A few years ago I heard about other kids “graduating” from Kindergarten, I remember thinking it was a bit strange. That is, of course, until my own son graduated! Wow, the 
emotions that sheared through my body as my son went up the stage in his orange-construction paper-self-made-graduation hat. I almost cried, his teacher almost cried and the students almost cried. They sang five adorable songs and got to tell us what they loved most about kindergarten. It was fascinating to see the diference between the boys and the girls, all of the girls said, “the pajama party” and all the boys said, “when the gingerbread man ran away”. It was very cute. Then we went back to the classroom where all the parents, the grandparents and the little brothers and sisters crowded in to eat cookies and lemonade.
My son’s teacher, I MUST say, is the best teacher ever. Okay, so this is only the first 
time I have had to deal with a teacher for any of my kids, but still. I had teachers too, so I feel I can judge! She is great. My son went into kindergarten not knowing how to draw a straight line, much less a circle. Now, here we are, less than a year later and he can read and write!! Well, he can kinda write. His writing is okay, as far as kindergarten writing goes. His teacher told me not to worry as most boys don’t master the art of beautiful writing, ever! As long as he learns to spell and use punctuation, he’ll be ok. I had him write his teacher a letter thanking her for her efforts that year and it was surprising to hear him say (to himself), “Oh, no, I forgot to capitalize the first letter of the sentence!” Wow, I thought to myself, what a smart kid. He finished his letter and went along his merry way to fight with his brothers. Ahh, back to normal.
Anyway, so as far as kindergarten graduations go, they are all right! He is, after all, 
finishing the first stage of his education and is taking a big step into the REAL WORLD of school next year, well actually next month…my son goes to year round school and will begin first grade next month. So, we will see how he does. I for one, can’t wait to leave him at school in the morning and pick him up in the afternoon and see his reaction!! Ah, the poor kid, he still has about 2,000 days of school left to go….
