one year later

last year at this time, we were doing a lot of thinking, talking and researching on one topic - whether or not we'd send sam to kindy, and where we'd send him if we didn't. he is a late summer baby, and his birthday falls 2 days before our districts cut off. oy. so much to think about.

once we fell firmly into the "not sending" camp, the question of where to send him came together rather quickly. three families from our old preschool were moving to the same one, and once we visited, we registered sam there as well. it's a 5 morning a week program, the classrooms are structured like they will be in kindergarten, and we thought it would be the perfect transition from preschool to full day K.

so we find ourselves here, a year later. the omaha symphony came to his school to give a concert / education program with the kids. they had spent  the last part of february learning about music and instruments, and this pulled it all together. it was an awesome experience, and par for the course with what we've seen at his school.

and here HE is, a year later. he got to play these bongo drums with the symphony. he's a leader in his classroom. he is more confident and engaged with what he's learning - to the point where he's up and started reading just about everything. i love that we gave him this year, and i love what it's given him.