I can’t believe our baby girl is going to Junior Kindergarten in September.

On Tuesday morning Don, Summer and I attended the Junior Kindergarten Orientation at St. Hubert School. We chose this school because right off the bat, Don had a good gut feeling when speaking to the principal. I happened to not be there at the time, so Don stopped by to pick up some registration materials and happened to have a impromptu mini interview with the her. She has a ‘can do’ attitude and is all about making sure children have what they need to be successful at school. Our Infant Development Therapist also assured us, as she said that the school often calls her for assessments and advice – a true sign that they don’t let children flounder and try to identify challenges early.

The gym was set up with stations where the kids would rotate through doing activities. The activity leader would deliver information focused on school readiness to the parents, while the children completed the activity. One of the stations was a music station where the children were encouraged to dance. Summer swayed a little and Don and I laughed that after 6 months of dance classes that is all we get…a little sway????

One of the stations a lady talked about her dogs. Summer of course filled her in that she had a dog too, Carl, but he died, then she gives the saddest face. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

The highlight of the morning was the bus orientation where we all got to ride on the bus. The bus rules were emphasized and we took a ride around the neighbourhood, practiced embarking and disembarking. Unfortunatley the railing to get on the bus is only on the left hand side going onto the bus, so there is not railing for Summer to grab onto for getting off the bus. This is something we need to examine in September when we see how tall she will be by then, and the exact bus she will use.

By the end of the orientation Summer and the rest of the kids were pretty pooped.

That afternoon we headed to One Kid’s Place for the follow up QUEST test… will report on that later…