Nevi's first day of preschool at Kiddie Kopia was on Thursday, August 25th. She'll be attending preschool Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30am-12:30pm for the next whole school year. Kiddie Kopia is about 1/2 mile from our house so we walked to school on the first day and Nev and Robb rode their bike/trailer today. Day 1 was exciting and emotional and a whole new experience for Nevi. She wasn't actually sure if she liked school after day 1. The teacher said that Nevi didn't want to participate in GROUP but that this is pretty natural for first timers. They usually come around and join the others after they get more comfortable with the environment and structure. I know the teachers Miss Kimmie and Miss Jeannie are paying attention because they told me that Nevi is a very determined little girl, a real spitfire. They also said she was a lot of fun. Her biggest challenges at school are also challenges we face here at home...she doesn't like transitions, going from one activity to the next. At home, I usually give her a 5 minute warning before we transition into a new activity and at school, luckily, they do the same thing only with a transition song. Today, day 2 of school, she came home saying she really liked her teachers today and that they went to the park! Apparently her teachers told Robb that today was much better than the first day, only problem was that she wore her bike helmet the ENTIRE 4 hours she was there. She wore her helmet as they rode the bike to school and somehow she must have found security in her helmet because she refused to take it off! Robb said that when he got her home and they took the helmet off, her head was soaking wet with sweat. I do believe that Nevi will be giving Kiddie Kopia a run for their money and hopefully she'll be learning along the way.....
