Clair is done with PreSchool

Clair got the pleasure of starting at Wee Folk school when she was only two. This is much earlier then the other two started school. I made this choice because she was at home all day with her siblings, family and our friend Sarah who watched her. We felt she needed more social interactions, so off to school she went at age 2 1/2.

From the first day clear walked into a classroom, she was happy and ready to go. Clair has always loved school days. Clair love spending time with others. Clair loves the opportunity to be new places. Clair loves learning. Clair loves teachers in the school setting. She thrives at school.

Each year we let her go another day. But in her mind she would love to have gone to school every single day.

As preschool was winding down, I knew she would be sad to see it come to an end. We don’t do a great job of setting up play dates, and she doesn’t have folks she runs to play with in the neighborhood is she still young. It is her social life. It is her place for knowledge. It is her energy.

As we were counting down the days to the end of school, the thing that made clear excited with knowing that after preschool means she finally gets to go to kindergarten. Clair is so excited to go to kindergarten next year and be in school with Max and Ellie. 

Yesterday was her graduation from preschool. She handled the day like a champ. She handled the day like any other school day. She went to school, she smiled as she went to the class, she did what she was told, and then at the end we celebrated.

She happily made cards for her teachers and gave them to her. She happily stood for pictures with each of her teachers, in fact after I got a picture of her with one teacher she ran to the next and said, “Miss Meghan can I have a picture with you to please ?” She enjoyed the reception in the hall with extra cookies and grandma after graduation. She enjoyed a walk around Frederick, a play at the park, sometime at the dancing bear, and a chocolate covered marshmallow with Miss Sarah. And then it was over!

Transition is hard. Change is hard and exciting. What will we do this summer without school and without Miss Sarah?

I’m proud of Clair and know she will bring exciting things to this world. Her teachers love her. One says she’s “an old women trapped in a kids body.” This makes me smile and think that the spirit of my great aunt Vonita who she is named after has imprinted in her too. This makes me happy. 

The other teacher yesterday told me, “you really should explore the gifted program for this on.”  I know she’s a smart cookie!

Here are a couple pictures from the day.