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little ballerina and a new pre-school

Little Tara Vika looks so serious in this photo, I couldn't resist featuring it. I can picture her on stage in a serious ballet--so disciplined. She is signed up to take some ballet classes this summer and she wanted to try everything on to make sure it all fit. There are smiley photos in the group at the left.

Speaking of this summer, Tara will be splitting her time between two pre-schools. One is the school near my work where she has been going; the other is very close to home with a wonderful reputation and national certification. She had been on the waiting list for more than a year there. It is run by the public school district, which is one of the best in our state. They know what her elementary teachers will be looking for next year.

I'm hoping this will help transition her to attend the one close to home fulltime in the fall. Are all these changes good for a 4 year old? I don't know, I'm going with my gut. I want to give her a break from the long commute to my work town everyday. All of her friends there are slightly older than her and moving on to kindergarten. Tara has one more year of pre-school. And thirdly, she keeps getting invited to birthday parties on the weekends that we keep turning down because I can't stand the thought of commuting on my day off.

We went to orientation at the new school last week. I was nervous; what if she hated it? But bless her little heart, she went in the classroom hesitating but with a smile. Her teacher was very sweet to her, Tara checked out all the areas in the room, she met some of her new friends, she looked at the big playground. When it was time to go, she didn't want to leave. So far, my gut is right. Fingers crossed for the summer and beyond.
Posted by Laura at June 2, 2007 08:09 PM
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