Kindergarten...

Very emotional day, my little boy is only 5 and starting Kindergarten, wow! No more self-contained class, he was now mainstreamed with an aide nearby if he needed her. Hunter did a half-day program in the mornings and then got home and worked late into the nights doing intensive therapy. He also did some outside Occupational Therapy. He never complained or protested. I think the structure of his very well-organized day was really good for him. He met many kids his first week, there were 36 in his class, and by the second or third day, he had memorized all of their names. The girls were the most helpful, like little mommies wanting to help whenever they were needed. Hunter thrived in Kindergarten, he had a wonderful teacher that really cared about him and knew he was capable of anything so she did not treat him any differently than any other child. To this day, he still talks about the one time he got in trouble in class. It was an innocent mistake, they were working with geobands and Hunter's came off and shot across the room. It was his first time in trouble at school and he took it really hard, he has never forgotten it and still wants to talk about it...Hunter never forgets anything...