Since Paige missed the Kindergarden cut off to start this year (and all her friends were going), we signed her up to be a peer model in the Rocket program thru our school district.
The rocket program helps kids who have learning disabilities or some kind of delay in the couple years before they are set to start public kindergarden.
Each class has 1 or 2 'peer models' who are there to be examples for the other kids.
Paige was put into a classroom with Ms. Smith and 10 other kids.
The week before school ended they had a night where they sang some songs and did the "bear hunt" acted out for the parents. Really cute!
I wasnt sure what to expect from putting her into this program as a 'preschool ' type experience and she got way more out of it than I thought she would. Not so much of the 'educational' part of the classroom, but the social.
She learned how to work/play with kids who need a little more attention and lack the vocabulary most of the kids she is in contact with all the time have.
She LOVED all the kids.
She knew each of thier 'struggles' and would tell me how she helped them each day. It was so cute to listen to her talk with real compassion towards them.
and all the kids LOVED her! One day we were running a couple minutes late dropping her off...as I came flying into the parking lot I saw her classmates in thier line walking towards the classroom and away from the parking lot. I pulled to the curb and the line stopped....
Ms. Smith came over to get Paige from me and was laughing because all the kids were yelling at her to STOP walking-They saw our car
and said Paige is coming! Paige is coming! :)
Good job Paige!
I know you will be just as wonderful in your Kindergarden class too.
