Sarah's Adjustment to School

Sarah's adjustment to school has been a little bumpy. She did great the 1st week! The second week was a nightmare! The director had moved Sarah into the 4's (a HUGE error)! Sarah is turning 3 on 8/31....She thought Sarah was turning 4 in August. Sarah is definitely NOT on the same developmental or social level as a 4 year old.

She was coming home and telling me the kids were mean. I walked into her class and noticed the different kids and teacher. I asked where Sarah's other teacher was? I was then informed of the "move"......I was livid! No one told me of the move. We were only in week 2????? No wonder I was getting HUGE tantrums and tears from Sarah. The kids were not playing with her because she was not on the same verbal/social level...She was sitting alone at a table when I returned to her class. I told the director that I could not leave until I physically saw my daughter back in the 3's class. We walked Sarah back to the 3's and the tears were still flowing. It took a few days to see Sarah excited and happy to be in school. Sarah is super bright on an academic level (letters-knows uppercase and lowercase and knows the sounds they make, numbers-grasps the concepts of adding and taking away, shapes-knows all of her shapes, colors-knows them all). Verbally-she lags a little due to her cleft palate repair. She is doing well, but there is room for improvement in pronunciation. Socially- very very outgoing...but not accustomed to sharing, compromise etc. She will learn a ton from her social experiences in school. I am happy to report that she is LOVING school now. She hugs and kisses her teachers. She has 2 girls she loves to play with! She does not remember their names so she refers to them as 1 & 2. I crack up because this makes me think of Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr Seuss....lol.