Kindergarten roundup is Thursday. I'm full of anxiety. I don't know how this all will work. I know Mr N will love kindergarten so that's not a big concern, but what should we expect academically? I feel like there are so many unknowns. He can count to 10, but doesn't recognize his numbers, doesn't know his colors, shapes, ABCs. These are all expected in K. What will Mr N be doing? Will he just always be behind? I want him to learn and grow academically but these seem like huge steps forward. He doesn't write, but can hold a pencil or crayon. He doesn't seem to be able to discern how much pressure to apply when trying to color/write. Will he be allowed to use his iPad for writing? Will he have alternate school work?
How will his academic performance affect his social interaction with his peers? His speech is still extremely delayed, he will have another speech evaluation before he starts K so we'll know how delayed. I still think he has low muscle tone, how will this effect him in PE and recess?
We meet with the development center along with the school in a couple of weeks to begin the transition process, I'm hoping that will answer a lot of my questions. However, the anxiety, fear, and stress are taking over. I want my little boy to succeed at school and be happy. He's so sensitive and sweet, I worry. Even at home he'll hide or bury his head into us if he's embarrassed or scared or hurt.
In other news, Mr N broke one of the training wheels on his bike a couple of weeks ago so we ordered him news ones, which arrived yesterday. So he spent part of the day riding his bike around in the house yesterday, he's doing so much better at pedaling. When I picked him up from school yesterday he was on the big trike and was actually pedaling rather than just using his feet to push himself along. I think that bike riding will help build his leg muscles and endurance, with the warmer weather coming we should be doing lots of riding.
