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Farewell to Preschool

As the girls get older we seem to be passing from one stage to another more quickly. We just passed from the preschool world to the elementary world permanently. For the past couple of years, we’ve straddled both worlds, one daughter in school, the other in preschool.

As I look forward to the excitement of Kindergarten and the prospect of two kids at the same school, I look back on preschool fondly and with a hint of sadness.  We came to OUR school after leaving a program we weren’t happy with.  I spent hours upon hours researching preschools, visiting preschools and quizzing everyone I knew.

We finally settled on THE school, OUR school.  The rooms were neat, the kids engaged and the staff excited.  As excited as we were about the program, it was hard to move.  It was scary for the girls who had only known one place for daycare since each was 7 months old.  It was scary for us as parents to move from the familiarity of people and routines to a new place where we had to make new friends and meet new teachers.

We braved the new world, anchored by the belief we were doing the right thing for our girls.  And we were right.

While Abby only spent three months there before Kindergarten, she got her fill of exciting field trips and made new friends.  Maddie was in it for a longer hall.  In her two years, I’ve watched her blossom.  She became a leader in her class, adept at using scissors and she knows her letters and numbers front and back.  She is confident and well prepared for the future. 

I am so thankful for the teachers and staff who nurtured my girls and helped them hone their skills; who held them when they cried and greeted them with hugs, for teaching them about God in ways that I couldn’t have done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 So through tears that clouded my eyes, I watched Maddie graduate this morning.  She’s officially a big kid now.  I couldn’t help but quietly say thanks for all she has become and look forward to the future; the future that OUR wonderful preschool prepared her for.

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Posted on May 29, 2009 by melissa van diepen.

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Maddy, and to you too, Mama. We are very happy with the same preschool and will miss it tremendously. Bella was in the other class and is very excited to start Kindergarten at
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by annekingsy 5 mon. ago.

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by linlin 5 mon. ago.

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by bellamama 2 yrs. ago.

Congrats to Maddy, and to you too, Mama.  We are very happy with the same preschool and will miss it tremendously.  Bella was in the other class and is very excited to start Kindergarten at public school in July.  What fun adventures we have ahead!!

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