Last Days of Preschool

Stanley had a great year at preschool. His teacher, Teacher Laurie, was amazing. She helped Stanley learn so many things. She focused a lot on having students solve problems and deal with emotions, which has really helped Stanley a lot. I love when his block tower falls down, and he says, "It's ok, Mommy. That's a 'little deal.'" Or when a friend is doing something he doesn't like, and he says, "Please stop." He has been given so many tools to move on to the next step.

So, Stanley's next step is Pre-K. Since the cut-off to start kindergarten is September 1 (and Stan's birthday is September 5), he will have one more year before he starts full-day kindergarten. The pre-k program Stan will start in the fall will be 5 days per week. He will go half-days. It will be hard to move on from our great experience this year, but hopefully Stanley will have another wonderful teacher who helps him grow.

Flying Day

Stanley's class celebrated the end of school with "flying day." They had a baby dragon who became a very important part of their class this year. They each got a turn taking him home and having adventures with him. (Baby dragon was a stuffed animal.) They each designed their own wings to wear to teach baby dragon how to fly.

Stan's wings

Getting ready to fly

Flying!

Teacher Laurie talking with the class

Lisa at the park for Flying Day

Celebrating Flying Day with a Popsicle!

Last Week of School
Here are some pictures of Stanley during his last week of school. This was my last day being parent-helper in the classroom.

Playing with friends at the water table

Mixing colors

Sitting outside with friends

Last Day Potluck

On the last day of school families brought food and celebrated with a picnic! It had to be inside because of rain, but it was fun!

Stan couldn't stop eating ice cream for a picture.
(Notice him holding Baby Dragon. He didn't want
to say good bye.)