School Daze

School is going well for Shea and Cooper and they really seem to be catching on. They love their teacher and love their aids and are getting smarter by the day. We went to their back to school night a few weeks ago and the whole pre-

k program their teacher is following is very interesting. It's like a whole program that is predetermined and literally walks the teacher through every day and what should be presented to the kids on that given day. She is sent boxes of tools to use every so often along with the next step of the course. Up until she receives that, she has no idea what is coming next. It seems very well designed and should prove very beneficial to their growth. We did go back to the teacher because we were concerned about Shea's speech and wanted to see what she thought. After all it was a large part of why we enrolled them since their is a speech teacher on site. To our shock, she said that Shea had not said a word and they thought she was just shy. Whenever they would ask her to share from her day or anything where she would speak, she puts the shy face on and turns away. We informed her of the speech issue and she said they would work with her and let us know what they think. Meanwhile we wrote some letters to try to get her evaluated so she could get some help with it. It just amazed us that she was so shy in school. She had gotten up in front of 300 people at church to sings songs with Tyler's class just last year. I think it may take a bit of time but she'll come out of it there. Of course Cooper has no issues sharing anything at all in class. they all get a big kick out of him and his big ideas. That one is going to be a real handful as he grows. All in all school has been great for them and they enjoy going everyday. They really haven't had any days where they give us a problem about going and they seem to be making friends. What more could you ask for.