling test and got an 80 during our at-home exam, but frankly spelling OF as UV kind "uv" makes sense. :)
Zayd was excited to go back to school. The village model really works for him too. He has great friends and a wonderful teacher. He has reported some rough days and has a hard time being nice to so many people for such a long time (his words).
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