Kindergarten camp.

Kenan had his first day of Kindergarten Prep Camp today. It's put on by a preschool in the area and it's designed to help your kindergartner get used to the routine of life as a kindergartner. Going into this, I knew there were only 2 choices for teachers. One of which we, personally, don't care for. It's not that she's a bad teacher, we just get the negative feelings from her. Our son Timmy had her for preschool, and she pretty much had him pegged from the fall time to hold him back. No reason really, other than the fact he couldn't cut with scissors. And on parent's night in the fall, she complained that her class was mostly boys. As a parent of a boy in her class that didn't sit well with us either. Then Kenan had this same teacher for VBS and she was "forewarned" about him. First there was no need to be forewarned. So what if he is a little more excited and intense, that doesn't mean he has an issue to be forewarned of. And even if he did, that's my job as a parent to decide whether there is any forewarning to do. So she held his hand kept a more "Careful" eye on him that whole week. So back to Kindergarten camp, I was a bit worried about who he might get as a teacher. So I prayed and just asked God for wisdom on how to deal with that. I also prayed for the teacher to see Kenan for who he is and for her to see him positively. So I drop him off and I'm cheerful and positive, thinking if I put it out there as positive then maybe she'll respond positively. They have Kenan's name spelled with 2 e's. How did they get that wrong?! If she would've looked at the registration form. Maybe she did... So the teacher and her assistant go around correcting his name tag, his folder, his name card on the table, and where he puts his stuff. Nice for attempting a first impression with no negatives right? On the way home, I start thinking about how my conversation might go with said teacher when it's time to pick him up. me-how was he? her-oh well, you know. He's this or that( and it would be negative). So then I think, no I'm not going to even ask her how he was or how his day was. I'll say to her and maybe say something positive to her, but I will not let her have a chance with the negative stuff. If she has a problem then she as the teacher needs to come to me, the parent. I don't want her to start looking for negative things to say about Kenan because I ask how he is. As I'm typing this, I'm thinking I could ask her things like "How was your day?" or "did you have fun today?" "What did you do today?" That way any of her answers would be general and not specifically about Kenan. So those are my thoughts for the day. Whew! Day 2 of kindergarten camp tomorrow.

Oh by the way, Kenan had a blast which is great! He made friends but he "forgotted" their names. That's okay, it was only the first day. He did practice his name which was great and he did a fantastic job! He still has a little trouble with "n" but he'll get it. And Hubby picked him up so I didn't get a chance to practice my questions. I will tomorrow. :)