Inside: Use this free printable first day of school questionnaire to interview your kids every year. Later, you’ll have a collection of amazing snapshots.
My oldest daughter Abby started kindergarten this week.
I thought since she was already going to preschool every day, kindergarten wouldn’t be a big deal.
At her preschool, the kids are free to play pretty much what they want all day. Every feeling is validated by the teachers. The kids are empowered and encouraged to resolve conflicts on their own. Not a whole lot of structure and arbitrary rules.
But kindergarten?
It’s ALL structure and arbitrary rules.
How else could one adult possibly keep a roomful of 20 five-year-olds from going rogue and kicking off their very own Occupy Monkey Bars movement?
How the First Day Went
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