Today is my son's first day of school...

[Sammysmom]

Isn't it amazing how smart and sensitive animals can be?!

 

[Sammysmom]

Tracy-I understand completely! I had tears the whole time I was writing my post! Good luck next week! Stay strong!!

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Although I have three boys, I cried through the first day with all of them. Not one of them cried, though.

The first day with my youngest was so strange....coming home to that strange and unpleasant silence. You do get used to it though.

I actually enjoy the quiet now.

 

[ams3651]

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my youngest has special needs and goes to school 40 minutes away and i stressed so much about that. But after explaining his emergency plan to everyone and passing out a copy to EVERYONE I felt prepared. One day the first 2 weeks he was rushed on the bus and I didnt get to say goodbye, I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. But all went well and this year I feel better about him going back. And Im sure the people at his school understand how parents feel.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

It's great that your kids enjoy school and are adjusting well to being there.

It will pay off in the long run, even though it hurts to say goodbye after they've been at home with you for so long.

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As an English teacher, I have to take this chance to put in a shameless plug for reading with your kids. I'm sure a lot of you already do it, but there is a LOT of research out there done by professionals that shows that kids who are read to by their parents through elementary and middle school will be more successful in school and in life. If you can read a children's book, you can have an enormous impact on your child's life by reading to him or her. It doesn't have to be complicated; just read and talk about the book together. Ask your child to predict what will happen in the book. Ask your child what he liked (or didn't like) about the book. Literacy and a love of reading is the best gift you can give your child, and it will impact his or her success in EVERY school subject.

Please, please, please, PLEASE read to your kids several times a week, and let them see you and your spouse reading for pleasure at home. If you do it, it will become a part of their lives, too.

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[sara]

My son started school last year, and it was so hard on both of us. I missed him like crazy since we had been together all day long, everyday, for 6 years. He had to go to all day kindergarden and it was long and tiring for him. Hopefully this year goes better.

 

[arlee453]

Mine just jump on the bus and don't look back....

My littlest one starts 'big school' in two weeks, too. Sigh.... where did the time go??

 

[Lanissa86]

My son is not yet 5, but he made the deadline to start Kinder this year! He starts Aug. 25th and I am so nervous! I am a single mother and he is my one and only, so I am sure this will be hard for me...I was already freaking out shopping for school supplies for the first time! LOL

 

[CritterHill]

My oldest started "Kinder-camp" today. Once she got back to her pre-school and I picked her up there her classmates were busy telling me about how "she had a major meltdown at Kindercamp".

Apparently it didn't go so well...

I don't want to talk about kindergarten. I want it to go away.

 

[jkcove08]

I know what you are feeling!!! My middle child starts next tuesday.... My daughter is going into 8th and it seem like just yesterday I was putting her on the bus for the first day of K... She was 4 days shy of turning 5 when she started K so she seemed soooo tiny!!! It is amazing how fast they grow. I have one more after this and then they are all in school. Hope you all had a good day. Jenn