but instead goes to school from 8 - 3...a long day if you ask me! Although they do have nap time, if you ask Ashleigh, she'll tell you that "she doesn't close her eyes"! She's tired when she gets home and if you ask Kim, she'll tell you that "Ashleigh's teacher gets the best time of the day with her"! For the three days that Ashleigh had to go to school during my visit I was able to spend those days volunteering in her class room! I had fun, got to spend time with Ashleigh and gave her teacher some help as well! Each of the days I was able to have lunch with Ashleigh as well! Two of them we were "tray eaters" and the last day, I brought Ashleigh and I lunch. The only problem is that the kindergarten classes (I think there are four) go to lunch at 10:30...fast food restaurants serve breakfast until then, so Ashleigh and I had breakfast for lunch! :-) It was fun and Ashleigh was so excited to have me there - it was worth a million bucks in my book!
Mrs. Lee told me that this wasn't a normal week. The kids actually had Thursday and Friday off this week, and Tuesday was Halloween so they had lots of activities going on at school! On Monday I helped make spiders out of pipe cleaners and yarn AND a spider hat made out of black construction paper! On both we glued eyes and on the hats we glued noses! I also helped wash gourds...not only for Mrs. Lee's class (we let the kids wash their own gourd) but for two classes that had substitutes! On Tuesday, the kids decorated cookies with frosting and icing! You could see the ones with the artistic ability because it sure came out this day! Later they painted the same gourds we had washed the day before! In the late afternoon, it was time for hay rides around the school parking lot! It was a fun filled, busy day!
On Wednesday, it was the 50th day of school, so they had a 50's day! The kids dressed up in 50's attire, had a sock hop, had a bubble gum blowing contest (everyone won) and finally had rootbeer or coke floats! It was pretty funny watching their teacher teach them how to blow bubbles with their gum...a few rules up front - you couldn't touch it with your fingers (Ashleigh had a tough time with that one), and if it fell out of your mouth it had to go in the trash! There is one girl in class that has a tough time sitting still, being quiet (especially being quiet) and always has the answer (even if it's wrong). I hadn't been at school for more than an hour and I already knew who she was! Guess who has the BEST and BIGGEST bubble? You guessed it - the girl with the most hot air! It was hilarious! After that it was time to read books, I took groups of 5 out at a time and read to them and let them read to me!
I can see such a dramatic change in Ashleigh as she absorbs all the things she's learning in school. As we drive down the street she's "spelling" signs and asking what does that spell! She's spelling words, writing her entire alphabet and sounding out words all day long! She's even learning sign language! I knew they were like sponges at this age and man, is she ever soaking everything up!
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