Sam's First Week of School

Sam has finished her first week of school. She loved it, but told me today that it's kind of boring because all she gets to do is trace stuff, color, and do crafts. She loves crafts, but says it's all baby stuff. She doesn't know why she doesn't get to write more and do big kid stuff. I think she's way ahead in the smarts department, but still struggles with the stuff like listening, following directions, etc. The Week-at-a-Glance letter sent home explained that they're "previewing the letters of the alphabet, working on recognizing, reading, and writing our names, and recognizing and naming shapes." Yeah.....all that stuff is totally easy for her. She's in a K-1 combo class and the first graders are doing stuff that she really wants to do. I guess I'll just have to work with her at home so she doesn't get too bored.

Sam thinks these funky shaped bracelets are so cool, so to celebrate her first week of school, I bought her a little bag of them. She and Ali love them!