We are so blessed to live in an amazing school district!!!!! With Brayden still not really talking (but we've been told we've done a great job with his functional sign language!!), he was able to start school when he turned 3! I was so worried, because when he transitioned him to day-care, Benson went in with him and they played together for a few hours, and then the next day they went back and Benson left for part of it, and the next day Benson left right away and returned an hour later. With this, he had seen his classroom and met his teacher a few weeks earlier VERY briefly, and I constantly pointed out buses we'd see on the road and talk about how he'd get to ride one soon, but that was about it! He turned 3 on a Tuesday and I refused to send him to school on his birthday (even though he did have to go to day care because we had taken a lot of days off the past few weeks with him being sick and other appointments). We then decided to wait one more day so that his first day would be a Thursday and he'd get off the bus and go home to me (the bus has to be consistent, so it picks him up at the house every morning and drops him off at day care; the two days I don't work I meet the bus in the parking lot). It's a good thing we did this because he slept from 11-3!!! The 2 1/2 hour school day wore him out!!! He didn't freak out when we left him on the bus, and was excited to see the bus again the next day! It's funny how we try and protect our kiddos, thinking they just can't handle some things, and then that's when they shine! No helicopter parenting here! Brayden is such a strong, brave little guy!!!!
His first full week of school was the next week and his job was door defender.....we joked that it was a stereotype....not all Asians are ninjas haha Since we're both teachers, we know how hard our job is, but there is NO WAY it's fair that high school teachers get paid more than early childhood/early elementary. The amount of organizing and prep for Brayden's teacher boggles my mind, and their ability to help out is minimal (I have my 5th graders trained....they decorate for holidays for me and help me pack up the room at the end of the year!!!).
We've seen sooooooo much growth in the little over a month he's been in school!!! From notes and emails we've received, they've all just fallen in love with him (I mean, how can you not?!?!?!).
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